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Past Is Prologue: How Lessons From the Reconstruction Era Can Help Us Build
Feb
23
7:00 PM19:00

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.

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(CANCELED) Voting Rights History Teach-In
Mar
28
9:30 AM09:30

(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.

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Stories from Our Classrooms Celebration
Jun
2
5:00 PM17:00

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. 

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Uplifting Stories from our Classrooms: A Teaching for Change Event
Mar
14
5:00 PM17:00

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!

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Exploring Gender, Bias, and Stereotypes in Children's Literature
Jun
2
10:00 AM10:00

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.

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Exploring Race, Representation, and History in Children's Literature
May
19
12:00 PM12:00

Exploring Race, Representation, and History in Children's Literature

  • Halycon Lab, Georgetown University (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

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.

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