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International Transgender Day of Visibility

Transgender Visibility Day

Women’s & Gender Studies in co-sponsorship with the Sustainability Literacy Institute, Gender & Sexuality Equity Center, Charleston Pride, and PRISM are excited to share this student organized event to celebrate International Transgender Day of Visibility!

National Today highlights the history of this special day:

There is no doubt that the transgender community continues to face discrimination worldwide. Be it in the workplace, schools, or society, it has been subjected to immense harassment and inequality in every part of the world for the ‘sin’ of being born different.

Rachel Crandall, a U.S.-based transgender activist, founded this day in 2009 to raise awareness for the incredible burden of discrimination the community faces in every setting imaginable. The need to bring a day of ‘visibility’ for the transgender community is indicative of the oppression they face in many sectors of life. Crandall wanted to highlight the fact that the only transgender-centric day that is internationally recognized is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is in mourning of members of the community who had lost their lives, and that there was no day to pay homage to living transgender people. By 2014, the day was observed by activists in Ireland and Scotland while, in 2015, many transgender people took part in the event by participating in social media campaigns. They successfully made the day go viral by posting selfies and personal stories.

Therefore, on Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31, annually, we recognize and revere their contributions, successes, and relentless resilience in standing tall and strong in the face of injustice. Through this Day of Visibility, we hope to induce moral responsibility and tolerance, and lift the restrictions on the rights of transgender people.

WGS Book Club Presents: Conversation with the Authors of “Where is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools & Communities”

Where is the Justice Book

Women’s & Gender Studies in partnership with the Sustainability Literacy Institute at CofC are hosting a virtual conversation with the authors of “Where is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools & Communities” on Friday, Feb. 11th at 1PM. Zoom meeting ID and passcode are on the flyer. We look forward to you joining the discussion, and keep reading to learn more about the book!

From the publisher:

This inspirational book is about engaged pedagogies, an approach to teaching and learning that centers dialogue, listening, equity, and connection among stakeholders who understand the human and ecological cost of inequality. The authors share their story of working with students, teachers, teacher educators, families, community members, and union leaders to create transformative practices within and beyond public school classrooms. This collaborative work occurred within various spaces—including inside school buildings, libraries, churches, community gardens, and nonprofit organizations—and afforded opportunities to grapple with engaged pedagogies in times of political crisis. Featuring descriptions from a district-wide initiative, this book offers practical and theoretical resources for educators wanting to center justice in their work with students. Through question-posing, color images, empirical observations, and use of scholarly and practitioner-driven literature, readers will learn how to use these resources to reconfigure schools and classrooms as sites of engagement for equity, justice, and love.

Book Features:

  • Provides a sound approach to deeply taking up the work of justice and engaged pedagogies.
  • Presents linguistic, cultural, theoretical, and practical ideas that can be used and implemented immediately.
  • Includes reflective questions, found poetry, lesson ideas, storytelling as narrative, and examples of engaged pedagogies.
  • Shares stories from a district-wide initiative that embedded engaged pedagogies within classrooms, counseling offices, and libraries.
  • Showcases original artwork and images in full color by Grace D. Player, one of the coauthors.

About the authors:

Valerie Kinloch is the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education and president of the National Council of Teachers of English (2021–2022). Her books include Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction. Emily A. Nemeth is an associate professor in the Department of Education at Denison University. Tamara T. Butler is executive director of Avery Research Center, College of Charleston. Grace D. Player is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Connecticut.

 

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