This special edition honors the life and work of Paulo Freire by recalling the impact he had and continues to have on educators and students. Articles in this issue are: (1) "Editor's Introduction" (Tom Wilson); (2) "Nita's Elegy to Paulo Freire (in Portuguese) 'Privilegio, Pobreza e Poder'" (Ana Maria Araujo "Nita" Freire); (3) "Elegy to Paulo Freire (in English) 'Privilege, Poverty and Power'" (Ana Maria Araujo "Nita" Freire); (4) "The Bottom of the Barrel" (David Keiser); (5) "The Paulo Freire Democratic Project" (Penny Bryan and Tom Wilson); (6) "The courage to stand alone, a found poem" (Bobbi Fisher and Jan Osborn); (7) "The Revolutionary Legacy of Paulo Freire" (Peter McLaren and Valerie Scatamburlo); (8) "Questions for a Rock" (David Keiser); (9) "Teacher Research: Praxis for the Oppressed" (Susie Weston-Barajas); (10) "Power, Politics, and the Middle School Classroom" (Chris Byron); (11) "The Right To Choose Choice" (Cora Sorenson); (12) "Learning Together from Each Other" (Cheryl King); (13) "Uncovering a Myth" (Deedee Carr); (14) "How Fifth Grade & Paulo Freire Taught Me To Teach Graduate School" (Lani M. Martin); (15) "South Africa: Lessons from Freire's Humanizing Pedagogy" (Ivy N. Goduka); (16) "Paulo Freire in Memory" (Zumara Cline); and (17) "River Stone" (David Hart). (SLD)