Gendercast

gendercast Episode 40: Uiversity of Washington Disorentation 2013 Sean interviews Caitlin and Anggie, to students, about the upcoming University of Washington Disorentation event, which is a student led, social justice alternative to traditiona universtiy orientations.  Hear about the event, the vision behind it, planning underway now and how to get involved.   Disorientation organizers invite students, new and old, to come together to tell a people’s history of the University of Washington; to critique our institution’s role in militarism; imperialism, and structural racism; and to imagine what a liberatory education might look like. As students, faculty, and community members connected to the University of Washington, we have the power to reorient the University’s path toward justice. Caitlin describes the event and gives details about the four different parts, while Anggie discusses art in activism and the similarities and differences of organizing in different environments. Gen