{"id":17552,"date":"2021-01-18T01:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T08:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=17552"},"modified":"2021-01-18T01:51:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T08:51:42","slug":"education-organizing-community-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2021\/01\/18\/education-organizing-community-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Organizing Community Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An initiative or program entitled \u201cEducation Organizing Community Gathering\u201d sure does sound innocuous enough, but you<em> know that <\/em>even something that sounds innocuous isn\u2019t when it turns out to be a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristieNold\/status\/1335711096968241153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Analysis Tool<\/a>\u201d proffered by the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/urA2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vermont Coalition for Ethnic &amp; Social Equity in Schools<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This \u201cCritical Analysis Tool\u201d outright says that \u201cCritical Thinking\u201d <em>isn\u2019t<\/em> \u201cthinking carefully\u201d, but rather defines it as \u201cuncovering power hierarchies for the purpose of changing oppressive systems\u201d and presumes that pre-determined \u201coppressive systems\u201d are there and that it is just a matter of finding them and confirming one\u2019s bias. It further defines \u201cCritical Analysis\u201d not as an actual analysis of anything but that is involves making \u201ca plan, idea, or action more just and equitable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17553\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Education-Organizing-Community-Gathering-Critical-Analysis-Tool-page-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Education-Organizing-Community-Gathering-Critical-Analysis-Tool-page-3.png 673w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Education-Organizing-Community-Gathering-Critical-Analysis-Tool-page-3-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This presentation was created by one Hannah Miller, a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernvermont.edu\/about\/news-events\/news-center\/science-educator-hannah-miller-joins-education-faculty-johnson-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science educator<\/a>\u201d, with nothing more than a bachelor of arts in biology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernvermont.edu\/about\/our-people\/directory\/hannah-miller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not even a bachelor of science<\/a>!).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Aside from this presentation\u2019s mere design format being a migraine inducing offense to the eyes, this presentation to fellow-goers in wokeness comes right out and asks &#8220;Who are your co-conspirators?&#8221; and later openly asks \u201cWhich co-conspirators do I trust and want to work with most closely with?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17554\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Education-Organizing-Community-Gathering-Critical-Analysis-Tool-page-5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"673\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Education-Organizing-Community-Gathering-Critical-Analysis-Tool-page-5.png 673w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Education-Organizing-Community-Gathering-Critical-Analysis-Tool-page-5-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 673px) 100vw, 673px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristieNold\/status\/1336378562098700292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/W2Fdi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presentation<\/a> can be <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1nFucem9trexAsqVOs5udv4KF8UjZl693\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/CjUM3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, or read below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Critical Analysis Tool CAT Education Organizing Community Gathering\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/490117104\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-ZHPU4GOmxPVv0gZF9JnW\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.7790927021696252\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p  style=\"   margin: 12px auto 6px auto; 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