The annual hooks-Freire Pedagogy of Justice Series exists to celebrate the lives and works of pedagogical visionaries bell hooks (1952-2021) and Paulo Freire (1921-1997), and their inspired contributions to many fields, including justice-oriented and values-based teaching. This series highlights core principles of humility, empathy, love, hope and dialogue and contributes to the on-going, global work to inspire the next 100 years of pedagogical innovation in the direction of equity, justice, and freedom. 

FCIP’s work is reflective of hooks’ and Freire’s commitment to a liberatory education imbued with the wisdom and experience of everyone involved in the educational endeavor, particularly those on the margins who are often left out of and erased from academia. We seek to honor their legacies, which aligns with FCIP’s own mission, to support Loyola instructors in delivering an honest, accessible, and mutually transformative education for our students.  

To commemorate hooks’ and Freire’s inspired contribution to many fields, including justice-oriented and values-based teaching, each year, Loyola scholars, educators and learners are invited to share their experiences with and knowledge of justice-oriented and values-based teaching and learning, with emphasis on the lenses of humility, empathy, love, hope and dialogue. 

The Series format is as follows:

• Abolitionist Pedagogy Reading Series
  • This series extends throughout each semester, with separate engagements for each, Fall, Spring, & Summer
• Pedagogy of Justice Film 
  • The Pedagogy of Justice Film offering is co-sponsored by our Anti-Oppressive Film series, and highlights a film that in some way discusses and engages with pedagogies of Justice, educational freedom, and/or liberatory education.
• Keynote Lecture and Presentation

For more information on each component of the series, visit their specific drop-downs below.

For more content about the series as a whole, please join and peruse our open Sakai site! There you will find specific imformation, articles, interviews, and other resources on our Abolitionist Reading Series and Pedagogy of Justice Film offerings. Join our Sakai here!

Find info on the Fall, Spring, & Summer series at this page link!

Spring 2024 Pedagogy of Justice Film - 

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise: Biography of an Influential Civil Rights Activist and Poet

Directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn

In partnership with the Anti-Oppressive Film Series, the annual Pedagogy of Justice Series presents a screening and post-film talkback/discussion of Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise: Biography of an Influential Civil Rights Activist and Poet directed by Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack as part of the PBS American Masters series.

Description: Distinctly referred to as “a redwood tree, with deep roots in American culture,” Dr. Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928-May 28, 2014) led a prolific life. As a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer, she inspired generations with lyrical modern African American thought that pushed boundaries. Best known for her autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Random House), she gave people the freedom to think about their history in a way they never had before. With unprecedented access, filmmakers Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack trace Dr. Angelou’s incredible journey, shedding light on the untold aspects of her life through never-before-seen footage, rare archival photographs and videos and her own words.

Discussion Topic: Demanding Justice, Finding Harmony

Date: Friday, March 15th, 2024, from 3:00pm - 4:30pm

• This event will be held virtually via this zoom link

Location:

• Virtual Location - This Zoom Link

Trailer: Watch the trailer at this clickable link!

Asynchronous Film Link: Find the Asynchronous film link here!

• The film can be streamed for free through Kanopy for any LUC community member with a LUC UVID

Note: 

• In lieu of an in-person screening for January, we will host a virtual discussion of the film, centering around the theme: Demanding Justice & Finding Harmony

hooks-Freire Pedagogy of Justice Keynote Address & Conversation!

FCIP is pleased to announce that Dr. Regina Conway-Phillips, PhD, RN, has been chosen as the 2024 hooks-Freire Pedagogy of Justice Keynote Speaker! Dr. Conway-Phillips is an Associate Professor & the Department Chair of Health Systems & Adult Health Nursing in the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.

 

 

Dr. Conway-Phillips’ Address, titled “Overcoming: The Importance of Mentors and Waymakers toward a Pedagogy of Justice,” discusses how mentors and Waymakers in her life have led her to where she is today and how bell hooks' and Paulo Freire's philosophies have also been an influence on her teaching and participation in the MNSON CARE Path program.Please view Dr. Conway-Phillips' Keynote Address below!

 

A for Angicos (2016, dir. Catherine Murphy), courtesy of HotHouse Global

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed, courtesy of the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz

View past keynote addresses