Past events
Flaunt It! with Queers Organizing for Educational Justice
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click to view poster.DATE: Thursday, Nov. 4
TIME:
4:30 – 6:30 PM
A party and discussion about queer activism and organizing in education in Chicago. What have we gained in the last year, what do we want to celebrate, and what challenges remain?
Come hear organizers and educators talk about some recent successes in centering queer lives and social justice in educational contexts, bring your own examples to share, and participate in strategizing for the work ahead.
Snacks, music, and rabble-rousing!
Where:
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
Residents Dining Hall Building, 1st Floor
800 South Halsted
Chicago, IL 60607
Who:
Benjamin Perry, GenderJUST
Charity Tolliver, Generation Y
Therese Quinn and Erica Meiners on Visibility Matters 2010: Higher Education and Teacher/Social Worker Preparation in Illinois—A Web-based Assessment of LGBTQ Presence, Teachers Against Militarized Education (TAME), and their 2009 book, Flaunt It! Queers Organizing for Public Education and Justice (Peter Lang).