The Metropolitan Community book launch

​Book launch and celebration! The Metropolitan Community: Partnering for Equality Across the Educational Divide by Cynthia Taines (Myers Education Press). Featuring a panel of teachers, former students, and the author talking about their school partnership and advocacy for school funding equality.

​event schedule:

​3-3:30 drinks and snacks

​3:30-4:15 panel discussion with teachers, former students, and The Metropolitan Community author

​4:15-5 meet the author, book signing, mingle with other passionate education folks!

​The Metropolitan Community: Partnering for Equality Across the Educational Divide tells the story of two Chicago-area schools—one suburban, one urban—whose students come together to examine the disparities between their schools and advocate for change. It follows these students over a year as they meet, tour each other’s schools, wrestle with how to discuss unfairness, and fight together for a more equal education. Through the examples set by students, readers are invited to develop their own “metro outlook,” to see how our seemingly separate worlds are connected by the educational system we hold in common, and must work together to reshape.

​Books will be available for purchase at the event ($25).

​Free snacks included and drinks for purchase at the bar (coffee/tea/chai/beer/wine/cocktails).