The Enfield Community is invited to join an informal book discussion of the text, “We Want to do More than Survive: Abolitionist teaching and the
pursuit of educational freedom”, by Dr Bettina L. Love. Below are the details for the discussion. A few of the books are available for free at the Enfield Town Clerk’s Office, 168 Enfield Main Road.
Link to the IC facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/events/401476347088387/
Blurb of the book and the upcoming events:
Dr. Bettina L. Love is an award- winning author and Associate Professor of Educational Theory &
Practice at the University of Georgia. She is one of the field’s mostesteemed educational researchers in the areas of Hip Hop
education and urban education. Her work is also concerned
with how teachers and schools working with parents and
communities can build communal, civically engaged schools
rooted in intersectional social justice for the goal of equitable classrooms. In her new book, “We Want to do More than Survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom”, she writes, “Abolitionist teaching is not a teaching approach: it is a way of life, a way of seeing the world, and a way of taking action against injustice” (p. 68).
Upcoming Events and Book Discussions:
Thurs. March 7
– Book discussion at Ulysses (Trumansburg) Library @ 7:00 PM
Thurs. March 14th
– Book discussion at TC3 @ 4PM
Sat. March 16th
– Book discussion at TC3 @10AM
Mon. March 18
– Book discussion at First Baptist Church, Ithaca @ 6PM
Fri. March 22
– Public lecture and discussion with the author, Dr. Bettina Love @ 7:00 PM at Ithaca College
Sat. March 23
– Southside Community Center @ 2pm
– Buffalo Street Books @ 5pm
As an alternative, or in addition to reading the book….
– Here’s a link to an article by Bettina Love recently, in Ed Week:
– Book excerpt here: Google Books [1] and here’s a TEDx talk [2] she gave a couple years ago.
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Donielle (Ellie) Fitts Fulmer, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education
Department of Education
Phillips Annex 194-G
Ithaca College
953 Danby Road | Ithaca, NY 14850
607-274-1342 (office) | 607-274-1089 (fax)
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