Writing & Living Revolutions: Lessons About Organizing for Social Justice With Atef Said

Dr. Atef Said will present some of the key ideas of his recently published book, Revolution Squared, Tahrir, Political Possibilities and Counter-Revolution in Egypt. The book tells the story about the significance of Tahrir Square in Egypt’s revolution protests and the aftermath of the revolution in Egypt. After a short lecture about his experience of writing a book about the revolution and struggle for democracy in Egypt and his experience in teaching about revolutions and social movements for a decade, Dr. Said will be joined by Professor David Stovall and Arti Walker-Peddakotla.

Dr. Atef Said is a local educator and an academic, who works as a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

David Stovall, Ph.D. is a professor in the departments of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is the author of Born Out of Struggle: Critical Race Theory, School Creation, and the Politics of Interruption (SUNY Series, Praxis: Theory in Action, 2016). His scholarship investigates three areas 1) Critical Race Theory, 2) the relationship between housing and education, and 3) the intersection of race, place and school.

Arti Walker-Peddakotla (she/they) is a 2022 Soros Justice Fellow, law student, and former Oak Park Village Trustee. Arti is a co-founder and organizer with Freedom to Thrive Oak Park, serves on the board of AboutFace: Veterans Against the War, is a member of the Local Progress Public Safety Steering Committee, and an advisory board member of Lucy Parsons Labs.