Schedule
November 20, 2024
11:00am to 12:30pm
Information
PRESENTER: Rabbi Dr. Meir Muller
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REGISTER BY: 11/18/2024
COST: $25.00 Payable Online
CREDITS: 1.5 ETHICS CE HOURS (CEs have been approved by GSCSW)
LOCATION: VIRTUAL (via MICROSOFT TEAMS)
DESCRIPTION:
Are you eager to learn about the latest headlines on book censorship and its deeper roots? This session will trace the evolution from legislation banning Critical Race Theory to the widespread banning of books about Black people, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and other marginalized groups, leading to the broader white nationalist goal of permanently altering public education. We will explore how these efforts undermine educational freedoms, erase important identities, and harm students' mental and emotional well-being, with a focus on justice in education including challenges faced by Jewish individuals.
ABOUT RABBI DR. MEIR MULLER:
Rabbi Dr. Muller serves as an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of South Carolina. His research interests include Justice pedagogy in early childhood education, countering antisemitism in higher education, anti-racist frameworks, and Jewish early childhood education. Dr. Muller has served as lead author of South Carolina’s early childhood state standards and as part of a team of educators who developed curricula that prepares European teachers to address bias, prejudice, and antisemitism. His most recent publication is the Bloomsbury text, Early Childhood Jewish Education: Multicultural, Gender, and Constructivist Perspectives. Dr. Muller is the co-founder of the Cutler Jewish Day School where he spent 30 years heading the school.