Our first event will be a virtual conference to celebrate Paulo Freire's 100th birthday on December 1, 2, 7, 8, and 9, 2021. Specialists in education and public policy on themes related to Paulo Freire's work and his influence in different contexts will attend this celebration.
Programming:
Paulo Freire: 100 years of a revolutionary thinker
- Dec 1 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm EST (New York time) / 19:00 - 20:00 BRT (Brasília time)
- Theme: How did Paulo Freire influence education in Brazil and in the world, and why was he a revolutionary thinker?
- Moderator: Alexandre Schneider
- Participants: Gilberto Gil and Fernando Haddad
Paulo Freire around the world
- Dec 2 - 5:00 - 6:00 pm EST (New York time) / 19:00 - 20:00 BRT (Brasília time)
- Theme: Freire's impact in education around the globe, and how his ideas are still being reinvented in different countries.
- Moderator: Mariana Souto-Manning (Erikson Institute, USA)
- Participants: N'Dri Thérèse Assié-Lumumba (Cornell University, USA) and Luiza Cortesão (University of Porto, Portugal)
Paulo Freire and his generative ideas
- Dec 7 - 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST (New York time) / 19:00 - 20:30 BRT (Brasília time)
- Theme: How have Paulo Freire’s ideas impacted educational research and practice?
- Moderator: Sonya Horsford (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)
- Participants: Gloria Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA), Carlos Alberto Torres (UCLA, USA), Leoncio Soares (UFMG, Brazil)
Paulo Freire in the Arts and Culture
- Dec 8 - 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST (New York time) / 19:00 - 20:30 (Brasília time)
- Theme: How to re-read Paulo Freire's work in the world of Art and Culture
- Participants: Students participating in the Paulo Freire Initiative at Columbia University, USA & Sergio Vaz (Brazil)
Paulo Freire and his impact in the US
- Dec 9 - 5:00 - 6:30 pm EST (New York time) / 19:00 - 20:30 (Brasília time)
- Theme: How US-based scholars have studied Freire's work, and how he has been reinvented in the US?
- Moderator: Paulo Blikstein (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)
- Participants: Mariana Souto-Manning (Erikson Institute), Carol Benson (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA), Gita Steiner-Khamsi (Teachers College, Columbia University, USA)
