Outrospection/Engagement

By Greg Kaufmann and Elaine Weiss | Originally Published at Bill Moyers and company.November 12, 20013 We’re proud to collaborate with The Nation in sharing insightful journalism related to income inequality in America. The following is an excerpt from Nation contributor Greg Kaufmann’s “This Week in Poverty” [...]

Screening Event Details and Registration The award-winning 2013 documentary The New Public chronicles the lives, and daily experiences, of a group of high school teachers and their students in their first and fourth years in an alternative school in the tough Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Director [...]

THE NEW PUBLIC TRAILER from THE NEW PUBLIC on Vimeo. Perhaps, the greatest pleasure is having the freedom to think, say, do, feel, and be as you are and/or as you choose. Yet, this liberty is rarely granted to us. In the United States we might wish [...]

You were there. If perchance you were not physically present at the actual 1963 Boycott of the Chicago Public Schools you can be there at the 50th Anniversary event,Lessons From the 1963 Boycott Then and Now. [See the Program [pdf]. View videos of the [...]

Reverend Barber and We Believe it is Possible. Part I Reverend Barber, Board Member of the NAACP, passionately spoke recently at the Organizing Summit, on October 4, 2013. EmpathyEducates is privileged to present snippets of his speech. Doctor Reverend Barber proclaims, "Change Comes When We Find A [...]

Karran Harper Royal Karran Harper Royal works as an Education Advocate in New Orleans. She is the Assistant Director of Pyramid Community Parent Resource Center and co-host of Pyramid Parent Talk Radio Show. Her work at Pyramid involves providing one to one support [...]

Lee Barrios I was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as an "Air Force brat" who lived in numerous states and Europe. I worked in the private sector for 25 years, raised three children, and then returned to school to become a teacher at [...]

Milwaukee Meets New Orleans Panelists Raynard Sanders hosts The New Orleans Imperative, the only weekly radio show that focuses on public education in New Orleans. Ray has over thirty years of experience in teaching, educational administration, and economic and community development. [...]

Growing Fairness teaser from Teachers Unite on Vimeo. For more information about collaborative workshops, screenings, and resources, visit Teachers Unite. Restorative Justice's After-School Special By Bryce Stucki | Originally Published at The American Prospect. October 4, 2013 The documentary [...]