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The '''Fight Back Teach In''' was hosted by [[Frances Fox Piven]] and [[Cornel West]] on April 5, 2011.
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[[File:Sachs.JPG|thumb|2011 Fight Back Teach-In Flyer]]
  
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==Participants==
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The '''Fight Back Teach In''' was hosted by [[Frances Fox Piven]], [[Richard Trumka]] and [[Cornel West]] on April 5, 2011.
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==Personnel==
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===Featured Speakers===
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The following were featured speakers for the Teach In:<ref>[http://www.fightbackteachin.org/localflyer.pdf Fight Back Teach In: ''Local Flyer''] (accessed on April 8, 2011)</ref><ref name=presspacket/>,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120112075747/https://fightbackteachin.org/localflyer.pdf Archive Link Fight Back Teach In: ''Local Flyer''] (accessed on April 8, 2011)</ref>
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*[[Frances Fox Piven]]
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*[[Cornel West]]
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*Honorable [[Gustavo Rivera]], New York State Senator
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*[[Jeffrey Sachs]], [[Columbia University]]
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*[[Heather McGhee]], [[Demos]]
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*[[Richard Trumka]], President [[AFL-CIO]]
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*[[Beth Huang]], student leader, Wisconsin, [[United Students Against Sweatshops]]
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*[[Anthony Klug]], public education activist, [[UFT]], Wadleigh High Chapter
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*[[Sergio Cuevas]], housing activist, [[National People's Action]]
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===Campus Contacts===
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The following is a list of campus contacts who were available for interview:<ref name=presspacket/>
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*[[Robert Burack]], University of Michigan-Flint Teach In
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*[[Dan Clawson]], University of Massachusetts Amherst
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*[[Ken Jacobs]], University of California- Berkley Teach In
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*[[Daniela Jorge]], organizer, [[NJ United Students]], William Paterson University
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*[[Craig Steven Wilder]], MIT
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*[[Judith Grant]], Ohio University, Athens
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===Other===
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The following are other individuals who were involved with the Teach In:<ref name=fbti/><ref name=presspacket>[http://www.fightbackteachin.org/FIGHT%20BACK%20TEACH%20IN%20PRESS%20RESOURCES%20.pdf Fight Back Teach In: ''Press Resources''] (accessed on April 12, 2011)</ref>
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*[[Jonathan Martocci]], website designer
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*[[Christine Kelly]], co-created "press packet"
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*[[Mike McCabe]], co-created "press packet"
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*[[Liz Shuler]], national secretary, [[AFL-CIO]], spoke at University of California- Berkley Teach In
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*[[Harley Shaiken]], UC professor, spoke at University of California- Berkley Teach In
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*Dr. [[Jason Kosnoski]], professor of Political Science, spoke at University of Michigan-Flint Teach In
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*[[Christine Walley]], moderated discussion at MIT Teach In
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===Participants===
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The following stated that they would be participating in the Teach In:<ref>[http://fightbackteachin.wufoo.com/reports/participating-campuses/ Fight Back Teach In: ''Participating Campuses''] (accessed on April 8, 2011)</ref>
 
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*[[Tina Deshotels]], [[WISE]], [[Alabama]]
 
*[[Tina Deshotels]], [[WISE]], [[Alabama]]
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*[[Kimberly King]], [[California Faculty Association]], [[California]]
 
*[[Kimberly King]], [[California Faculty Association]], [[California]]
 
*[[Ashley Wardle]], [[Sociology Graduate Student Committee]], [[California]]
 
*[[Ashley Wardle]], [[Sociology Graduate Student Committee]], [[California]]
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*[[Lola Fagbamila]], [[Students for Quality Education, Pan Afrikan Student Collective]], [[California]]
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*[[Lola Fagbamila]], [[Students for Quality Education]], [[Pan Afrikan Student Collective]], [[California]]
 
*[[Jessica Spain]], [[California]]
 
*[[Jessica Spain]], [[California]]
 
*[[Susette Min]], [[California]]
 
*[[Susette Min]], [[California]]
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*[[Bob McCarl]], [[Sociology Club]], [[Idaho]]
 
*[[Bob McCarl]], [[Sociology Club]], [[Idaho]]
 
*[[Adrienne Evans]], [[United Vision for Idaho]], [[Idaho]]
 
