Location:

University of Connecticut, Storrs

Full Description:

Democracy and Education is a two-day conference at the University of Connecticut. Liberty Tree Fellow Ben Manski is among the keynote speakers. Other keynote speakers include: Award-winning author of "Democracy for the Few," Michael Parenti; author and former leader of the Black Panther Party, Elaine Brown; and the Hip-Hop Caucus.

Additional presenters include: Nicholas Lampert, an artist and writer of critical social commentary, artist and activist, Josh MacPhee of Drawing Resistance, community organizer and study circle specialist, Carolyn Abdullah of the Study Circle Resources Center, human rights and alternative mental health activists from the Freedom Center, Hampshire's Community Partnerships for Social Change, Rahula Today, the Hartford Indy-Media Center, and more.

Additional Information:

See the website at: http://democracy.uconn.edu/

Areas of Focus:

Books not Bombs, Campus Democracy, Civic Education, Debt Forgiveness, Free Speech, Full Funding, Right to Organize, Tuition Abolition, Affirmative Action, Democratizing Education (Liberty Tree)

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