Jennifer Crow, Interim Curator at the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature
welcomes Dr. Robert McGarry, Shelbi Day and Lee Wind.
Three panelists presented to an engaged audience at the Henry Madden Library on Wednesday evening, May 1, 2012. Each
speaker presented experienced, informative and varying perspectives regarding the FAIR Education Act.
Shelbi Day, staff attorney in the Western Regional Office of
Lambda Legal, did a great job at explaining the law behind the Act and
the reasons for the Act. Her passion on the topic and willingness to
translate the evolution of the law with a non - lawyer audience created
understanding and awareness.
In addition, Dr. Robert McGarry, director of education for the Gay,
Lesbian and
Straight Education Network, was a wonderful speaker, centering his talk
on the value of respecting difference.. His message reflected the
impact on students when people are left out of the textbooks in
describing our
history.
And finally, Dr. Lee Wind,
author, speaker, and official blogger for the Society of
Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators was a brilliant speaker as
well. His ability to engage with the audience, get us to interact and
bring the program around full-circle was a successful effort towards a
content rich event. He brought humor, love, and
pizzazz into this very serious FAIR Education Act topic.
Audience
questions were welcomed and discussed. And appreciation was experienced
for all speakers, who have experienced and seen such difficult and even
negative events in their lives and careers but continue to approach
this serious FAIR Education Act topic with passion and a positive
manner.
Thank you again to all our speakers for your contributions to an EXCELLENT lecture event!
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Womack Lecture: FAIR Education Act Panel