*[[Adrienne Evans]], [[United Vision for Idaho]], [[Idaho]]
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*[[Sonny Garcia]], [[Latinos United for Change and Illinois People's Action]], [[Illinois]]
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*[[Sonny Garcia]], [[Latinos United for Change]], [[Illinois People's Action]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[William Sites]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[William Sites]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Therese Quinn]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Therese Quinn]], [[Illinois]]
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*[[Dr. Cris Toffolo]], [[Illinois]]
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*Dr. [[Cris Toffolo]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Emmanuel Llamas]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Emmanuel Llamas]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Gray H. Whaley]], [[Illinois]]
 
*[[Gray H. Whaley]], [[Illinois]]
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*[[M. A. Coleman]], [[Indiana]]
 
*[[M. A. Coleman]], [[Indiana]]
 
*[[Cynthia Conley]], [[Indiana]]
 
*[[Cynthia Conley]], [[Indiana]]
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*[[Professor Joseph Varga]], [[Indiana]]
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*Professor [[Joseph Varga]], [[Indiana]]
 
*[[Kathryn McKinley]], [[Iowa]]
 
*[[Kathryn McKinley]], [[Iowa]]
 
*[[Audrey Coleman]], [[UE 896-COGS]], [[Iowa]]
 
*[[Audrey Coleman]], [[UE 896-COGS]], [[Iowa]]
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*[[David Jacobs]], [[Maryland]]
 
*[[David Jacobs]], [[Maryland]]
 
*[[Michelle Corbin]], [[Maryland]]
 
*[[Michelle Corbin]], [[Maryland]]
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*[[Todd Reynolds]], [[AFT-Maryland, AFL-CIO]], [[Maryland]]
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*[[Todd Reynolds]], [[AFT-Maryland]], [[AFL-CIO]], [[Maryland]]
 
*[[Patrick T. Reynolds]], [[AFT-Maryland]], [[Maryland]]
 
*[[Patrick T. Reynolds]], [[AFT-Maryland]], [[Maryland]]
 
*[[Lama Hassoun]], [[Healthroots]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Lama Hassoun]], [[Healthroots]], [[Massachusetts]]
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*[[Monica Leisey]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Monica Leisey]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Iriwn Nesoff]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Iriwn Nesoff]], [[Massachusetts]]
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*[[Claire Lewis]], [[Progressive Student Alliance/United Students Against Sweatshops]], [[Massachusetts]]
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*[[Claire Lewis]], [[Progressive Student Alliance]]/[[United Students Against Sweatshops]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Jacob Bor]], [[HealthRoots/HSPH]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Jacob Bor]], [[HealthRoots/HSPH]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Shanti Singham]], [[Massachusetts]]
 
*[[Shanti Singham]], [[Massachusetts]]
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*[[Larry Gant]], [[Michigan]]
 
*[[Larry Gant]], [[Michigan]]
 
*[[Janella James]], [[AFT-MI Local 6244, AFL-CIO]], [[Michigan]]
 
*[[Janella James]], [[AFT-MI Local 6244, AFL-CIO]], [[Michigan]]
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*[[Mark Ferguson]], [[Society for Critical Thinkers, The Peace Center, I-Witness]], [[Michigan]]
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*[[Mark Ferguson]], [[Society for Critical Thinkers]], [[The Peace Center]], [[I-Witness]], [[Michigan]]
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*[[Katherine Setzer]], [[SDS/Grey Zebra/MPIRG]], [[Minnesota]]
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*[[Katherine Setzer]], [[SDS]]/[[Grey Zebra]]/[[MPIRG]], [[Minnesota]]
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*[[Christopher Paris]], [[Campus Democrats and Progressives/Young Democratic Socialists]], [[Minnesota]]
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*[[Christopher Paris]], [[Campus Democrats and Progressives]]/[[Young Democratic Socialists]], [[Minnesota]]
 
*[[Jaclyn Bovee]], [[WHOA]], [[Minnesota]]
 
*[[Jaclyn Bovee]], [[WHOA]], [[Minnesota]]
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*[[Dr. Deborah Cohen]], [[Missouri]]
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*Dr. [[Deborah Cohen]], [[Missouri]]
 
*[[Caitlin Horsmon]], [[Missouri]]
 
