Hi friends,
If you’re attending the Annual Conference in Baltimore, please consider attending one or all of these Social Justice at the Convention events. These events give you an opportunity to engage with Baltimore from a different perspective: learn about unionization among contingent faculty, get to know and possibly join SJAC to participate in more transformative events and activities, and explore your creativity!
A.27 Social Justice For Classroom Instructors: Contingent Labor Organizing Roundtable
Thursday, April 10, 10:30–11:45 a.m.
Meeting Room 310, Baltimore Convention Center This roundtable will celebrate the social justice work of local Baltimore-area contingent instructors. Roundtable participants will share their experiences working to form unions in Baltimore-area institutions and reflect on its impact on their work in classrooms; they will invite attendees to share . Attendees and participants will engage in an informal table discussion about the experiences shared, approaches to organizing in Baltimore, and ideas for how to approach consolidating strength to address the local issues that impact our own communities and institutions. Overall, this roundtable is designed to celebrate the important organizing work contingent instructors are doing in the Baltimore area to elevate their voices in their workplaces.
Trivia Night
Thursday, April 10, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Pickles Pub, Pickles Pub Room Level: 520 Washington Blvd, Baltimore
For a sponsored night out, meet the Local Arrangements Committee and Social Justice at the Convention Committee for an evening of food, drink, and pub trivia, including prizes. This event will include free appetizers for conference attendees and drinks/mocktails for purchase. Our location will be announced soon. Join us for a fun evening!
Stitch & Spin: A Craft Slam/Record Nite Extravaganza
Friday, April 11, 7:30–9:00 p.m.
Rooms 309 and 310, Baltimore Convention Center
The Social Justice at the Convention Committee, Local Arrangements Committee, and Handcrafted Rhetorics SIG invite you to share your favorite tunes, get crafty, and make zines! Drop by to listen to music and flex your creative muscles over crafts. No experience necessary. Craft supplies will be on hand, including the Feminist Caucus’s quilt project, though you can also bring your own. We encourage you to bring a record so we can play a few tracks and make a collaborative 4Cs mixtape! Heavy appetizers will be provided with drinks for purchase. Visit https://handcraftedrhetorics.org/ for more information about the music formats that we can accommodate.
Respectfully,
Antonio
Antonio ByrdAssistant Professor of English
University of Missouri-Kansas City