DrHHayes_MLKSoloSXSW2025_PanelPicker.pptx

SXSW Edu 2025 PanelPicker

1. Globalizing civil rights to engage collective learning Dr. heather Ashley hayes Author, against any evil: cartography of a global mlk (forthcoming, 2025) Panelpicker submission, sxsw edu 2025

2. Since 2021, 45 states have proposed more than 135 pieces of legislatio n limiting what schools can teach regarding race, civil rights history, politics, And/or LGBTQIA+ issues.

3. More than 50% of this legislation has passed. Consequences include book bans, curricular “gag orders,” and high levels of educator burnout, among other pedagogical impacts.

4. We Must think about engaging innovative avenues for sparking excitement & change… In an unprecedented landscape for educators and pedagogical space.

5. In this session, join a veteran educator & researcher focused on global frameworks of civil rights... As we turn to those who came before us to think about how we may collectively confront injustice , as we also replenish our collective energies to transform our pedagogical landscape .

6. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere . We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly… Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)

7. Engaging a global framework of civil rights…to transform our educational spaces How did US civil rights histories both draw from and inspire future efforts for justice outside the United States? How have infrastructures for justice work, and belonging based spaces, been built from global frameworks for civil rights? In what ways may we transform our spaces of learning, when engaging the actionable lessons from a global framework of the US civil rights movement?

8. How might we expand our understandings of US civil rights history, to encompass global frameworks, so we can engage innovative, transformative resources for pedagogical change in our spaces of learning?

9. Education remains “the battleground in the struggle for freedom .” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1964

10. In this session, learn more about: Identifying global connections across communities, drawn from civil rights history, that can spark pedagogical energy for social justice work. Extending global knowledge from civil rights histories to transcend prevailing narratives for new pedagogical and classroom infrastructures of belonging . Build resources and actionable tools for utilizing global frameworks drawn from civil rights histories for tangible pedagogical change, in the classroom and in broader educational contexts.

11. VOTE: SXSW EDU PANELPICKER 2025! Globalizing civil rights to engage collective learning Can’t wait to see you all in Austin, in March 2025!