Riser Group LLC, Portland

08/25/2022

Support Riser's classroom as they go Back to Basics! Reading books, writing and drawing thoughts (by hand!), creating posters and tri-fold presentations... Everything here is designed to minimize electronics and maximize tactile literacy and learning!

Help me give my students basic tools for learning & sharing their thinking! The composition notebooks give kids a wa to write or draw their thoughts & feelings related to the class content ...

08/03/2022

This is the origin of the so-called states’ rights argument: when the will of everyday people contradicted the will of the ruling class, the state was used to intercede… on behalf of the ruling class against the will of the people.

Remember that next time you hear a politician, or anyone else, use the term “states’ rights.” It is implicitly anti-democratic.

AND… this ties into the concept of the *Pyramid of Power*. The hierarchy in this passage is Calhoun (as an elite, at the top), the state as buffer and intermediary, and the people—without whom neither the state nor Calhoun’s status as an elite would be possible.

Come through & dig into how this dynamic is at play (not only in the world of politics, but virtually everywhere we go!) at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lenses-for-analyzing-power-23-the-pyramid-of-power-registration-380737525187

(excerpt from Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean).


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07/24/2022

Getting ready for this Lenses series!
👉🏽 Paulo Freire, Brazilian Educator
👉🏽 Cedric Robinson, Political Science Professor
👉🏽 Gholdy Muhammad, Literacy Teacher Educator

Who are you learning from?!


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07/17/2022

Orwell said it. The people at the bottom are the ones with the most power! But, what triggers agency and empowerment for those who are targeted for marginalization? #1984

: “How do we flip the switch in our minds? How do we catalyze the movement that sets things…”

07/12/2022

Register today for this incredible series of virtual workshops facilitated by educator Chris Riser! https://chrisriser.com/workshops