Monday | July 29, 2024
From July 29-August 2, 2024 the Albert Shanker Institute had the opportunity to offer Shanker Conversations as part of the Education International World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This followed ASI’s inaugural participation in the 2019 World Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. Because Albert Shanker cofounded Education International, the Albert Shanker Institute’s participation at EI’s World Congress is a natural extension of Al’s vision of learning and building power together globally, just as ASI’s Shanker Conversations are an extension of Al’s commitment to free and open debate.
GLOBAL THREATS FROM THE HARD RIGHT
Raymond Basilio, Secretary-General, Alliance of Concerned Teachers, Philippines.
Maike Finnern, Federal Chairwoman, German Education Union (GEW)
Manuela Mendonça, President, National Board of the National Federation of Teachers (FENPROF/Portugal)
Moderator: Mary Cathryn Ricker, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
DEMOCRACY ASCENDING
Odile Cordelier, Secrétaire Nationale, SNES-FSU, France
Ivan Ilich González Contreras, General Secretary, Section 47, Jalisco, Mexico
Mugwena Maluleke, General Secretary, South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU); Vice-President for Africa; Executive Board, Education International.
Emma Rose, President, National Education Union, Great Britain
Moderator: Randi Weingarten, President, AFT and Albert Shanker Institute
EXPERIENTAL LEARNING AROUND THE WORLD
Clint Johnston, President-Designate, Canadian Teachers’ Federation CTF/FCE
Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen, Vice President, Union of Education, Norway
Mike Thiruman, General Secretary, Singapore Teachers’ Union
Moderator: Daniel Montgomery, President, Illinois Federation of Teachers; Vice President, AFT; Shanker Institute Board Member.