Thank you for an inspiring STL SIG business meeting held at the Inspiration Kitchen in Chicago.

This evening we welcomed old and new friends to our SIG. We introduced our incoming Program Co-Chair, Enriquez Lopez, and congratulated Jennifer Schellinger and Merryn Cole with plaques for the STL Travel Grant award. We were also joined by a team of inspiring educators-researchers-change agents: Danny Morales-Doyle, Deb Morrison, Deborah Tippins, and Carolina Castano Rodriguez. They led a compelling discussion about critical pedagogy across and within social, cultural, and political contexts of science/STEM education. 

Thank you for your time and effort to travel to the Inspiration Kitchen (Garfield Park) - described on its website as a place for "memorable meals, friendly service, stylish atmosphere and the joy of giving hope and opportunity to students working to achieve self-sufficiency. Inspiration Kitchens has helped hundreds of individuals gain the skills they need to find employment and exit homelessness and poverty." - it was a venue that fit the purpose of creating the Travel Grant program, to support local businesses like this.

A few of the items that will be raised among the STL SIG officers and members:

• Support doctoral students by inviting outstanding new scholars to present their research at the business meeting 
• Find an alternative, easier means to register for the STL Business Meeting
• Expand the STL community through social media (FB, Twitter, etc.)

The call for volunteers to review proposals for AERA 2016 is now open. Please log into AERA On-line portal to volunteer!  And please urge colleagues to register with STL as a member.

Sincerely,

University of Colorado 

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