2013
8th Annual Educating for Change
Curriculum Fair
March 2, 2013 at Maplewood Richmond Heights Elementary

2013 Conference

Theme

"Partnering for Social Justice"

Featured Speakers

Panel of Local Partnerships for Social Justice:
Dail Chambers (GYA Yeyo Arts) + Joan Suarez (Jobs with Justice) 
Phillip Boyd (Beyond Housing) + Chris Krehmeyer (Normandy School District)
Scott Emanuel (Growing American Youth) + Community Youth
Rachel Levi (EarthDance Farm) + Sarah Miller (Clayton Teacher) 

Recipient of the 2013 Courageous Educator Award

Shirley Bradley Leflore
Poet, Playwright & Activist 

•She is an oral poet, performance artist and a retired adjunct professor of women’s and ethnic literature.
•An original member of the renowned Black Artist Group (BAG) of St. Louis, LeFlore has performed her poetry nationally and internationally.
•She has blended the vocal texture of her poetry with the music giants of jazz, blues, gospels/spirituals and classical music as a tool for key social justice change.