<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Dear Rethinking Schools friends,<BR>
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If possible, please join us in Seattle for the first annual Teaching for Social Justice conference on Saturday October 4th: "Rethinking Our Classrooms, Organizing for Better Schools." Details are posted at the conference website: www.nwtsj.org.<BR>
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9 am to 4 pm<BR>
Meany Middle School<BR>
301 21st Ave. E.<BR>
Seattle, WA<BR>
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This will be a chance to meet other K-12 teachers, student teachers, teacher educators, and parent activists who see their work as part of a broader education for social justice project. There will be excellent workshops, discussions, and displays of social justice teaching materials, including Rethinking Schools magazines and books.<BR>
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The keynote speaker will be Rethinking Schools editor, and author of</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><I> Reading, Writing, and Rising Up</I></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"><B> Linda Christensen</B></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">. Linda's talk is titled, "The Power of Language in School," and will feature stories and examples from her 30 years in the classroom helping students connect language, their lives, and the broader society.<BR>
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A few of the almost 25 workshops include: “Rookies for Social Justice,” for new and future teachers; “Living Algebra, Living Wage,” about linking math to real-world problems; “Civil Rights in the Pacific Northwest,” on teaching World War II-era Japanese American internment; and "Beyond Kyoto," exploring how to teach about climate change and the atmospheric commons. I will also be leading a workshop, "Rethinking The Line Between Us," demonstrating activities that introduce students to the dramatic history of the U.S. border with Mexico.<BR>
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Other Rethinking Schools writers leading workshops include: Jana Dean, Ian McFeat, Tim Swinehart, Swapna</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"> Mukhopadhyay,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"> Amy Ambrosio, and Michi Thacker.<BR>
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All this and lots more -- and lunch! -- for only $25; $5 for students.<BR>
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The conference is sponsored by Puget Sound Rethinking Schools in Seattle, Portland Area Rethinking Schools, Olympia Educators for Social Justice, and the Tacoma Friday Club, as well as Rethinking Schools magazine.<BR>
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Feel free to email me with questions, bbpdx@aol.com, or check out the website: www.nwtsj.org.<BR>
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Please help us spread the word about the conference.<BR>
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Thanks for your support of Rethinking Schools.<BR>
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Bill Bigelow<BR>
Rethinking Schools<BR>
www.rethinkingschools.org<BR>
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