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Juneteenth is an annual celebration to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black people in Texas on June 19, 1865. This is a time to reflect on our collective history of fighting for emancipation and equity, to celebrate and be joyful about our triumphs, and to recommit with passion and discipline to the current struggle for liberation.
ONE DC’s Juneteenth Community Learning Event will feature historians, community organizers, and artists speaking about the history and significance of Juneteenth, as well as the current struggle for liberation today.
A 35-hour paid professional development opportunity to learn to effectively integrate geospatial technologies (GIS) to enhance student learning in existing lessons.
The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Summer Institutes will teach participants to apply an asset-based lens to family engagement that is grounded in popular education, community organizing, racial equity, and family engagement research.
Registration will close when filled or by May 31, 2019.
The Early Childhood Summer Organizing Leadership Institute will bring together 20-25 early childhood educators and advocates from across the country to spend several days developing leadership skills and advocating on Capitol Hill. The institute will provide early childhood advocates with the opportunity to learn various organizing skills, identify threats to the early childhood profession, network with other early childhood leaders, and develop a platform for protecting childhood that is centered on racial and social justice.
The Tellin’ Stories Race, Equity, and Family Engagement Summer Institutes will teach participants to apply an asset-based lens to family engagement that is grounded in popular education, community organizing, racial equity, and family engagement research.
Registration will close when filled or by June 28, 2019
A professional development immersion, 3-credit course for educators in the Washington, D.C. metro area and beyond. During the immersion, teachers will visit cultural sites, work with historically important archives, discuss readings and hear from Salvadoran and Central American scholars. The course was developed to create a more culturally relevant and equitable education. It includes pre-immersion, in-country travel and post-immersion work.
Join the National Museum of the American Indian, Teaching for Change, and other D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice to engage with curriculum and strategies for teaching students about Indigenous Peoples' history and life today.
Sixty years ago, young activists gathered at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina to begin planning their generation’s obligation to continue a struggle begun long before they were born: the Freedom and Empowerment of Black people. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was born out of this gathering. SNCC was then the only youth-led national civil rights organization. Now, at this important time in our history, the SNCC invites you to join them on April 16 -19, 2020 as they gather in Washington, DC to carry this struggle forward.
The #Antiracist Bookfest is the first and only book festival that brings together, showcases, and celebrates the nation’s leading antiracist writers and helps to prepare the writers of tomorrow.
Join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice to walk in the Capital Area Pride Parade on June 9.
DC youth are trying to get our attention. In our annual spring exhibit, they're sharing the photos, stories, and issues that matter most to them as they fight for education equity and social justice.
Written as a critical survey of leading American history textbooks, Loewen’s classic Lies my Teacher Told Me has sold nearly two million copies. The new Young Readers Edition streamlines the content to confront many salient historical myths, including the actual story of the first Thanksgiving, Helen Keller’s socialist ties, the truth behind United States’ military interventions from Latin America to Iraq, and more.
In the fall, D.C. area teachers embarked on a journey to write about their work through a social justice lens. You are invited to join our end of year celebration. You will learn how the teachers deepened their own practice, created a powerful learning community, and wrote articles that will contribute to the all-too-scarce collection of published descriptions of classroom practice by teachers.
Challenges and Resilience from Young Leaders in the Immigrant Community at Haydee's, 3102 Mt. Pleasant St, every Thursday in May from 5-7 PM.
Join the National Women’s Law Center for a conversation on Arjun Sethi’s book American Hate: Survivors Speak Out and the effects of harassment, discrimination, and violence on not only those whose stories he collected, but also on our society at large, and how the legal community – and all of our communities – can be on the front lines of combating and resisting hate.
Drawing on her life’s work teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love's We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence, oppression, and how to make sustainable change in their communities through radical civic initiatives and movements.
Join Learn Together, Live Together as we commemorate Bolling and elevate the history of school diversity and equity in DC. This community event will explore the history and present context of school diversity, foster conversations on how to address issues of inequity, and develop next steps for creating a cohesive vision and movement for diverse, equitable, and inclusive schools for all students in DC. Light refreshments and childcare provided.
The Outreach Team at the Howard University Center for African Studies invites you to the Spring 2019 Mwalimu Teaching Community meeting.
Participants will hear from Arjun Singh Sethi, author of American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, and engage in part of Teaching for Change curriculum writer Alison Kysia's lesson based upon the book. The first 50 educators to register and attend will receive a free copy of the book and a lesson plan.
