We Make the Road by Walking

Learn from two of the most prominent thinkers on social change in the 20th century as they discuss the nature of empowerment and their individual literacy campaigns. Myles Horton, founder of the Highlander Folk School, and Paulo Freire, author of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, developed their ideas through vastly different channels but both agreed that real liberation is achieved through popular participation. This book illuminates the problems faced by educators and activists worldwide and showcases the idea that theory and knowledge reflect social experience.