Paulo Freire

Paulo Freire

male, deceased (1997)
Youth empowerment individuals, from Campinas, São Paulo, populareducation, State University of Campinas, sao paulo, Brazilian…Alternative education, Recipient of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education
Paulo Freire (Recife, Brazil September 19, 1921 - São Paulo, Brazil May 2, 1997) was a Brazilian educator and is a highly influential theorist of e...

George Counts

male, deceased (1974)
Educator, Columbia University faculty, Educationist, American, Development specialist, Alternative education…populareducation
George Sylvester Counts (b. 1889, d. 1974) was an American educator and influential education theorist.

Célestin Freinet

male, deceased (1966)
populareducation, education reform, French, Educator, Pedagogue, educational reformer
Célestin Freinet was a noted French pedagogue, and educational reformer.

Honor Ford-Smith

female (Toronto, Ontario , Canada)
Jamaican women writer, University of Toronto - St. George Campus, women's studies, professor, writer, Just Jazz…populareducation
Honor Maria Ford-Smith (b. 1951, Montreal, Canada) is a Jamaican actress, playwright, scholar, and poet. The daughter of a brown Jamaican mother...
Women. Dr. Rivera

Women. Dr. Rivera

MA, resource center, northeastern university, adult education, public, homeless…bilingual education, populareducation, Literacy Education, Homeless Mothers and Popular Education, Adult Learners and Popular Education
Lorna Rivera. (2005). “Inequality, Poverty, and Neoliberal Governance in Homeless Shelters.” In Contemporary Sociology . (Forthcoming.) Lorn...
Jillian Campana

Jillian Campana

female
New York University, director, pedagogy, popular, California Institute Of The Arts, ARTS…populareducation
Jillian Campana, Ph.D. Associate Professor Drama/Dance Dr. Jillian Campana has earned her degrees from California Institute of the Arts, American...
Amanda Hunter

Amanda Hunter

female
BA, university of cape town, wea, action, baxter, University teacher…populareducation, BA Community Education, Scottish Education
Amanda began her involvement in the field of community development in the early 1980s as a volunteer within the anti-apartheid movement in South...

Ruth Restauro

female
adult education, university of san carlos, Project Officer, governance, Executive Director, Research center…populareducation, AIDS Surveillance and Education
RUTH RESTAURO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR With her A.B. Political Science background from the University of San Carlos, Ruth Restauro sits as the...

John A. Donahue Family

male
Catholic, director, founder, house, CCH, The Association…populareducation
John Donahue , the executive director of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, died on Nov. 17. Donahue – known to his many friends as Juancho –...

Alondra Espejel

female
MN, University of Minnesota, Chicano, populareducation, Page Foundation, Raza Student Cultural Center…Immigrants Changing and Education
Alondra Espejel , WEI Board Secretary, majored in Management, Popular Education and Chicano Studies at the University of Minnesota.