The Young People's Project will host its 3rd Annual National Flagway Tournament on May 4th, 2019, in Washington D.C. at the National Math Festival.
This session for early childhood educators (serving students ages 0-8), hosted by Teaching for Change's D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, will explore ways teach about disabilities, including visible and invisible disabilities. Participants will explore a multitude of book titles and teaching resources.
Join Politics & Prose for an event in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Award. Eloise Greenfield and Jason Reynolds will be in conversation with Deborah D. Taylor, a youth librarian and recipient of the 2015 Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Practitioner Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Join BECA (Bilingual Education for Central America) for a conversation that moves past walls and beyond borders. In today's world of deepening inequity, so many Central American families are being torn apart by the need to risk a dangerous journey north to provide for their families or keep them safe — a journey that offers no guarantees for safe arrival. But, there are other paths forward and BECA is one of them. Join us as we journey through dialogue to Honduras to meet the students, families, and teachers who are collaborating every day in BECA's three community-led bilingual schools.
Join DCPS teachers and others who care about education in D.C. at the Rally to Fund Our Future. Tell Council members that they must fully fund neighborhood public schools.
Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, DC International Film Festival for an eighth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring filmmakers into D.C. classrooms April 25-May 5.
What if everything you thought you knew about educating Black children was based on BS (bad stats)? In No BS (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People, Toldson uses data analysis, anecdotes, and powerful commentary to dispel common myths and challenge conventional beliefs about educating Black children.
Participants will hear from Arjun Singh Sethi, author of American Hate: Survivors Speak Out, and engage in part of Teaching for Change curriculum writer Alison Kysia's lesson based upon the book. The first 50 educators to register and attend will receive a free copy of the book and a lesson plan.
The 2009 Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal was the subject of national headlines. In None of the Above: The Untold Story of the Atlanda Public Schools Cheating Scandal, Corporate Greed, and the Criminalization of Educators, Shani Robinson, one of the teachers charged and ultimately convicted as part of the scandal, and journalist Anna Simonton show how school employees were collateral damage in a crisis caused by an education reform movement that is increasingly shaped by business interests.
Join ONE DC & We Act Radio to commemorate 400 years of inequality and 400 years of resistance. An interactive political education workshop will be held, followed by a screening of the new documentary film, What Happened 2 Chocolate City.
A professional development immersion, 3-credit course for educators in the Washington, D.C. metro area and beyond. During the immersion, teachers will visit cultural sites, work with historically important archives, discuss readings and hear from Salvadoran and Central American scholars. The course was developed to create a more culturally relevant and equitable education. It includes pre-immersion, in-country travel and post-immersion work.
The NMAAHC Early Childhood Education Initiative is excited to host a Family Day on Saturday, April 13th from 11:00am-2:00pm inspired by the Museum’s first children’s book, A is for All the Things You Are: A Joyful ABC Book, written by Anna Forgerson Hindley and illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo.
Join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, a project of Teaching for Change, and the Howard University School of Education for workshops facilitated by the Zinn Education Project, Howard University faculty, and more.
The Food Justice Youth Summit is an all-day event in which DC youth lead workshops focusing on issues of food justice.
This special interactive presentation for teachers, camp counselors, educators and directors will focus on how we can introduce children to the the topic of women's basketball.
This program is designed to help participants build their advocacy toolkits so the work we do together in Washington, DC, can have long-term implications for their engagement in policy after the summit is over.
Bring the family and enjoy meeting the authors and illustrators, art activities, storytelling, face painting, and light refreshments.
Recommended for ages 8 and up. Kwame Alexander, poet, educator, host and producer of the literary variety/talk show Bookish, cofounding director of the LEAP for Ghana initiative, and founding editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of HMH Books for Young Readers; in conversation with artist Kadir Nelson. Moderated by Kevin Merida, senior vice president and editor-in-chief, ESPN.
The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of the best children’s and young adult books on Africa published or republished in the U.S. The awards were created by Africa Access and the Outreach Council of the African Studies Association (ASA) to encourage the publication and use of accurate, balanced children’s materials about Africa.
MSEA’s 2019 IPD Conference theme is Advancing Social Justice for the Common Good. Workshops have been designed to help educators tackle the tough classroom issues of bias, student trauma, cyber safety, and discrimination in the workplace. Presenters include MSEA & NEA members and staff, as well as community experts from local universities and organizations.
