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Education: Power and Promise
Education: Power
and Promise explores the power
of education for extending knowledge and creating a
compassionate society for all species and Earth. Beyond
the power of knowledge is the use of that knowledge to
create humane relationships that are based on ethics,
commitment, and peace. We need every teacher to be a
humane educator, incorporating relevant issues into
their curricula, and we need every institute of learning
to offer humane education to its students to prepare
them to be contributing global citizens.
No Child Left Behind has
emphasized reading, writing, and mathematics. Schools
are beginning to pay attention to the other 3R’s:
respect, reverence, and responsibility for others. These
3R’s will be addressed in the workshops of this
conference.
- What does it mean to
be responsible for others?
- How do people
evaluate information critically and creatively?
- How do people
(adults or children) become sensitive to the ecology
of the world around them?
The Pi Lambda Theta
Region I conference will be held in Philadelphia, the
city of brotherly love. The conference hotel is the
Crowne Plaza, Center City. The conference rate will
apply at the hotel from Wednesday night through Sunday
night. The conference rate is $139 per night plus tax
for single/double/triple/quad occupancy in a room.
Please register early by June 25, 2008 with the hotel to
get this rate Pi Lambda Theta Northeast Region 1, (hotel
phone number 215-561-7500; email
www.crowneplaza.com/philadelphia-centercity).
The conference is
organized differently from previous Region I
conferences. There is an optional cultural activity on
Thursday afternoon. The cost includes transportation and
a docent tour of the Philadelphia Art Museum (www.philamuseum.org)
followed by a visit to the Reading Terminal Market (www.readingterminalmarket.org)
. The conference begins on Friday with three workshops.
The gourmet dinner on Friday night is included in the
registration. The keynote speaker with a panel
discussion plus our popular gift exchange will be at the
dinner. Please bring a gift typical of your home
location for the exchange. The business meeting on
Saturday begins with hot gourmet buffet breakfast and
includes a workshop. At the closing hot lunch each
participant will be encouraged to make a difference
through their individual choices, their work, and their
activism. For those who will be staying Saturday night,
a group theater party is being planned. |
