Some Conference Highlights
Watch some of the highlights of the 2013 conference in the 2 videos below.
Also, scroll down (or click the link) to "Digital Stories" to see the inspiring outcome of a project on Digital Storytelling that was presented at the conference.
Music Night at the Steelworkers' Hall. Performers included Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummers (RAW); Cheri Maracle, Mohawk actor/singer/songwriter of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory; social justice activist and Hip Hop artist, MCMohammad Ali; and folk artists Teresa Healy and Tom Juravich. Elise Bryant was MC for the evening.
Presentation of UALE 2013 Best Book Award to Manny Ness
Presentation of the 2013 United Association for Labor Education award for Best Published Book related to Labor Education to Immanuel Ness, professor of political science at Brooklyn College. The book, Guest Workers and Resistance to U.S. Corporate Despotism, exposes the corporate structures behind exploitative migrant labor programs. Presentation by Judy Ancel, Director of The Institute for Labor Studies, UMKC.
Digital Stories
At the 2013 UALE conference in Toronto a group of Labour Educators from the U.S. and Canada participated in a Digital Storytelling workshop. People were asked to come prepared with a story about a moment in their educational practice that had changed the way they looked at their work.
Then, over two intensive days facilitated by Don Bouzek and Monica Gutierrez, participants shared their stories with each other and learned ways to turn them into a simple audio-visual presentation. These digital stories were shown at various points throughout the conference.
We offer them on-line as a glimpse at the variety of experiences in Labour Education. These stories are first steps toward a collective work that has yet to be constructed. They are personal but not unique. Use them for a class, a study group, a discussion or as inspiration for your own stories. The next steps are up to you.
The videos have been uploaded at Vimeo.com: https://vimeo.com/album/2484768
We are also in the process of adding subtitles to the videos. One has been completed so far; the others will be coming soon. The subtitled versions will be available here: https://vimeo.com/album/2575097