What a School Means with Eve L. Ewing (5-14-20)

Join Eve L. Ewing in radically reimagining the meaning of public schools with an antiracist, liberatory vision of what education could be. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are schools beyond the brick and mortar that compose them or the test scores and graduation rates that garner the most public attention? Join writer, scholar and cultural organizer Eve. L. Ewing in conversation with Jen Johnson from the Chicago Teachers Union as they discuss what schools really mean to Americans and to African-Americans in particular. Can schools be places for liberation or are they destined to remain institutions that reflect the oppressions and segregation of society? Dr. Eve L. Ewing is a sociologist of education and a writer from Chicago. She is the author, most recently, of the poetry collection 1919 and the nonfiction work Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side. Her first book, the poetry collection Electric Arches, received awards from the American Library Association and the Poetry Society of America and was named one of the year's best books by NPR and the Chicago Tribune. Jen Johnson is Chief of Staff for the Chicago Teachers Union. Get the books: 1919: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1295-1919 Electric Arches: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1374-electric-arches Check out Eve's latest book, Ghosts in School Yard: https://bookshop.org/a/1039/9780226526027 Haymarket's list of books for young readers: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/116-50-off-haymarket-books-for-young-readers Haymarket's education justice reading list: https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/146-education-justice-reading-list Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/NHo2egETxvI Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks