Springing Into Social Action: March Working Group Events
In lieu of a formal meeting during the month of March, all working group members were encouraged to attend and/or participate in annual events from a few of our partner organizations.
On Saturday, March 18th, EmpowerEd DC held a Teacher Solutions Summit at Open Gov Hub. The agenda for the day was packed with a variety of ways to engage. Educators presented posters on their experiences with deskless classrooms and outdoor learning. There were concurrent sessions on topics like envisioning police-free schools, educator wellness, and D.C.’s draft social studies standards. Watch the playlist of workshops.
We see you @BenWilliamsDC and @maya_baum!!! #ListenToTeachers https://t.co/3QwyhoKnO5
— D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (@dcaesj) March 20, 2023
📣Did you miss the DC #TeacherSolutions Summit? You can now watch every session on this YouTube playlist: https://t.co/bosmQStlmH
— EmpowerEd (@EmpowerEdDC) March 20, 2023
➡️ Envisioning Police-Free Schools
➡️ Educator Wellness
➡️ Trauma Interventions
➡️ Flexible Scheduling
➡️ Inclusion in Language Learning
➡️ Soc. Stud… pic.twitter.com/Xu3dV4Tkyk
👏🏼The 2023 DC #TeacherSolutions Summit was a HUGE success! Thank you to all of our amazing teacher presenters, advocates, elected officials and others who joined us to #ListenToTeachers. If you missed it- videos of each session will be posted soon! pic.twitter.com/cQg2oh4WCX
— EmpowerEd (@EmpowerEdDC) March 18, 2023
Discussing school resource officers with @EmpowerEdDC educators. Some questions that stood out: Who manages them, the schools or the police? Teachers aren't supposed to stop fights that break out, so who should and how? What are students' experiences/relationships with SROs? pic.twitter.com/VaeRittZoo
— Allister Chang (@AllisterSBOE) March 18, 2023
D.C. History Conference
The following weekend, the 49th annual D.C. History Conference convened at the MLK Jr. Memorial Library. The conference kicked off with Thursday evening’s Letitia Woods Brown Memorial lecture from Dr. Tamika Nunley. The following Friday and Saturday saw dozens of workshops, panels, and discussions about a wide array of topics related to D.C. history and the present. Check out DCAESJ upper elementary working group co-leader Raphael Bonhomme co-facilitating a session with EmpowerEd DC’s Señorita Lake!
Some highlights from #DCHistCon this year! pic.twitter.com/1TN8OeS9Nd
— Miss Jackson(ville) if ya nasty (@nessaann91) March 26, 2023
#DCHistCon kicks off with the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture feat. the brilliant @TamikaYNunley ✨ pic.twitter.com/R9WM7hDwv4
— Alexandra Piper (@apiper626) March 23, 2023
"The wholeness of a people is diminished if their ancestors are not honored."
— WETA (@wetatvfm) March 24, 2023
Powerful words at this panel about the preservation of the Mount Zion Female Union Band Society Cemetery. @dchistcon @dcpl #DCHistCon @BlackGeorgetown @reclaimourpast pic.twitter.com/S0NgK4CUnm
Each poster at #DCHistCon is more fascinating than the last! We chatted with Bob Williams & Donna Thornton of the From Lives Apart to Lives Together project chronicling the stories of former residents of the Forest Haven institution. #Dishist #disabilityhistory #disabilitytwitter pic.twitter.com/pRAmQCKgAA
— WETA (@wetatvfm) March 25, 2023