Kick off your Juneteenth Week by joining the Josiah Henson Museum and Park to celebrate Josiah Henson’s birthday on June 15th!

DCAESJ Co-Sponsored Event | Join the DC/DOX festival for the world premiere of The Librarians, a powerful documentary on the chilling story of book bans in Texas and the fight against censorship.

Join Bus Boys & Poets and explore an essential introduction to trans history, from ancient times to the present day, in full-color graphic nonfiction format

Join DMV Dream Defenders for our screening of the HBO docuseries "Eyes on the Prize III, Episode 6: What Comes After Hope?"

TFC Partner Event | Shout Mouse Press celebrates the publication of The Light Looks Like Me: Words on Love by Queer Youth, a multi-genre anthology exploring LGBTQ+ love.

TFC Co-Sponsored Event | Authors, educators, parents, and artists including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds, will gather to stand-up for creative expression, access to all books, and the freedom to learn.

From student crises to district mandates, educators are holding more than ever with less support than ever. This 90-minute virtual Community Care Circle allows school staff to exhale, connect, and remember: you're not in this alone.

Join The Nicholson Project in celebrating the opening of Song of Sons, a new public art installation by Nate Langston Palmer.

Join Busboys and Poets to explore 400 years of protest and resistance in U.S. history – and what the unsung heroes of social movements past can teach us about navigating our chaotic world.

This May 3rd, fight for the Freedom to Learn and multiracial democracy!

Join NEA and Casa de Maryland at Lafayette Park on May 1st to make our voices heard for better, safer, stronger communities.

Join Politics and Prose at Union Market for a conversation with award-winning author Jeanne Theoharis about her myth-shattering new book, King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Freedom Struggle Outside of the South, and King's legacy.

Author Kate Masur will share about the graphic novel Freedom Was in Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C., Region, narrating the hopes and betrayals of a critical period in American history. Copies of the book will be available for purchase during and after the event, and Masur will be signing following the program.

Activate and uplift! Get inspired and find your voice! Art is activism and portraiture is powerful. Honor the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and his commitment to community action by joining the Portrait Gallery and partners, including DCAESJ, for A Day of Action. 

Join Esther Productions Inc., the Institute for African American Writing and The Black Student Fund in partnership with The Tenley-Friendship Library for an inspiring and provocative afternoon featuring writers David Nicholson, Teri Ellen Cross Davis and Amuchechukwu Nwafor (aka Amuche The Poet).

Join EmpowerEd’s Rest and Rise for a transformative yoga class designed specifically for Black educators.

Teaching for Change was selected by the United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA) for their 2024 Community Human Rights Award. The award will be presented at the annual UNA-UCA event to celebrate the anniversary of the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Join EmpowerEd for a special Happy Hour to unwind, connect, and celebrate your hard work.

Join us Saturday, November 2, 2024, for an ONLINE teach-in hosted by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in collaboration with Teaching for Change.

Black, Arab, Asian and Muslim encounters with the US 'War on Terror’ are seldom reflected in American mainstream media narratives. This oral history workshop will demonstrate how to gather, articulate and share our own experiences of the War on Terror and its aftermath.

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.

Mingle with DMV educators for an evening celebrating the power of art.

Join EmpowerEd to kick off a meaningful year with community members, educators, advocates and all DC residents for a fun day celebrating a new school year.

Join the National Galley of Art and the Bruce Monroe @Park View (DCPS) Community as they explore the 1619 Project through the visual arts! 

Join author and historian Kate Masur as she talks about her new book, Freedom Was In Sight: A Graphic History of Reconstruction in the Washington, D.C. Region.

Save the date for this in-person teach-in hosted at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington D.C.

Central American authors Anna Lapera, Bessie Flores Zaldívar, John Manual Arias, and Diana Rojas will discuss their recent book releases. Teaching for Change board member Nancy Raquel Mirabal will emcee the discussion.