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October 25, 2004
2004 Bushwhacked: Queering Borders and Boundaries in the Lone Star State
For the past three years, the Progressive SIGs and Caucuses Coalition has sponsored forums for the different interest groups in CCCC to develop a common agenda. The PSCC have organized these forums out of the belief that language, writing, and literacy are inseparable from issues of public policy and social justice. For that reason, our sessions have highlighted the connection between classroom practice and local, national, and international events. In addition, we work with individual SIGs/Caucuses to develop resolutions for presentation to the CCCC Executive Board. Last year, our session was attended by over 150 CCCC participants and each of the resolutions we supported were adopted. (For instance, we are currently working with CCCC to develop a web page for use by teachers on the “war on terror,� a goal of one of our resolutions.)
For this year’s CCCC, we hope to use the Texas location to focus on the rights of gay, immigrant, and prison populations. Each of these issues are a key point of contention both in Texas and in the Bush Administration. In particular, we hope to present a session which shows how advocacy work in these areas relates to our writing classrooms and our profession. As always, the session will also feature resolutions developed by PSCC members for presentation at the CCCC Executive Board Meeting.
Posted by sparks at October 25, 2004 9:29 PM