This election day, check out "In Defense of Teaching Black Studies: Reading, Writing & Justice" at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
District leaders, are you ready to invest in your SS curriculum? Meaningful Social Studies curriculum is essential for building a more just and equitable society. Consistent, high-quality instruction that sparks curiosity, passion for social justice issues, and feelings of empowerment can improve student life at your school. If you’re ready to make improving your SS curriculum a priority but don’t know where to start, reach out to us by registering for a date and time that works for you! Free consults are available anytime on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Retro Report and FRONTLINE invite educators (including preservice educators) to an in-person, exclusive event next week in New York City centered on how educators can teach their students about critical issues in the classroom. Watch and learn as presenters share resources for addressing issues like voting rights, responses to natural disasters, along with historical topics like the Holocaust. The event will showcase Retro Report education resources and student activities along with “FRONTLINE Short Docs.”
Teachers will receive a $50 stipend for attending and a complimentary dinner will be served. The program will feature new resources from two trusted partners for engaging students with short documentaries. There will also be a panel discussion.
Join Barnard Center for Research on Women for the second annual Grace Lee Boggs ‘35 Lecture with Mariame Kaba, longtime organizer, educator, librarian and co-author of Let This Radicalize You (Haymarket Books, 2023), followed by a conversation between Mariame Kaba, Barnard Student Emily Bach '24, and Athena Center for Leadership Director Umbreen Bhatti '00 about the role of dialogue in driving change. This event is free and open to all. Dinner will be provided.
District leaders, are you ready to invest in your SS curriculum? Meaningful Social Studies curriculum is essential for building a more just and equitable society. Consistent, high-quality instruction that sparks curiosity, passion for social justice issues, and feelings of empowerment can improve student life at your school. If you’re ready to make improving your SS curriculum a priority but don’t know where to start, reach out to us by registering for a date and time that works for you! Free consults are available anytime on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Join NYCore on Friday, November 10th to learn more about two curricula: Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation and Project 48’s Palestinian Nakba Curriculum from PARCEO with long-time educator organizers Nina Mehta and Donna Nevel. Participants will review these curricula and engage in critical dialogue on what they mean for their classrooms. Location will be sent upon registration, but it will take place somewhere in Manhattan. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdyUvFovkt2HkgQheVZNv62EdC0jXgyDaILYc3Mmoo68dHw-w/viewform
Back in 2013, a group of librarians and archivists came together in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. Since then, Librarians & Archivists with Palestine members have been to Palestine twice, made zines and presentations, coordinated discussions around the world of works of Palestinian literature, launched a campaign to get books into Palestinian libraries, developed resources for archival research, and more. Join us to learn more about LAP’s work and how to get involved; browse posters, photographs, and other materials from the box set documenting our 2013 delegation, as well as items from Interference’s own collection; and come together to discuss the urgency of international solidarity as information workers.
Join the Black Education Research Center (BERC) at Teachers College for the first in a series of 8 professional learning programs designed to engage teachers with the rich content and critical pedagogies featured in the Black Studies as the Study of the World: PK-12 Black Studies Curriculum for New York City Public Schools. These virtual sessions will take place monthly on Mondays from 3-4:30pm EST. CTLE credits are available for each session.
Participating teachers will receive access to pilot lessons, teaching resources and opportunities for instructional support from BERC’s Curriculum and Professional Learning Team. Sessions are 60 minutes with 30 minutes of Q&A. All sessions are from 3-4:30pm EST.
The New York City Civil Rights History Project brings together engaging historical sources with classroom-friendly texts and videos to provide you and your students tools to learn about how New Yorkers have fought for educational justice and against racism and ableism in our schools. At this event, you'll hear from Dominique Jean-Louis, Chief Historian, Center for Brooklyn History and Kaliris Salas-Ramirez, Parent Organizer, Neuroscientist, and member of the Panel on Education Policy, about why this is history everyone needs to know. After experiencing the multimedia exhibit, you'll get time to plan how you'd like to bring these materials into your classroom in a workshop setting with NYC Civil Rights History Project team members.
District leaders, are you ready to invest in your SS curriculum? Meaningful Social Studies curriculum is essential for building a more just and equitable society. Consistent, high-quality instruction that sparks curiosity, passion for social justice issues, and feelings of empowerment can improve student life at your school. If you’re ready to make improving your SS curriculum a priority but don’t know where to start, reach out to us by registering for a date and time that works for you! Free consults are available anytime on Wednesdays and Fridays.