teach-in

plural teach-ins

1. An extended session of lectures, debates or discussions on a matter of public interest, usually social or political, as a form of protest.First known use 1965

   Bomb threats and pickets disrupted an all-night "teach-in" tonight at Michigan State University.

   1965 April 9, “Pickets and Bomb Threats Disrupt Michigan Teach-In”, in The New York Times, page 65

   2 more examples

   A more direct example of linkages between elite dissent and mass protest is the "Teach-In" movement which began in March 1965 at the University of Michigan (Menashe and Radosh, 1967).

   1980, George A. Kourvetaris, Betty A. Dobratz, Political Sociology: Readings in Research and Theory, →ISBN, page 332

   He was a cohost of our Johannesburg teach-in and helped orchestrate a conclusion to the teach-in that was even more memorable than its beginning.

   2006, Antonia Juhasz, The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time, HarperCollins, page 95