Authentic literacy events drive the many actions in which children and educators engage in order to live the promises of a democratic nation with deep respect for every human being's rights. Sustained authentic literacy events are the substance of what occurs in whole language classrooms; such events cultivate learners who are caring, considerate, responsive, and active within their own lives and the lives of others. Authenticity in learning experiences refers to acts that are real, purposeful, have intention, and occur within relationships. Authentic literacy events may involve a variety of texts, with the idea of 'texts' being interpreted broadly to include: traditional print texts, conversations, digital texts, pieces of music, works of art, dance, images, movies, and other ways of composing and expressing meaning. Authentic learning naturally extendsinto relationships and partnerships because learning is social. We invite proposals from individuals and members of organizations with commitments to these ideas as part of an effort to bring progressive educators together. The 24th Annual Literacies for All Summer Institute is intended to be a celebration of a wide variety of authentic literacy events, critical learning experiences, strategies, thinking, acting, and doing with an understanding of the social nature of these events.

The Literacies for All Summer Institute is a forum in which progressive educators collaborate and explore the many ways in which we support learners as they inquire, think, engage, investigate, interrogate, and act within and upon their worlds. Since 2013 marks the fiftieth anniversary of many historic events within the civil rights movement, the Chicano movement, the