FINAL SCHEDULE for #uoo16philly: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution Feb. 26th – 28th, 2016
United Opt Out National: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution
The conference WILL BE LIVESTREAMED.
If you are unable to be there in person, would you be willing to support our work and livestream coverage via a small donation to our gofundme account? Many thanks. We will post our livestream link on our website soon – stay tuned! #uoo16philly
Thursday, February 25th (FREE – OPEN TO PUBLIC) Philadelphia Community Town Hall – Opting Out in the Urban Core
7:00 pm, at New Visions United Methodist Church, 3259 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA (rsvp on Facebook here)
Friday, February 26th
4:00-8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception with Stephen Krashen: Testing Every Day (refreshments provided)
Saturday, February 27th
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration/breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Meet and Greet with UOO Leaders
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Keynote – Chris Hedges: The Wages of Rebellion
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
- Ricardo Rosa and Joao J. Rosa: Capitalism’s Educational Catastrophe: And the Advancing Endgame Revolt! (Counterpoints)
Joao J. Rosa, Ricardo Rosa
- Community Empowerment: Parents, Teachers, Students, and Citizens
Tamara Anderson, Kendra Brooks, Shakeda Gaines, Marla Kilfoyle, Alison McDowell
- Higher Ed/Teacher Education
Jim Horn, Denisha Jones, Morna McDermott McNulty, Tim Slekar
12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Panel #1 Global Privatization and “the Advancing Endgame Result!”
Bess Altwerger, Morna McDermott McNulty, Ricardo Rosa, Kevin Zeese
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Breakout Groups
- Media & Messaging
Ruth Conniff, Dave Greene, Fran Huckabee, Jaisal Noor, Jonathan Pelto
- Opt Out 101 & CBE
Stefanie Fuhr, Ashley Jiminez, Alison McDowell, Emily Talmage
- Resisting Charter Takeover & School Closure
Anthony Cody, Elizabeth Lloyd Lynch, Gus Morales
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. Panel #2 Civil Rights: Reclaiming the Narrative
Miriam Harris, Denisha Jones, Aixa Rodriguez, Ceresta Smith, Yohuru Williams
3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Keynote – Antonia Darder: Paulo Freire and Our Continuing Struggle in Neoliberal Times
Sunday, February 28th
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote – Jill Stein: Opting Out of Corporate Control. Opting in to a World that Works for All of Us
10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Breakout Groups
- Union caucus building
Francesca Bluher, Michelle Gunderson, Michael Pena
- Special Needs/Exceptional Needs/ELL/Early Childhood
Rosemarie Jensen, Aixa Rodriguez, Ruth Rodriguez, Jean Schutt, Susan Schutt
- Our Demands: What’s Next?
UOO team (Denisha Jones, Morna McDermott McNulty, Peg Robertson, Tim Slekar, Ceresta
Smith)
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Keynote – Bill Ayers: LESSON ONE: I Would Sing
12:45 – 1:15 p.m. Closing Remarks from UOO leaders
