Free Minds, Free People 2019 Workshop Proposal Submission

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* 1. Which format best describes your proposal?

PANEL DISCUSSION: Several individuals with experience in similar topics will share a 90-minute time slot, fielding questions and generating action-oriented dialogue with participants.

WORKSHOP: Practitioners will provide hands-on instruction and practical ideas and methods that participants can take back to their home communities. We prefer workshops that actively engage participants. (Workshops last 90 minutes on average).

PAPER OR RESEARCH EXPLORATION: Authors/researchers will share a 90-minute time slot to interactively explore papers on a similar topic and engage the audience in the issues and implications for youth and social change.*** (See note below)

FREE YOUNG MINDS: Facilitators will lead a hands-on activity specifically for youth ages 4-12. Activities are designed to engage young minds in exploring issues relevant to their experiences and expressing their unique voices. (Free Young Minds workshops are 30-minutes for ages 4-9 and 90-minutes for ages 10-12).

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* 2. Alignment with National Student Bill of Rights for All Youth. Please select one or more rights from the National Student Bill of Rights which align with your session. (for more info see NSBR)

Right to Free Public Education

Right to Study Curriculum that Acknowledges & Addresses Youth’s Material and Cultural Needs

Right to Safe & Secure Housing

Right to Free Public Transportation

Right to Physical Activity & Recreation

Right to Safe & Secure Public Schools

Right to Free Health Care

Right to High Quality Food

Right to Employment

Right to Free Day Care for Children

Right to Free College Education

Right to Freedom from Unwarranted Search, Seizure or Arrest

Right to Restorative Justice & Peer Evaluation

Right to Arts Education

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* 3. In a sentence or two, explain which of the rights your proposal aligns to and how. You may choose more than one right.

*** Paper or research exploration: Papers or research explorations will be grouped with others that share similar content. If you are interested in co-leading a panel or workshop on a particular topic, but don’t know of other groups that share a similar interest, please let us know and we may be able to match you with another organization, school, or individual. For example, if you are presenting research about nutrition in schools, it might match up well with research exploring obstacles to student achievement.