Happy New Year! I am passing along information regarding an upcoming conference being held in Baltimore in July. Proposal deadline is Jan 27th.

Free Minds, Free People is a national conference that brings together teachers, young people, researchers, parents and community-based activists/educators from across the country to build a movement to develop and promote education as a tool for liberation. We seek to develop ways of teaching and learning both in and out of school that help us to build a more just society. The conference is a space in which these groups can learn from and teach each other, sharing knowledge, experience and strategies. 

I attended in 2012 and it’s an amazing conference. From their site it says:

We invite K-12 teachers, administrators, community-based educators, youth, activists/organizers, artists, parents and academic researchers to submit proposals that address a range of education justice issues.

Proposals are due on January 27, 2017.

THere are several different types of activities that you can submit proposals for:

• Workshop
• Panel Discussion
• Paper or Research Exploration
• Young Activist Workshop (ages 4-12)
• Assembly

Visit their website at: http://fmfp.org/registration/

Morna McDermott McNulty