Making Education Popular. Northwest Popular Education Conference, 1999-02

File — Box: 28, Folder: 2-3

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains memos, agendas, minutes of planning meetings, planning committee membership, invitations to speakers and facilitators, budgets, draft agendas, “onion cutting” lists, final agenda, list of Display tables, The Theater of Liberation workshop prior to the conference. There is a list of participants broken down by one of 10 Cohort Groups, and biographical statements of all presenters and organizers.

Dates

Creation: 1999-02

Creator

From the Collection: Leahy, Dan (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to the public and must be viewed in The Evergreen State College Archives and Special Collections reading room.

Biographical / Historical

Culminating two years of organizing under the leadership of Ellen Shortt-Sanchez, this conference attracted 170 participants, which included 60 students, 10 faculty and staff, 50 union members and 50 community members. The conference was co-sponsored by three academic programs and produced three murals by a Mike Alewitz, Demetrio Baretta and Klaire Kujundzik. There were 15 “Demonstrations” during the conference.