by Drick Boyd | Aug 29, 2018 | Featured
This past summer I celebrated my 65th birthday. When it comes to age there are certain numbers in our culture that carry extra significance;18,21, 40 and 65 are such numbers. On that particular day, I was in Oark, Arkansas where my wife and I had rented an AirBnB...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 9, 2018 | Featured
During this year (2018) many have noted two events that occurred 50 years ago (in 1968) that continue to have an impact on the lives of people around the world; I am one of those so-impacted. Even though I was alive at the time, it was not until many years later that...
by Drick Boyd | Dec 8, 2017
Using the writings of Paulo Freire regarding his faith, spirituality, and theology, I will discuss the ways in which Freire models for us a spirituality that feeds and is fed by our social activism. I will discuss some of Freire’s religious upbringing and how he...
by Drick Boyd | Jul 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Recently, James Kirylo (Professor of Education, University of South Carolina) and I published Paulo Freire: His Faith, Spirituality and Theology. This book was for me a longtime dream and a labor love that began ten years ago when I wrote a paper on “Paulo Freire’s...
by Drick Boyd | Jun 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am happy to announce the release of my latest book, co-authored with Dr. James Kirylo for the University of South Carolina. James and I had a chance meeting three years ago in Philadelphia at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. We...
