The Brecht Forum The Institute for Popular Education 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 242-4201 (212) 741-4563 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (e-mail) The Brecht Forum and The Institute for Popular Education present Popular Education and Organizing Models a conversation with Claudio Nascimento Tuesday, April 2 at 8 pm In this dialogue with U.S. popular educators, Claudio Nascimento will discuss the influence of popular education in political and labor organizing in Brazil, and current trends in organizing models. Nascimento is the Director of Instituto Cajamar in Sao Paulo, and Director of Education of the Brazilian National Confederation of Teachers. The Instituto Cajamar is a center for popular education that serves grassroots organizations, trade unions, and the Workers' Party (PT) in Brazil. Admission is $6. ***** The Institute for Popular Education, a project of The Brecht Forum, was founded in 1992 to promote a better understanding of the politics of education: the relationship between power, pedagogy, and culture. Its express purpose is to further the study and practice of education as a transformative social action, designed to empower and liberate individuals and communities in their struggle to democratize culture. Basic to the Institute's programs is a critical pedagogy: a critique of domination and a commitment to challenge inequality and injustice. Programs include: -Training workshops on the teaching methodology developed by Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, author of _The Pedagogy of the Oppressed_. -Workshops in the techniques of the Theater of the Oppressed, founded by Brazilian director and Workers' Party (PT) activist Augusto Boal. -An international resource exchange program with popular educators in varied fields, with special emphasis on Latin America and labor. ***** All Brecht Forum lectures are available on audiotape for $8. To order, make checks payable to *The Brecht Forum* and send to The Brecht Forum, 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor, New York, New York 10001. For orders outside the U.S., please send an international money order or bank check payable in U.S. funds and include an additional US$5 to cover the cost of air postage. ***** The 1996 Socialist Scholars Conference will be held on April 12-14 at Borough of Manhattan Community College, 199 Chambers Street, New York City. This year's theme is "Two Cheers for Utopia: Re-Imagining Socialism." For more information, call (212) 642-2826, fax (212) 642-2419, or e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] //30
