Campus Organizing Roundtable

Submitted by sarahgraceturne... on April 19, 2007 - 11:59pm.
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This session will be on: June 28, 2007 - 3:30pm

It will be held at: Mezzanine Center room at the Atlanta Civic Center

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Organization Description

The Democratizing Education Network (DEN) is a network of student, youth, faculty, staff, and community organizers and groups dedicated a set of common principles: * Full Public Funding for Public Higher Education * Free Access to Higher Education and Abolition of Tuition * Affirmative Action to End Institutionalized Racism and Sexism * Full Recognition of the Right of Students and Workers to Organize * Democratic Self-Government of Higher Education * Service to the Public Welfare, Not Corporate Profits * Free Speech and Academic Freedom * Debt Forgiveness of Student Loans * Civic Education for a Democratic Society * Education, Not War; Schools, Not Jails. Since mid-2005, the DEN has united diverse campus and community constituencies around common projects and campaigns. These have included the Democratizing Education Convention (October, 2005), the Tent State University movement (April, 2006), the Virtual March on Corporate Lobbyists (October, 2006), and the April Mobilization for Higher Education (April, 2007).

Proposal Demographics

identify as women
identify as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gendered, queer)
identify as people of color
are 25 years old or younger
are immigrants (not born in U.S.)
are diasabled
are 65 years or older

Session Description

The Campus Organizing Roundtable will bring together all the diverse communities that have a real stake in the future of higher education. Undergraduate and graduate students. Youth and parents. Faculty and staff. Concerned community members from down the street and around the world.

Higher education is in crisis, but those with the most to lose and the most to gain don't share knowledge, experience and resource enough. This roundtable will therefore provide a unique, much needed opportunity to strengthen our ties and build a movement to make education something that really is of, by and for the people.

Although we will make sure that all the bases are covered, this will be an interactive event - a real discussion. We will also be sure to provide time for directed question, answer and discussion; if you have a campus organizing challenge that you've been struggling with, bring it here!

If you're wondering what might be discussed at this roundtable, imagine all the higher education issues that matter to students, youth, faculty, staff and the broader public: Tuition, campus free speech, affirmative action, the right to organize, corporatization, social responsibility, and so much more...


First Name

Sarah Grace

Last Name

Turner

Contact E-mail

sarahgraceturner@yahoo.com

Proposing Organization

Democratizing Education Network

Organization Website

http://democratizingeducation.org

Position or Title

DEN Steering Committee

Contact Telephone

608-217-4497

Event Day

Thursday, June 28th (Consciousness + Awareness Raising / Current Struggles)

Contact Address

PO BOX 260217

Format

roundtable

Contact City

Madison

Keywords

Education, Right to
Human Rights
Students (see also Education & Youth)

Audience Number

50-100 people

Contact State

WI

Contact ZIP

53726

Person Reviewing

mbj