Join EmpowerEd Saturday, March 22nd for an action-packed day of teacher solutions! There are so many pressing needs in D.C.'s education scene and D.C. teachers have solutions to better serve our students, families, educators and schools.

Join EmpowerEd & Teaching for Change for great food, drinks, and Black educator voices from across the DMV at this special story lounge! This event is part of Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, uplifting the 4 national demands including hiring and retaining Black teachers. 

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.

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)!

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.

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

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.

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).

Attend a special screening and discussion on the film Storming Caesars Palace.

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.

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.

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.

Join us for a captivating evening of spoken word and poetry on February 8, 2024 from 6:30-8:30. Refreshments will be served.

This event is an opportunity for Black educators across DC to share and support the work of creating transformational, antiracist schools.

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.

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.

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)

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.

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.

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.

Light refreshments will be provided at the event.

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.

Join EmpowerEd & DC Area Educators for Social Justice to celebrate the power of Black educators in the DMV with stories, food & drink!

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.

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)