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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)
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.
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.
DCAESJ Elementary Working Group Meet and Greet
Join other like-minded DMV elementary educators monthly to build community, share resources, co-create anti-bias and anti-racist curriculum, and more. Want to learn more? Come to our Meet & Greet!
2021 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.
2020 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.
(CANCELED) Voting Rights History Teach-In
As today's voting rights activists combat new forms of disenfranchisement, it is vital that educators provide students historical context. Join us for a Voting Rights History Teach-In, co-hosted by Howard University's School of Education. Teachers will have the opportunity to participate in workshops about voting rights history that they can bring back to their classrooms and hear from scholars and activists fighting for voting rights today.
(CANCELED) Living Earth 2020 Teach-In: Sustaining Our Future
With regrets, this event is canceled in the interest of public health and well-being. We will reschedule the event in the new school year in coordination with the host institution.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed Two-Part Discussion Group
D.C. area K-12 educators are invited to join Teaching for Change staff for an intimate two-part discussion of Paulo Freire's seminal text, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
People's History Climate Justice Workshop and Curriculum Group
D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice is forming a working group for D.C. area middle and high school social studies teachers who are committed to teaching with a people's history lens for the 2019-2020 school year.
Stories from Our Classrooms Celebration
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.
Reconstruction Teach-In
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.
Uplifting Stories from our Classrooms: A Teaching for Change Event
Since 2015, Stories from Our Classrooms has raised the voices of teacher-writers in national debates about education. Join us to hear DC area educators share uplifting stories from their classrooms. Our stories will touch your hearts!
Educator Open House for Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools
Educators are invited to join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice to learn more about the Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools.
Black Lives Matter Week of Action Planning Meeting
Join D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice, Center for Inspired Teaching, and D.C. area teachers for a D.C. Area Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Schools planning meeting.
Indigenous Peoples' Curriculum Day and Teach-In
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'.
Stories from Our Classrooms: Application
This course is for D.C. area teachers who are eager to write about their own classrooms through a social justice lens.
One Year Anniversary of D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
Join us to celebrate the first year of D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice!
Exploring Gender, Bias, and Stereotypes in Children's Literature
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 issues of gender, gender identity, gender bias, and gender stereotypes in children's books. Educators will be encouraged to consider the intersections of race and class as it relates to these issues.
Exploring Race, Representation, and History in Children's Literature
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.
Central America Curriculum Group POSTPONED to MAY 17th
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.
Black Lives Matter Week of Action Planning Meeting
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.
Reconstruction Teach-In
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