IRTF initiated our annual Social Justice Teach-In (aka Liberation Lab) in 1999. This spring, in particular, we feel a great need to call together justice-minded folks who are committed to human rights, liberation, and respect and dignity for all people. 

Every year for the past 25 years, this event has been an informative and inter-generational day of community building and education for high school and college students and other community members seeking ways to take positive action for social justice. 

This year we will have panels on:

- Choosing Liberation over Nationalism

- Embodied Sanctuary

- Wisdom from the Future: Lessons from Student Organizers

The ticket price also includes a delicious lunch! 

This event is made possible by our Co-Sponsors (list in formation):

Brian Fry (on behalf of Eyewitness Palestine)

Brooke Willis

Church of the Resurrection

Cleveland Jobs with Justice

Cleveland Owns

Cleveland Peace Action

Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance

Council on American-Islamic Relations

Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus

Denver Justice & Peace Committee

Equal Exchange

Fellowship of Reconciliation 

Friends of Nickie J. Antonio

Ida B. Wells Foundation 

Margaret W. Wong & Associates

Michael Melampy 

Monika Moyrer

Northeast Ohio Sierra Club

Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood

Rachel and Peter DeGolia 

Sisters of the Humility of Mary

St Dominic Church

West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church-Social Action Committee