AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. Important reminder about APA Pacific hotel reservations.

Dear DAVID, The 2019 Pacific Division meeting will be held April 17–20 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. If you’re planning to attend the 2019 APA Pacific Division meeting and haven’t yet made hotel reservations, we urge you to do so now. The APA conference rate of $185 (plus applicable taxes and fees) is valid through March 19. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis and subject to availability. Reserve your room at the Westin Bayshore. Please note: While we understand that you have a choice of hotels, we do urge you to book at the conference hotel. Filling up our rooms gets us meeting space and the hotel rebates us 6% of bookings revenue. We use this to fund graduate student travel. Support the meeting and support students by staying in the conference hotel. Register for the 2019 Pacific Division meeting. There is less than one month left to get the early bird discount on registration for the 2019 Pacific Division meeting! Online registration closes on April 3. Pacific meeting registration will not be available April 4 through April 16. If you don’t register online by April 3, you can still register on-site at the meeting—but note that on-site registration rates are $50 higher than early bird registration for all categories. Register now. The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Special Event Code for this event is 19TAPA. Many visitors to Canada need either an Electronic Travel Authorization or a visitor visa. If you are not a US or Canadian citizen, answer a few questions to find out what you need to travel to, or transit through, Canada. We hope to see you in Vancouver! All the best, Amy E. Ferrer Executive Director

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I GUESS DONALD AND HIS GANG ARE OFFENDED. (UPDATED ON 3/15/2019.)

TO ALL MY READERS: FACEBOOK IS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE CERTAIN POSTS CRITICAL OF DONALD TRUMP.

ODDLY ENOUGH, THEY ARE EVEN BLOCKING POSTS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON FACEBBOOK IN THE PAST.

WHAT COURAGE...

https://www.searchingforreason.net/…/i-guess-donald-and-his…

AS OF 0525PM THURS., THEY ARE STILL AT IT.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR SELF-RESPECT AND HONOR
GOES FOR THESE DAYS?

IT'S 3/13/2019, 3:30PM, NOW POSTING ANYTHING HAS BEEN DISABLED FOR ABOUT 5.5 HOURS.

STILL NO WAY TO POST ON FACEBOOK- 7:45PM,3/13/2019.

FACEBOOKS CONTINUING WAR ON MY MATERIAL...

FACEBOOK IS NOW BLOCKING A NEWSLETTER FROM THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. HERE ARE 3 BLOCKS FROM TODAY. IT 

GOES AGAINST THEIR "COMMUNITY STANDARDS". OF COURSE THEY

DON'T TELL YOU HOW.

WHAT IS RULE #1? What Donald Trump has Done or Said, or will Do or Say, MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AS LONG AS HE TOES THE EXTREMIST LINE. (Updated).

Progressives who continue to think that Donald Trumps Lack of:
-  Maturity.
-  Ability.
-  Integrity.
-  Emotional Stability.
etc...
and Highlighting These Traits to the American Public, are making a Crucial, and possibly Fatal Error, when it comes to preventing any/or all of his Agenda of Hate from becoming part of our legal system. WHY? BECAUSE its misunderstanding the Source of his support, and the extent to which these Individuals and Groups will go to bring about changes in our system of government, with the goal of undermining the very fabric of our Constitutional Republic. To them, ANYTHING THAT ADVANCES THEIR AGENDA IS PERMISSABLE. They may attempt to disguise these tactics by presenting them as "PATRIOTIC," OR "FAITH" BASED NECESSITIES TO "PRESERVE" AND "PROTECT" THE "AMERICAN" WAY OF LIFE, but those terms are just a smokescreen, hiding "THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS" Mentality.

Hard Core Trump Supporters go far beyond the Traditional Elements of the Republican Party Platform. To them, Hate, Prejudice, Xenophobia, Racism, and Religious Zealotry are perfectly valid and justifiable reasons to form Public Policy and Law.

That brings us to Rule #1- What Donald Trump has Done or Said, or will Do or Say, MEANS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING AS LONG AS HE TOES THE EXTREMIST LINE.
(Updated).

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION. TALKING TEACHING.

Dear DAVID, The American Philosophical Association’s Committee on Teaching is proud to introduce “Talking Teaching.” “Talking Teaching” aims to provide a constructive space for discussion of matters of interest to practicing teachers of philosophy. “Talking Teaching” is a one-hour, informal conversation facilitated by a philosopher with research expertise in teaching. The first few conversations will take place at 3 pm Eastern on Fridays. As “Talking Teaching” grows, we anticipate expanding the times and days of the week. “Increasing In-class Engagement” March 8, 3 pm Eastern Dave Concepcion, Ball State University, dwconcepcion@bsu.edu “Instilling a Growth Mindset in Students to Help with Tenacity and Retention” March 15, 3 pm Eastern Kimberly Van Orman, University at Albany, kvanorman@albany.edu “Building an Online Community” March 22, 3 pm Eastern Wendy Turgeon, St Joseph's College (NY), turgeon@optonline.net “Increasing Transparency in the Classroom and Assignments” March 29, 3 pm Eastern Alida Liberman, Southern Methodist University, aliberman@smu.edu “Teaching General Education Students” April 5, 3 pm Eastern Andrew Mills, Otterbein University, andrewpmills@gmail.com “Teaching Philosophic Question-Asking” April 12, 3 pm Eastern Stephen Bloch-Schulman, Elon University, sschulman@elon.edu “Giving Effective and Supportive Feedback” April 19, 3 pm Eastern Rebecca Scott, Harper College, rscott1@harpercollege.edu “Universal Design for Learning; Increasing Accessibility” April 26, 3 pm Eastern Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia, christina.hendricks@ubc.ca “Teaching Philosophy Graduate Students about Effective Teaching” May 3, 3 pm Eastern Melissa Jacquart, University of Cincinnati, melissajacquart@gmail.com To participate, all you need to do is email the facilitator of the session, expressing interest. You will be sent a link to join a meeting using Zoom software. Discussants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis, except that APA members and first-time “Talking Teaching” participants will be given priority. Please indicate in your email whether you are an APA member and whether you have participated in a previous “Talking Teaching” event. Please contact me if you have any questions. We look forward to enriching dialogues. David Concepción Chair, APA Committee on Teaching

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