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Resource Exchange: Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
All preK-12th grade D.C. area educators are invited to participate in a resource exchange in preparation for the eighth annual D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action (Feb 3-7, 2025)!
D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair
Join us on Saturday, January 25, 2025, for an online curriculum fair featuring a keynote speaker and workshops set to uplift the 13 guiding principles that focus on improving the school experience for Black students.
Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching
On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, editors Jenice L. View, Alana D. Murray, and Deborah Menkart will share key stories and insights from the second edition of Putting the Movement Back Into Civil Rights Teaching.
Evening for Educators: Art and Power
Mingle with DMV educators for an evening celebrating the power of art.
Beyond Heroes and Holidays session: New Central American Voices
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.
2024 Social Justice Curriculum Fair
Join us for the annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair on Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 8:45AM–12:15PM in person at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS (200 Douglas Street NE).
Poetry for the People: A June Jordan Experience
Join the Theater Alliance and DCAESJ for a Teach Truth Day of Action special event celebrating the life and legacy of poet, June Jordan.
D.C. Area Teach Truth Day of Action
Visit D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice at our information tables to learn more about banned books and our Teach Truth Campaign!
Storming Caesars Palace Screening and Community Conversation
Attend a special screening and discussion on the film Storming Caesars Palace.
Staged Reading of The Return of John Brown
Join us for a staged reading of the new musical "The Return of John Brown" co-sponsored by the Labor Heritage Foundation and Teaching for Change.
Filmfest DC
Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, D.C. International Film Festival (April 18–28) for a thirteenth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring films and filmmakers for several films into D.C. classrooms. 62 films from 36 countries will be screened during the course of the festival.
Filmfest DC Classroom Visit Request
Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, D.C. International Film Festival (April 18–24) for a thirteenth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring films and filmmakers for several films into D.C. classrooms.
Beat of D.C. Ticket Offer Capital City Go-Go
Capital City Go-Go Education Day is an opportunity for D.C. area students to learn and engage with the rich history and the various stylistic elements related to the go-go music genre.
Teach The Beat Education Day
Capital City Go-Go Education Day is an opportunity for D.C. area students to learn and engage with the rich history and the various stylistic elements related to the go-go music genre.
Spoken Word & Poetry Night
Join us for a captivating evening of spoken word and poetry on February 8, 2024 from 6:30-8:30. Refreshments will be served.
Unapologetically Black Educator Story Lounge
This event is an opportunity for Black educators across DC to share and support the work of creating transformational, antiracist schools.
Teach The Beat Education D
Capital City Go-Go Education Day is an opportunity for D.C. area students to learn and engage with the rich history and the various stylistic elements related to the go-go music genre.
D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair
Join us on Saturday, January 20, 2024, for a virtual curriculum fair featuring keynote speaker Enid Lee and workshops set to uplift the national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles that focus on improving the school experience for students of color.
D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action Planning Meeting
Planning meeting for all D.C. area educators in preparation for the 2024 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action (February 5 - 9, 2023)
Social Justice Curriculum Fair
Join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice for the annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair on Saturday, August 19 from 8:45AM - 12:15PM in-person at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS.
D.C. Area Teach Truth Day of Action
This Teach Truth Day of Action is hosted by the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum and D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice. It is one of many Teach Truth Day of Action events being held across the United States at historic sites.
Filmfest DC
Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, D.C. International Film Festival (April 19-30) for a twelfth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring films and filmmakers for several films into D.C. classrooms.
Past Is Prologue: How Lessons From the Reconstruction Era Can Help Us Build
Virtual BLM at School event. Michelle Coles, civil rights attorney and and author of Black Was the Ink, to discuss the parallels between the Reconstruction Era & today with Mimi Eisen, co-author of Erasing the Black Freedom Struggle: How State Standards Fail to Teach the Truth About Reconstruction.
Book launch: Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth
Light refreshments will be provided at the event.
Capital City Go-Go: Education Day Game
Enjoy the Uncle Devin show, historic Globe Press posters, Teach the Beat gallery walk, Go-Go music trivia, try your own Go-Go beat. Plus a take home workbook for students and advance lesson plans for teachers.
Unapologetically Black Educator Story Lounge
Join EmpowerEd & DC Area Educators for Social Justice to celebrate the power of Black educators in the DMV with stories, food & drink!
2023 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair
Mark your calendars for our sixth annual Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair. Learn from and collaborate with educators in workshops designed to uplift the13 guiding principles and national demands of Black Lives Matter at School.
D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action Planning Meeting
Planning meeting for all D.C. area educators in preparation for the 2023 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action (February 6th - 10th, 2023)
2022 Indigenous Peoples' Day Curriculum Teach-In
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.
The Life of / La Vida de Llort Book Signing Kids Event
We are celebrating the release of The Life of/ La Vida de Llort with a book signing w/ Author Cynthia Gonzalez, Arts & Crafts & Story Time
Barry Farm: Community, Land, and Justice in Washington, D.C. screening and discussion
Join the Bertelsmann Foundation and the NYU in DC community for a virtual screening and panel discussion on, Barry Farm: Community, Land & Justice in Washington, DC. This is a Bertelsmann Foundation and DC Legacy Project Film directed by Sabiyha Prince and Samuel George, who will take part in the post-film conversation. Joining them on this panel is NYU DC's Academic Fellow and Part-Time Lecturer, Vicky Kiechel.
This documentary film, a collaboration between the Bertelsmann Foundation and the DC Legacy Project, tells a story of a journey for community, land, and for justice. It is a story of Barry Farm, but it is also a story of Washington, DC. And, in the cycles of place and displacement, it is a story of the United States of America.
D.C. Community Organizing Fair
Join us for a Community Organizing Fair! Organizations from across DC will come together to provide opportunities for you to get involved.