THE EDUCATORS NETWORK FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

invites you to The 5th Annual

Anti-racist Anti-bias Teaching

A One-day Conference

Saturday, April 21, 2012

9:00 AM -3:00 PM Sign-in and Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. The Indian Community School 10405 W St Martins Rd - Franklin, WI 53132 Co-sponsored by: The Indian Community School Rethinking Schools Alterra Coffee National-Louis University University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Education Milwaukee Area Academic Alliance in English Milwaukee Teachers Education Association (MTEA) National-Louis University Carroll University

The Plowshare Center, Waukesha

Anti-racist Anti-bias Teaching

A One-day Conference Information
The complete program will be posted on the ENSJ website: www.ensj.org by March 1. Program highlights are listed below. *Keynote Speaker: Linda Christensen Christensen is the Director of the Oregon Writing Project at the Graduate School of Education at Lewis & Clark College. She is the author of numerous Rethinking Schools articles as well as Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching about Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word, and her latest book, Teaching for Joy and Justice: Re-Imagining the Language Arts Classroom. She is co-editor of other Rethinking Schools publications and a popular speaker about her work on literacy and social justice. She taught high school language arts and worked as language arts curriculum specialist in Portland, Oregon. *Featured Speaker: James Kirylo Kirylo is the author of the recently released book, Paulo Freire: The Man from Recife. According to many, the book is one of most comprehensive texts in English that covers the life and work of Paulo Freire who is one of the most important progressive educators the world has seen in the last 50 years. *Documentary film: Bullied: A Student A School and A Case that Made History *Panel Discussion: Social Justice Projects that Can Work at your School *Partial List of Workshop Titles Positive Classroom Climates: Empowering Youth, Managing Conflicts Breaking Down Barriers with Written and Spoken Word The Four Goals of Anti-Bias Anti-Racism Education as an Organizing Strategy Coat-check Your Weight Bias at the Entrance Pre-Packaged Social Justice Curricula, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Teaching Social Justice: What works in your classroom? Using Social Justice Issues to Engage Students in Writing How Does Your Frame of Reference Impede or Promote Active Anti-Racism? Personal Journals: Creating Meaningful Connections o the Past with Multigenre Writing Classroom Management: Reframing How We Think about Our Students

TO REGISTER
Registration fees cover conference materials and a box lunch. Registration is limited to the first 300 participants. Advance registration is encouraged, and on-site registration is not guaranteed. Fill in the registration form below and mail with check made payable to Educators Network for Social Justice. Mail to: Anti-Racist/Anti-Bias Conference c/o Judy Gundry 6718 W. Chambers St. Milwaukee, WI 53210 Name: Address: City Phone E-mail School or Organization Grade Level Subject Area Check that which applies: Before April 14 _______$25 for educator, parent or community member _______$15 for undergraduate or high school students Postmarked after April 14 or at the day of the event (Registration on the day of the event is not guaranteed and will occur on a first-come first-served basis as space permits.) _______$30 for educator, parent or community member _______$20 for students To meet the dietary needs of our attendees, please indicate if you require a vegetarian box lunch. Check only if you require a vegetarian lunch. _______Vegetarian box lunch State Zip Code