It was wonderful tabling with Save the Kids on June 19, 2015 at Juneteenth in Sioux Falls, South Dakokta. There were a few hundred people with Hip Hop, youth corner, about twenty booths. Here are some pictures below of the event. Continue reading
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Presentation at St. Cloud State University
With Save the Kids and for the National Month for Youth Justice organized by the Campaign for Youth Justice based in Washington D.C., I presented at the Global Responsibility Conference at St. Cloud State University, hosted by the Social Responsibility graduate program. I presented on Food Justice, Disability and Race and another presentation on the … Continue reading
Check out My chapter with Dr. Kim Socha on Urban Ed. Special Ed. and Hip Hop Pedagogy in “From Education to Incarceration” book
Buy this book: http://www.amazon.com/Education-Incarceration-School—Prison-Counterpoints/dp/1433123231/ref=la_B004EHPG4K_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1403547683&sr=1-1 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Continue reading
Presenting at Youth Justice Workshop April 6, 2014
Skype Lecture in Dublin, Ireland
I am really excited that I will be Skyping in soon for a lecture in Dublin, Ireland. Join the event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/602170046536511/?previousaction=join&ref_notif_type=plan_user_invited&source=1 Continue reading
Disability Pedagogy Lecture
Tonight at 6:00pm I will be speaking at Hamline University in a disability studies course on disability pedagogy, including a critique on special education and the school to prison pipeline. Here is my article I wrote on disability pedagogy: http://www.jceps.com/PDFs/6-2-05.pdf Continue reading
Twin Cities Dilla Day Event: Feb 7 4PM
Facebook event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/685458601476065/ Continue reading
RELEASED!! Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation
Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation Edited by: Anthony J. Nocella II, John Sorenson, Kim Socha, and Atsuko Matsuoka Book Series: Shirley Steinberg’s “Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education” ISBN 978-1-4331-2137-1 hb. (Hardcover) ISBN 978-1-4331-2136-4 pb. (Softcover) Buy this book at amazon.com Continue reading
School to Prison Pipeline Mini-Conference
School-to-Prison Pipeline Mini-Conference The growing prison population of young, urban-centered, males is at epidemic levels. Moreover, the issues of urban education seem to be mounting at an exponential rate: drop-out, inadequate classrooms, burned-out teachers, and more. Higher test scores are only part of the solution. Continue reading
Benefit Dance for Twin Cities Save the Kids
The return of the MARS Attacks Dance Party! It has been almost 11 months since the last one! All proceeds go to benefit the Minnehaha Free Space and Save the Kids. Save the Kids is a fully volunteer grass-roots organization rooted in hip-hop and transformative justice, advocates for alternatives for alternatives to, and the end … Continue reading
