Loading…
2019 MLK Day (Employee Signup) has ended
MLK Day Registration for employees is open until Monday, January 14 at 9:00 am.
MLK Day offers:
The Keynote Address open to the entire community from 8:15 am to 10:00 am
Morning workshops from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Lunchtime conversations in Wetherell from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Afternoon workshops from 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Adult Only workshops from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

You may register to take attendance/chaperone at a student workshop.  Each workshop has a specific limited number of adults needed and is color coded RED.  Note: the time listed in SCHED is 15 minutes prior to start of a session.  You are expected to be on time.  You must also accept a download of the attendance app which will be sent to you from SCHED to your mobile device and bring that device to use to take attendance.  We are not using paper attendance sheets.

You may register to attend selected workshops as an observer.  These have a specific number of seats available for each workshop and are color coded BLUE.

You may also register for any of 3 adult only workshops, color coded BLUE.

The Keynote Address and the table discussions in Wetherell do not require any registration and are color coded GREEN.

If a workshop is marked FULL, please make another selection.  Workshop availability is based on room capacities and other considerations. There is no waitlist and adults will not be added if the workshop is full.
Back To Schedule
Friday, January 18 • 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Chaperone/Attendance “Poetry as Protest/ Making the Invisible Visible” FULL

Log in to save this to your schedule, view media, leave feedback and see who's attending!

Tweet Share
Limited Capacity full
Many students, parents, grandparents and friends work in the service industry as custodians, waitresses, or bus drivers. This poetry workshop is fashioned to bring respect and to honor their lives. Too often we hear about this kind of work as a reason “to stay in school,” perpetuating the stereotype of looking down upon this labor or shaming this kind of work. In this interactive workshop participants will explore the poetry of Martin Espada to inspire poems that demand justice for the marginalized.
Speakers
TD

Theresa Davis

Theresa Davis is the mother of three and was a classroom teacher for over twenty years. She reclaimed her love for poetry eleven years ago after the loss of her father.  Since his death she has emerged as a nationally recognized slam poet, youth advocate, and teacher of poetry. Theresa... Read More →

Friday January 18, 2019 1:15pm - 3:00pm EST
Arts & Crafts Room (EPAC)
  Attendance/Chaperone Needed, Afternoon Session

Attendees (2)