[Peace] Bill Ayers at Allen Hall

[Laura Haber]

School reform activist and education scholar Bill Ayers will be a Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence 3/9-3/12. He will be speaking each night of his residency. All events are open to the public and take place in the Main Lounge of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana.
 
Bill Ayers is a school reform activist and Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is founder of the Center for Youth and Society and founder and co-director of the Small Schools Workshop. He has written extensively about social justice, democracy, and education. His interests focus on the political and cultural contexts of schooling as well as the meaning and ethical purposes of teachers, students, and families. Ayers’ book Fugitive Days recounts his experiences in the Weathermen and the Weather Underground. 
 
Sunday, March 8
7pm –The Weather Underground  - Screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary about Bill Ayers and the rise and fall of this radical movement. 
(*please note that Bill Ayers will not be present for this screening.)
Monday, March 9
7pm – Opening Program - Yes We Can: Reflections on Campaign 2008
 
Tuesday, March 10
7pm – Fugitive Days
 
Wednesday, March 11
7pm – Education for Democracy
 
Thursday, March 12
7pm – The New Activism
 
 
Laura Haber
Program Director of Unit One
68 Allen Hall 
MC-050
1005 W. Gregory drive
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
lhaber at illinois.edu
 
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