Free Minds, Free People Conference: Education for Liberation

City:
Houston

State/Province:
TX

Contact Address:

Description:
Free Minds, Free People is a national conference that brings together teachers, high school
and college students, researchers, parents and community-based activists/educators from
across the country to build a movement to develop and promote Education for Liberation.
Education for liberation prepares the most excluded, under-served members of our
society, in particular low-income youth and youth of color, to fight for a more just world by:   
• Teaching students the causes of inequalities and injustices in society and how
communities have fought against them.
• Helping them develop both the belief in themselves that they can challenge those
injustices and the skills necessary to do that.
• Supporting them in taking action that leads to disenfranchised communities having
more power.  
 
The goal of Free Minds, Free People is to provide a forum for sharing knowledge,
experiences and strategies that support the use of education as a tool for liberation by: 
• Connecting local community efforts to national education for liberation activities.
• Expanding our network of education liberators by building relationships that cross
barriers of geography, race, age, class, gender, sexual orientation, profession and other
identities.
• Showcasing a broad spectrum of strategies, including arts, popular education,
organizing, dialogue and scholarship, and their related impacts. 
• Acting as a catalyst for the continued development of a social movement around
education for liberation.