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Welcome to MLK Day 2019, "Gen Z Activism: Responsibility, Accountability, Intersectionality".

Registration  is now open and will close MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 at 1:00 pm.  If you have not registered by the deadline, you will receive a dickey.

Students are required to attend 3 activities; the Keynote Address by Andrea Taylor, the mandatory "half and half" workshop film : "Precious Knowledge", and one workshop of your choice.

The Keynote Address is highlighted in RED below.  All students must register for and attend this in the Love Gym.

The mandatory half and half workshop "Precious Knowledge" is offered as either a morning option or an afternoon option and is highlighted in GREEN below.  All students must register for and attend EITHER in the morning or the afternoon.  

The elective workshops are listed below: PURPLE for a morning session, or YELLOW for an afternoon session.  All students must register for and attend one elective workshop.

If you select a morning session of "Precious Knowledge" (GREEN), you will select an afternoon elective workshop (YELLOW) and the Keynote Address (RED).  

If you select an afternoon session of "Precious Knowledge" (GREEN), you will select a morning elective workshop (PURPLE) and the Keynote Address (RED).

Be sure your schedule includes only 1 GREEN mandatory workshop!  

Your schedule should NOT be Red, Purple and Yellow.

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Friday, January 18 • 10:29am - 12:00pm
Mandatory Workshop: Precious Knowledge FULL
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Education has always been a contested site for social and political struggles and given the climate that we currently find ourselves in, education or discussions about knowledge can become important sites to share, develop, and put forth ideas and actions. In this workshop, participants will explore and delve into the historical backdrop of the Mexica cosmology, the Nahui Ollin.  This worldview played a fundamental roll in the success of the renowned Mexican American Raza Studies Department, in how students/teachers came to humanize self and others and as a by byproduct, student achievement was maximized, thereby eliminating the achievement or opportunity gap.  We will also engage in a conscientization activity examining Paulo Freire’s levels of consciousness.
Speakers
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Jose Gonzales

Teacher, Tucson High School
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Eren Isabel McGinnis

Filmmaker, Documentary Writer
Eren McGinnis is a filmmaker. Her filmography includes over 20 movies including POV’s Tobacco Blues, Beyond the Border, The Spirituals, and Independent Len’s Precious Knowledge. She has a degree in Cultural Anthropology from San Diego State University and a certificate in Film... Read More →
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Pricila Rodriguez

Ph. D Graduate Student, University of San Diego
Pricila Rodriguez is originally from Tucson, Arizona and a former student of the Mexican American Studies program at TUSD. She completed her double Bachelor Degree at the University of Arizona in Cultural Anthropology and Gender and Women Studies with a concentration in Sexualities... Read More →

Friday January 18, 2019 10:29am - 12:00pm EST
Assembly Hall
  Mandatory Workshop