Meet Me in St. Louie by Louise Lovdahl, Roving Reporter for heartbeat

Have you ever read a book in which you highlighted all the good stuff and when the book ended you realized that nearly EVERY line was highlighted? This happened to me with two eye-opening books, “Privilege, Power, and Difference” and “The Gender Knot”, both by Allan G. Johnson.

Allan G. Johnson http://uhavax.hartford.edu/agjohnson/ is a writer, teacher and public speaker on issues related to social inequality and privilege. In other words, he presents controversial issues such as racism and sexism in a way that people can hear without defensiveness and guilt.

Allan Johnson will be the featured speaker at this year’s Multicultural Council (MCC) conference to be held in St. Louis the weekend of November 17-19th. Saturday Dr. Johnson will present information and facilitate exercises around sexism. Sunday will include the annual business meeting of the MCC.

. . . . . . . STOP, go back. MKP and WWI are tackling Sexism? Yep, that’s right. This WILL be interesting and not to be missed!!!!

The MCC, an initiative of the ManKind Project, and the conference itself are open to graduates of the NWTA and WWTW and others interested in learning about the “ism’s”. More information and registration is available at http://mcc.mkp.org The conference site is the Pallonttine Renewal Center, 10 miles from the St. Louis airport. Conference coordinator Dennis Nicely reports that although the walls of the private rooms are “a dull army green”, each room includes its own bathroom with shower. Dennis enthusiastically states that this conference is an incredible opportunity you won’t want to miss.

Hope you will meet me in St. Louie for a weekend of exciting and controversial discussions on sexism, racism, patriarchy, privilege and making the world a safer place for children of all ages.

Louise Lovdahl,
Oct. 1993, Delavan, WI
Roving Reporter for heartbeat
louise.heartbeat@gmail.com

Annual MCC Conference,
Nov. 17-19, St. Louis, MO.
Featuring Allan G Johnson on Sexism
Info and Registration at http://mcc.mkp.org
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