The Center for Urban Education will honor the life and legacy of Robert "Bob" Parris Moses (January 23, 1935 - July 25, 2021) during his birthday week.

Bob Moses was an educator, leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the Civil Rights movement and founder of The Algebra Project, a national U.S. mathematics literacy program aimed at supporting math learning among low- income students and students of color through curricular materials, teacher training, professional development support and community involvement activities. Its spin-off program, the Young People's Project, trains, employs, and supports high school students to become math literacy workers. Design principles of both projects guide the Center for Urban Education's Ready to Learn program.

Join us to discuss Bob Moses' legacy, examples of the successes of his ideas, and how we might carry the mantle of justice through critical math pedagogy. 

Panelists

• Maisha Moses, his daughter and Executive Director of the Young People's Project
• Cliff Freeman, Director of STEM programs for the Young People's Project
• Albert Sykes, Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Education in America (IDEA)

Moderators

• Cassandra Brentley, Program Director of Ready to Learn in the Center for Urban Education
• Dr. Kari Kokka, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Education

Event Materials

In order to have a rich and impactful learning experience, participants are asked to review these materials prior to the event:

• Obituary of Bob Moses (Courtesy of The New York Times, July 25, 2021)
• First chapter of Bob Moses' book Radical Equations: Civil Rights from Mississippi to the Algebra Project (PDF)
• The Algebra Project website