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Sunday, February 21, 2016

FINAL SCHEDULE for #uoo16philly: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution Feb. 26th - 28th, 2016

FINAL SCHEDULE for #uoo16philly: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution Feb. 26th - 28th, 2016 - UNITED OPT OUT: The Movement to End Corporate Education Reform:

FINAL SCHEDULE for #uoo16philly: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution Feb. 26th – 28th, 2016

United Opt Out National: Transcending Resistance, Igniting Revolution
The conference WILL BE LIVESTREAMED. 
If you are unable to be there in person, would you be willing to support our work and livestream coverage via a small donation to our gofundme account? Many thanks. We will post our livestream link on our website soon – stay tuned!  #uoo16philly
Thursday, February 25th (FREE – OPEN TO PUBLIC) Philadelphia Community Town Hall – Opting Out in the Urban Core
7:00 pm, at New Visions United Methodist Church, 3259 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA (rsvp on Facebook here)
Friday, February 26th
4:00-8:00 p.m.                   Welcome Reception with Stephen Krashen: Testing Every Day (refreshments provided)
Saturday, February 27th
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.                  Registration/breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.               Meet and Greet with UOO Leaders
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.             Keynote – Chris Hedges:  The Wages of Rebellion 
11:00 – 12:00 p.m.             Breakout Sessions
  • Ricardo Rosa and Joao J. Rosa: Capitalism’s Educational Catastrophe: And the Advancing Endgame Revolt! (Counterpoints)
Joao J. Rosa, Ricardo Rosa 
  • Community Empowerment: Parents, Teachers, Students, and Citizens
Tamara AndersonKendra BrooksShakeda Gaines, Marla Kilfoyle, Alison McDowell 
  • Higher Ed/Teacher Education
Jim Horn, Denisha Jones, Morna McDermott McNulty, Tim Slekar 
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.             Lunch on your own
1:00  –  2:00 p.m.               Panel #1   Global Privatization and “the Advancing Endgame Result!”
Bess Altwerger, Morna McDermott McNulty, Ricardo Rosa, Kevin Zeese 
2:00 –  3:00 p.m.                Breakout Groups
  • Media & Messaging
Ruth Conniff, Dave Greene, Fran Huckabee, Jaisal Noor, Jonathan Pelto
  • Opt Out 101 & CBE
Stefanie Fuhr, Ashley Jiminez, Alison McDowell, Emily Talmage          
  •  Resisting Charter Takeover & School Closure
Anthony Cody, Elizabeth Lloyd Lynch, Gus Morales 
3:00 – 3:45 p.m.                 Panel #2   Civil Rights: Reclaiming the Narrative
Miriam Harris, Denisha Jones, Aixa Rodriguez, Ceresta Smith, Yohuru Williams
3:45 – 4:00 p.m.                 Break
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.                 Keynote – Antonia Darder: Paulo Freire and Our Continuing Struggle in Neoliberal Times 
Sunday, February 28th
8:00                                        Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.               Keynote – Jill Stein: Opting Out of Corporate Control. Opting in to a World that Works for All of Us
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.             Break
10:15 – 11:15 a.m.             Breakout Groups
  • Union caucus building
Francesca Bluher, Michelle Gunderson, Michael Pena 
  • Special Needs/Exceptional Needs/ELL/Early Childhood
Rosemarie Jensen, Aixa RodriguezRuth Rodriguez, Jean Schutt, Susan Schutt
  • Our Demands: What’s Next?
UOO team (Denisha Jones, Morna McDermott McNulty,  Peg Robertson, Tim Slekar,  Ceresta
Smith) 
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.             Break
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.             Keynote – Bill Ayers: LESSON ONE: I Would Sing
12:45 – 1:15 p.m.               Closing Remarks from UOO leaders