The op-ed published on the AAG website last week, "Make Civil Rights a Geography Awareness Week Theme" makes the case. I'm not sure who the authors are lobbying since Geography Awareness Week seems to be less of a national effort of late, but rather a local "do as you please" affair. That said, National Geographic already has a theme for 2015's "GeoWeek": “Explore! The Power of Maps.”
If the authors hope to have the the op-ed republished, I suggest they publish it under and open license like Creative Commons.
Free Access to Routledge Fee-based Journals to Celebrate NCGE 100th Anniversary
Routledge is offering National Council on Geographic Education members and conference attendees free access to some of its content to celebrate the organization's 100 anniversary. I'm not a member nor attendee but I think I gained access anyway.
The 2015 National Conference on Geographic Education starts today (Thursday) in Washington D.C. The event hashtag is #NCGE2015. I will not be attending since I'm still tired from #PMC2015.
Subscribe!
If you'd like to receive the GIS education news weekly via e-mail, sign up here! I'd love to see more NCGE and GeoTech Center folks subscribed. This is the kind of information I think you'd really value!
If you'd like to receive the GIS education news weekly via e-mail, sign up here! I'd love to see more NCGE and GeoTech Center folks subscribed. This is the kind of information I think you'd really value!