On our show today, Mathew Oakes! He’s an English professor at Rock Valley College.
He’s also leading the school’s RVC Votes program where they’re trying to encourage students to register to vote, answer questions, help them learn how to research what’s on their ballot and what their voting rights are! Pretty timely, given we have a presidential election coming up in here in a few days now!
We talk with Mathew about that and a community history project he’s working on with his students, along with diving into his teaching philosophy…which he sees as education as a tool for liberation.
We talk about all of that and so much more
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SHOW NOTES
Educator in this episode:
Mathew Oakes
Stories in this episode:
Rock Valley College grants give students fast and free path to trade jobs
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