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The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC is offering three new guided school programs in conjunction with the opening of its "Americans" exhibition for students grades 4 - 12.
Visual Literacy as a Tool for Cultural Proficiency in the Classroom: El Salvador as a Case Study is a professional development immersion, 3-credit course for teachers in the Washington, D.C. metro area.Through an immersive experience, teachers learn visual literacy skills, practice global cultural awareness and develop a deep understanding of the culture, history, and art of the Central American region.
Join the Maryland ELL Family Involvement Network (MELLFIN) for their upcoming 14th Annual MELLFIN Conference on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Pre-registration is NOW open online through April 27th. The theme this year is Transforming Engagement: Valuing Diversity, Promoting Equity, and Inspiring Change.
Cultural Evening in Celebration of Roque Dalton with of presentation by poet Sofia Estevez, documentary and poetry. FREE EVENT.
During the summer of 2017, Shout Mouse Press held a month-long workshop with LAYC's Latino Youth Leadership Council (LYLC), a passionate group of young people dedicated to social justice in their community. The workshop, led by a team of teaching artists with experience devising and illustrating comic books, resulted in a graphic memoir collection, titled Voces sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth.
A weekend of workshops, films, music, spoken word, jam sessions and open mike. Bring your instrument, your voice, your beat box, your song, your poem, your story or just yourself!
The March on Washington Film Festival returns to Washington, D.C. for its sixth year. The festival finds, encourages, and brings to life stories of both icons and foot soldiers from the Civil Rights Movement.
The Center for African Studies Outreach Program at Howard University is hosting a three-day summer institute for highly motivated educators interested in reading, learning, and teaching about Africa.
Join the National Museum of the American Indian and the D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (a project of Teaching for Change) for a back to school teach-in on Indigenous Peoples'.
A troubling spate of incidents nationwide has brought issues of race and racism to the forefront in classrooms across the country, leaving educators to grapple with many difficult questions. Central among them: How do you broach these topics in schools? And, more broadly: How do you create more inclusive learning spaces for all students? Join New America’s Education Policy Program and D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, a project of Teaching for Change, for this evening workshop.
This session for early childhood teachers, hosted by Project Unlearn and Teaching for Change's D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, will provide time for early childhood teachers to explore how to address issues of race, representation, and history in developmentally appropriate ways.
Come together with educators to collaborate, learn, create, and identify resources that incorporates the history, literature, and culture of Central American peoples into the curriculum of DC area schools.
This year D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice and many more D.C. area organizations organized the 2018 Black Lives Matter Week of Action in our communities. Attend our next meeting to debrief this years week of action and plan for next year.
The 1882 Symposium brings private organizations, government agencies, and individuals together to share best practices and build collaboration. Each year, they set goals: the coming year 2019 will be exceptional, with continued excitement on the release of the PBS documentary The Chinese Exclusion Act, the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, and the first national Chinese American Women in History Conference.
For Teacher Appreciation Week in May 2018, Inspired Teaching is honoring the hard work and passion that educators bring to their lives every day by hosting a wellness-themed happy hour and fair for teachers to connect and recharge.
Richard Rothstein will be discussing and signing his new book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
¡Óyeme! (which means "hear me" in Spanish) strives to provide a creative arts outlet for young people, utilizing best practice culturally-based, trauma-informed theatre and arts activities to create a sense of community among the participants, and provide a safe space for immigrant youth to share their stories. Learn the techniques for using theatre as a tool for creating a safe space in your classroom and as a vehicle to share stories, as well as ways it can promote language development.
Richard Rothstein will be discussing and signing his new book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) has launched Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°), a national education initiative to promote improved teaching and learning about American Indians. The NMAI is hosting a free teacher institute in Washington, DC from Monday, July 9 through Thursday, July 12, 2018. The application deadline is April 30.
A Right to the City explores the history of neighborhood change in the nation’s capital, and it’s rich history of neighborhood organizing and civic engagement that transformed the city in the face of tremendous odds.
The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, is excited to offer a special student program in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: “A Sky Above: Native Hawaiian Astronomy and Navigation” on May 17 and 18. Rooted in STEAM principles, this immersive program allows students to explore the intersection of science and Native Hawaiian culture.
Join Busboys and Poets Books as they welcome Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award Winner and author of Stamped: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America as he talks with Ashley D. Farmer about her new book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era.
Join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, a project of Teaching for Change, and the Howard University School of Education for a teach-in on Reconstruction
Through workshops, discussions and demonstrations, conference attendees will explore break through, award winning pedagogical techniques for the teaching of math developed by Civil Rights icon Dr. Robert Moses.
Split This Rock invites proposals for workshops, panel and roundtable discussions, and themed group readings for the Sixth Biennial Split This Rock Poetry Festival, scheduled for April 19-21, 2018, in Washington, DC. The festival, celebrating the tenth anniversary of Split This Rock, will feature Kwame Dawes and Solmaz Sharif.
Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, DC International Film Festival for a seventh year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring filmmakers for some of the films into D.C. classrooms April 19-27.
An all-day event in which DC youth lead workshops focusing on issues of food justice. This event provides youth with the opportunity to share their research, ideas, and recommendations on food justice issues as they work with other youth and food justice activists to build a citywide movement for sustainable food systems.
April 4 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a defining moment in American history. How do issues of racial equality and civil rights reverberate through the practice of artists working today? Find out from artists Lava Thomas, Alfredo Jaar, and Sam Gilliam as they discuss the echoes of history within contemporary culture in the context of social justice.
Uncover engaging approaches to connect content from the NMAI exhibition Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations to your classroom curriculum.
Please join Busboys and Poets Books as we welcome author Natalie Hopkinson to 14th and V to present her new book A Mouth Is Always Muzzled.
This entertaining play is a fun-filled bilingual musical spectacle for children 5 to 10 years old that combines past and present, myth and stories of everyday life.
Are you seeking personal growth, purposeful community, and systemic change in education? Join a diverse cohort of Changemakers to transform the DC education system so that every young person grows up empowered to be an active agent of positive change.
Social studies educators are invited to attend the 115th annual conference of the Middle States Council for the Social Studies, hosted at the Westin Tyson’s Corner (7801 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043).This conference will feature over 40 high-quality sessions, 30-plus exhibitors, and a fantastic opportunity to network with hundreds of social studies educators from DC, MD, DE, PA, NJ, NY and beyond.
Letras Latinas, University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, and Duende District Bookstore invite you to a reading and Q&A with award-winning poet Javier Zamora, author of Unaccompanied.
This winter Howard University's Center for African Studies is offering a special session of Primary Source's online course for teachers in grades 6-12, Modern African History.
Fly By Light youth artists from all around the Washington, D.C. area will share their original music, poetry, and dance with an audience at Busboys & Poets.
I AM Frederick Douglass commemorates the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass by presenting excerpts of the film Enslavement to Emancipation, a panel discussion on the legacy of Frederick Douglass, musical performances by the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and a Douglass portrayal by LeCount Holmes, Jr.
Please join Busboys and Poets Books for an evening with Dr. Noliwe M. Rooks. She will be discussing her new book "Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation and the End of Public Education.
Illustrator Elizabeth Zunon will read her picture book, One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of The Gambia and demonstrate how to recycle plastic bags into jewelry, dreamcatchers, and basketball nets.Hip Hop Poet Bomani Armah will lead a Hip Hop songwriting session using his BARS curriculum which includes a multimedia presentation and graphic organizers.
