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Warner Presents Martin Luther King Jr.
Education Series
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the
Warner School began a series of events to discuss the
issues of education and social justice.
Education and racism was the topic of the first event,
a panel discussion that included individuals from educational,
political, and community contexts. The panel discussed
issues of school segregation, the legacy of the Brown
vs. Board of Education decision, and the influence of
racism on public education today.
Comprising the panel were Warner graduate students
Jennifer Migliore, Derek Seward, and Barbara Latimore-
Walker; Bryan Hetherington of the Public Interest Law
Office; and Maria Behncke of the Alliance for Quality
Education.
The second session in the series, "What Constitutes
Research for Social Justice?" provided an opportunity
for Warner School faculty to talk about the ways that
their work is research for social justice.
"Education and Social Activism," a workshop
scheduled for Friday, February 6, will be a hands-on
session where members of local, grassroots social justice
organizations will share strategies for social action
and how they can be translated for educational contexts.
Particular attention will be spent on the activism
of beginning teachers, and how they can work with families
and community leaders for change in their schools, and
on state and national levels.
Sonia James-Wilson, assistant professor, teaching
and curriculum and educational leadership, assisted
in organizing the series.
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