*[[Caitlin Horsmon]], [[Missouri]]
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*[[Lily Tinker Fortel]], [[Students for Progressive Action and GRO - Grass Roots Organizing]], [[Missouri]]
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*[[Lily Tinker Fortel]], [[Students for Progressive Action]] and GRO - [[Grass Roots Organizing]], [[Missouri]]
 
*[[Sayra Gordillo]], [[Missouri]]
 
*[[Sayra Gordillo]], [[Missouri]]
 
*[[Kelsey]], [[Students for Economic and Social Justice]], [[Montana]]
 
*[[Kelsey]], [[Students for Economic and Social Justice]], [[Montana]]
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*[[David Vanarsdale]], [[New York]]
 
*[[David Vanarsdale]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Maureen O'Connell]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Maureen O'Connell]], [[New York]]
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*[[Casey Sweeney]], [[Cornell Organization for Labor Action/Cornell Students Against Sweatshops]], [[New York]]
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*[[Casey Sweeney]], [[Cornell Organization for Labor Action]]/[[Cornell Students Against Sweatshops]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Christopher Moll]], [[UFT]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Christopher Moll]], [[UFT]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Robert Chapman]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Robert Chapman]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Tabia Beckett]], [[Students Lost In Debt]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Tabia Beckett]], [[Students Lost In Debt]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Nicole Hala]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Nicole Hala]], [[New York]]
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*[[Erin O'connor]], [[New York]]
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*[[Erin O'Connor]], [[New York]]
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*[[Dr. JoAnne Myers]], [[New York]]
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*Dr. [[JoAnne Myers]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Angela D. Ledford]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Angela D. Ledford]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Stephanie Luce]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Stephanie Luce]], [[New York]]
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*[[Bakht Arif]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Bakht Arif]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Stephanie Lake]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Stephanie Lake]], [[New York]]
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*[[Dr. Frances Delahanty]], [[New York]]
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*Dr. [[Frances Delahanty]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Bethany Gizzi]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Bethany Gizzi]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Kevin Pearson]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Kevin Pearson]], [[New York]]
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*[[Mimi Abramovitz]], [[Hunter College School of Social Work]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Mimi Abramovitz]], [[Hunter College School of Social Work]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Tod Rutherford]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Tod Rutherford]], [[New York]]
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*[[Rachelle Armstrong]], [[College/Community Coalition for Action]], [[New York]]
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*[[Rachelle Armstrong]], [[Community Coalition for Action]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Maya Acevedo]], [[Grassroots Alliance for Alternative Politics]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Maya Acevedo]], [[Grassroots Alliance for Alternative Politics]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Daria Hanssen]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Daria Hanssen]], [[New York]]
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*[[Patricia Kaiser]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Patricia Kaiser]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Amy Pimer]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Amy Pimer]], [[New York]]
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*[[Il y a Geller]], [[Peace Club College of Staten Island]], [[New York]]
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*[[Ilya Geller]], [[Peace Club College of Staten Island]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Sandra Lobo Jost]], [[The Nation]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Sandra Lobo Jost]], [[The Nation]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Frank Reynolds]], [[The Nation]], [[New York]]
 
*[[Frank Reynolds]], [[The Nation]], [[New York]]
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*[[Andrea Adolph]], [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Andrea Adolph]], [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Nicholas Kiersey]], [[Defend Education Ohio]], [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Nicholas Kiersey]], [[Defend Education Ohio]], [[Ohio]]
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*[[Phala A. Ray]], [[Friends of Quinn O'Hare, Democratic Candidate for Marion City Council-At-Large]], [[Ohio]]
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*[[Phala A. Ray]], [[Friends of Quinn O'Hare]], Democratic Candidate for Marion City Council-At-Large, [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Daniel Hanson]], [[Young Democratic Socialists]], [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Daniel Hanson]], [[Young Democratic Socialists]], [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Perry Miller]], [[Graduate Employees' Student Organization]], [[Ohio]]
 
*[[Perry Miller]], [[Graduate Employees' Student Organization]], [[Ohio]]
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*[[Adam Feldman]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Adam Feldman]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[David Karen]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[David Karen]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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*[[Prof Marla McCulloch]], [[Pennsylvania]]
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*Prof [[Marla McCulloch]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Keon Skelton]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Keon Skelton]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Julia Marie Franz]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Julia Marie Franz]], [[Pennsylvania]]
 
