10th Annual Teachers For Social Justice Conference
‘Twas an unusually warm Saturday morning. But the prospect of a relaxing day was not going to stop me from supplying the world (SF Mission District) with highly classified literature (www.akpress.org). With Slingshots in one hand and bag of walnuts in the other, AK Press crossed the Bay Bride to attend the 10th Annual Teachers For Social Justice Conference held at Mission High School in San Francisco. Teachers for Social Justice is a non-profit teacher development group that uses grassroots organizing techniques to “provide opportunities for self-transformation, leadership, and community building to educators in order to affect meaningful change in the classroom, school, community and society.” Moving along, Every year T4SJ holds a conference where educations and students can gather, network, attend skill-building workshops and develop a professional learning community.
We were among great anti-royalty last Saturday. Other vendors included Haymarket books, The Beehive Collective, Bound Together Books, The Slingshot Collective, and Ashay Children’s Books. The organizers of the conference were quite hospitable; checking in with vendors, providing delicious, free vegan lunches and making sure they packed the school with educators hungry for books! The new kids book ABC’s of Anarchy was picked up rather quickly. Our Feminist Press titles sold well, particularly the second edition of Witches, Midwives and Nurses. Of course the just in 2011 Slingshots sold like hotcakes! Thanks, again T4SJ. See you next year!
Be sure to keep an eye out for AK coming to your part of town. Look for us in Portland for the Portland Anarchist Bookfair. We will also be tabling in Humboldt at the Humboldt Anarchist Bookfair. Sign up for our events e-mail to stay updated.
