Note from Adam Renner regarding the Rouge Forum Conference

[Rich Gibson <rgibson@pipeline.com>]

Friends,

On behalf of the Rouge Forum and the planning 
committee, thank you for your interest in the 
Rouge Forum Conference to be held in Louisville 
at both Bellarmine University and the University of Louisville, March 13-16.

Featuring:

over 30 papers (and growing),

more than 50 presenters,

3 panel discussions (No Child Left Unrecruited?, 
Revolutionary/Radical Pedagogy, Student 
assignment in Jefferson County after the Supreme Court decision),

3 main addresses (Dr. Milton Brown, Dr. Rich 
Gibson, and, our keynote, Dr. E. Wayne Ross),

2 professional developments (on critical literacy and green education), and

2 cultural events (at the Jazz Factory and at the 
Red Barn at U of L, featuring spoken word, music, 
and other dramatic performances),

we expect an opportunity to learn, live, and grow 
as a community over this mid-March weekend in 
consideration of our conference theme­Education: Reform or Revolution?

We would like to encourage you now to please 
register for the conference by going to the 
conference website: 
<http://www.rougeforumconference.org/>www.rougeforumconference.org. 
Presenters, this is particularly important for 
you in order that we can finalize the 
conference/session schedules.  Please do so by February 15, 2008, if possible.

Please check the developing session schedule at 
the conference site. Some sessions are still in 
the process of shifting given requests by some of 
the presenters.  We hope to finalize this 
shortly, making sure there are no other requests to move sessions.

I am also aware that some local professors and 
teachers will be bringing their classes to the 
conference. Registration will, of course, be free 
for these students whose Teachers/Professors 
mandate their attendance at the 
conference.  We?ll be happy to keep a sign-in at 
the registration desk for you.  If the students 
will want a boxed lunch, however, for either day, 
we would like them to register and pay the 
$8/lunch. Please encourage all students to register if they plan to have lunch.

Please also forward this conference information 
to anyone else you think would be interested in attending.

We look forward to seeing you in Louisville in March.

Stay tuned for further updates.

In solidarity. adam