*[[Ian Trupin]], [[Brown Student Labor Alliance]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Ian Trupin]], [[Brown Student Labor Alliance]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Michael Cichowicz]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Michael Cichowicz]], [[Rhode Island]]
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*[[Camilo]], [[Jobs With Justice]], [[Rhode Island]]
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*[[Camilo]], [[Jobs with Justice]], [[Rhode Island]]
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*[[Allyson Quay]], [[Roger Williams School of Law National Lawyers Guild]], [[Rhode Island]]
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*[[Allyson Quay]], Roger Williams School of Law [[National Lawyers Guild]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Helen Mederer]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Helen Mederer]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Mike Cichowicz]], [[Rhode Island]]
 
*[[Mike Cichowicz]], [[Rhode Island]]
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*[[Dr. Jennifer Leigh Disney]], [[South Carolina]]
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*Dr. [[Jennifer Leigh Disney]], [[South Carolina]]
 
*[[John McCollum]], [[Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy]], [[Tennessee]]
 
*[[John McCollum]], [[Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy]], [[Tennessee]]
 
*[[Jon Shefner]], [[Tennessee]]
 
*[[Jon Shefner]], [[Tennessee]]
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*[[Craig Guild]], [[Vermont]]
 
*[[Craig Guild]], [[Vermont]]
 
*[[Zachary Sarkis]], [[Vermont]]
 
*[[Zachary Sarkis]], [[Vermont]]
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*[[K. B. Brower]], [[United Students Against Sweatshops/Living Wage Campaign]], [[Virginia]]
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*[[Kathleen Brower|KB Brower]], [[United Students Against Sweatshops]]/[[Living Wage Campaign]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Jon Taylor]], [[Louisan's for Economic Justice]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Jon Taylor]], [[Louisan's for Economic Justice]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Laurean D. Robinson]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Laurean D. Robinson]], [[Virginia]]
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*[[Jason Reader]], [[ICAR]], [[Virginia]]
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*[[Jason Reader]], [[International Corporate Accountability Roundtable|ICAR]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Kendra Hamilton]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Kendra Hamilton]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Rob Fulson]], [[Virginia]]
 
*[[Rob Fulson]], [[Virginia]]
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*[[Suzanne Gittleman]], [[Wisconsin]]
 
*[[Suzanne Gittleman]], [[Wisconsin]]
 
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==Supportive Organizations==
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The organizers of the Teach In made special thanks to the following organizations:<ref name=fbti>[http://www.fightbackteachin.org/index.html Fight Back Teach In website] (accessed on April 12, 2011)</ref>
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*[[AFL-CIO]]
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*[[American Rights at Work]]
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*[[Center for Community Change]]
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*[[CUNY]]
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*[[Demos]]
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*[[Judson Memorial Church]]
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*[[Justice for Janitors]]
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*[[Professional Staff Congress]]
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*[[Student Labor Action Project]]
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*[[SEIU]]
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*[[United for Peace & Justice]]
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*[[USAS]]
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*[[USSA]]
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*[[We Are One]]
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==External Links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120504112207/http://www.fightbackteachin.org/ Fight Back Teach In Main Site]
  
 
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[[Category:Conferences]]

Latest revision as of 19:26, 26 June 2024

Fight back usa logo.jpg
2011 Fight Back Teach-In Flyer

The Fight Back Teach In was hosted by Frances Fox Piven, Richard Trumka and Cornel West on April 5, 2011.

Personnel

Featured Speakers

The following were featured speakers for the Teach In:[1][2],[3]

Campus Contacts

The following is a list of campus contacts who were available for interview:[2]

Other

The following are other individuals who were involved with the Teach In:[4][2]

Participants

The following stated that they would be participating in the Teach In:[5]

Supportive Organizations

The organizers of the Teach In made special thanks to the following organizations:[4]

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Fight Back Teach In: Local Flyer (accessed on April 8, 2011)
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fight Back Teach In: Press Resources (accessed on April 12, 2011)
  3. ↑ Archive Link Fight Back Teach In: Local Flyer (accessed on April 8, 2011)
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 Fight Back Teach In website (accessed on April 12, 2011)
  5. ↑ Fight Back Teach In: Participating Campuses (accessed on April 8, 2011)
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