Graduate Student Meeting with the Student Board Representatives

Open to SSSP Graduate Student Members

Student Board Representatives Kasey Henricks and Sarah St. John would like to meet with all graduate students on Friday, August 11 from 2:30pm-4:10pm (Room: Frontenac, Banquets Level).  This will be an excellent opportunity for students to mingle and discuss any issues.

The Graduate Student Happy Hour is scheduled later in the evening from 10:00pm-11:00pm (Location: Le Kube, Hotel Bar, Lobby Level).  Complimentary drinks will be provided.

Open Discussion of Resolutions Being Proposed to the SSSP Board of Directors

Open to SSSP Members

Plan to attend the open forum of discussion where five resolutions will be presented among concerned members on Friday, August 11 from 2:30pm-4:10pm (Room: Mont-Royal, Banquets Level). Each proposed resolution will be presented by the person who created the resolution (or designated representative) and the sponsoring Division’s Chairperson and adequate time for discussion will be properly allotted.  All Division Chairs should plan to participate in this session or designate a proxy from their division if unable to attend. 

At the Annual Business Meeting, the resolutions will be presented (including any modifications or revisions) by Vice President Valerie Leiter as a package for approval for action by the attending membership.  The membership will vote on proposed resolutions that were discussed and revised on the first day of the meeting.  If objections from the floor are raised to any specific resolution at the SSSP Business Meeting, that resolution can, by majority vote of those present, be separated from the package, and voted on separately.  Those present can either vote to support the resolution as proposed or decide to table the resolution for further discussion at the subsequent year’s annual meeting.
For more information, visit http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/694/Call_for_Resolutions/.

Film Screening of "Tested" with Curtis Chin

Open to SSSP Registrants

Plan to attend the Free Film Screening of “Tested” with Curtis Chin on Saturday, August 12 from 2:30pm-4:10pm (Room: Verdun, Banquets Level).

“Tested” looks at the important issue of racial diversity and public schools by following a dozen families in New York City from different racial, socio-economic and religious backgrounds as they prepare to pass the grueling standardized test to get into one of the city’s best high schools.  The film premiered at the DOC NYC film festival in NYC where The Village Voice named it one of the best films in the festival.  The film has since screened with Lincoln Center, the White House, the American Educational Research Association, the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, the Southern Sociological Society, SXSWEdu and more.  In total, the film has had 125 screenings in 10 countries.  

The gap in opportunities for different races in America remains extreme.  Nowhere is this more evident than our nation’s top public schools.  In New York City, where blacks and Hispanics make up 70% of the city’s school-aged population, they represent less than 5% at the city’s most elite public high schools.  Meanwhile, Asian Americans make up as much as 73%.  This documentary follows a dozen racially and socioeconomically diverse 8th graders as they fight for a seat at one of these schools.  Their only way in: to ace a single standardized test.  “Tested” includes the voices of such education experts as Pedro Noguera and Diane Ravitch as it explores such issues as access to a high-quality public education, affirmative action, and the model-minority myth.  To view the trailer, please go to: www.testedfilm.com.