Creating a culture where social justice and liberation is the norm requires education, but we know that mere memorization of facts will not get us there. This new creation requires us to learn new skills and adapt to a new way of seeing the world and the people around us. Anti-oppression movements and the rise of popular education have provided the insight and tools necessary to educate ourselves and each other so that we can attain this culture of liberation in the most direct way possible.
The Survival Guide is compiled annually by the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center.
Our method of education is multicultural and integrates perspectives developed during movements against sexism, racism and other forms of oppression. We don’t compartmentalize ‘‘diversity work,’’ instead merging all anti-oppression work into our method and into the very framework of the learning itself.
The MSPJC firmly believes the best way to educate ourselves and our community is to move away from a “fact-centered” model and move instead toward a “people-centered” model of education. We know that the people we work with are the experts. They know more about what’s happening in their communities than anyone else, and they know the best ways to go about creating solutions to the challenges they face. We also know our communities have the power to create change; that we can’t and shouldn’t wait for someone from above to fix us; that real and lasting change happens from the ground up.
Please join us this weekend for the Gandhi-King Conference, co-sponsored by the Peace and Justice Studies Association. Register now to be a part of this national gathering on Peace, Solidarity, and Justice.
Can't make it for the whole weekend? One day-only rates of $20 are available this year!
There are also several events associated with the conference that are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:
Friday 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Film Screening: Little Town of Bethlehem in the
We are under one month away from conference time, and we want to be sure that you put GKC on your calendar now so you don’t miss any of the great events we have in store this year.
Register online here to reserve your space today!
We are very excited to begin the conference weekend Thursday evening, October 20th, with a concert with political singer/songwriter David Rovics at 7pm at Otherlands Cafe. Rovics has been called "the musical version of Democracy Now!"
The 2011 Gandhi-King Conference will occur at Christian Brothers University on October 21-23. This year's conference is being co-presented with the Peace and Justice Studies Association, which will draw an even larger national audience.
MSPJC is very happy to announce our first Core Organizer Training to begin on September 15th! Read more information below about the training and sign up here to register.
This report was prepared by the MSPJC led Coalition Against Private Prisons in 2005 takes an initial look at the costs of privatization of services in the criminal justice system in Shelby County a
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