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ARE-LA Reading Circle - Sat, Jan 7th at Locke HS at Noon

posted Dec 18, 2011 6:24 PM by A.R.E. Los Angeles   [ updated Dec 23, 2011 12:02 PM by Antonio Martinez ]
Readings
-Building a multiracial occupy movement from International Socialist worker

-Race and the occupy movement: the nation magazine

-Davey D: Editorial: Should we Occupy or Decolonize?

-Student debt and the occupy movement

Videos
Cornel West speech: Washington DC

Chairman Omali at Occupy Oakland
street-in-oakland

Focus/Discussion Questions: “Please try to ground yourself in the text”
(1) What role have/do/should people of color play(ed) in the occupy movement?
(2) How can we create a space within the broader movement for our own historical
struggles?
(3) What is one specific point that is emphasized in the video that we think is imperative
to share with our students, our fellow educators, or people that we know in the
community? 
(4) Taking notes on ideas on how to formulate the ARE statement on the occupy
movement Person who is taking notes on drafting a statement?