The Abolitionist Teaching Network, founded by Bettina Love, is hosting a series of “Black History Month” focused workshops. Their workshop last week on Teaching for Black Lives was beautiful, and I hope you can make the following workshops! They are free or suggested donation. They are also not recorded and live only. All events are from 5-6pm PST.
January 28, 2021 Teaching Black History: A Time to Love on Us Black History Month is a time to celebrate, rejoice, and acknowledge how Black people have shaped the world. Celebrating Black History must begin with a love for Black people. This amazing panel will discuss what it means to teach Black History from the belief that you must love Black people to teach about Black people. This event will be live-streamed to YouTube and will not be recorded. We invite you to reserve a ticket at the price point that works best for you and your circumstances. We look forward to your attendance! February 4, 2021 Black Joy: A Celebration of Black Teaching Black educators build on a tradition of excellence, pride, and self-reliance - and we know that all students benefit from having a Black teacher. Unfortunately, too many Black educators find themselves over-taxed, under-supported, and isolated. Let’s celebrate and support us in a virtual space designed by Black Teachers Matter and Abolitionist Teaching Network. Who knows? You might leave this session having connected with your next mentor or mentee! February 18, 2021 Black Homeschooling: An Abolitionist Approach Black homeschooling shows us the agency, self-determination, radical imagination, and power of Black people to create communities that center Black liberation. This extraordinary panel of Black homeschooling experts will discuss the history of Black homeschooling, how families can get involved, and why the time of Black homeschooling is now. Join the movement! February 25, 2021 Black Futures and Black Joy Our future is BLACK and filled with JOY. This beautiful panel will take us on a journey of a Black future filled with joy, justice, art, and love.
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On behalf of the ethnic studies team, we are offering resources to be used with students to critically engage with the events that led up to our Nation’s transition of power. From the Capitol insurrection to the Inauguration in the midst of a Pandemic, it is important to make space for students to process and connect with history happening in real time. Click the image below for the resource.
Ethnic Studies fam,
We truly hope this message finds you well in light of the attack that occurred in the Capitol today. Please take time to take care of yourselves, breathe, feel, process, and reenergize. On behalf of the ethnic studies team, we are sending you resources that you can use in your class immediately. We offer these resources to save you some time and energy. We also hope that they help give students tools to process today’s events. Feel free to forward to your colleagues! NOTE: The resources below are geared towards middle and high school learners. We invite you to reply alland share additional resources you’ve found, especially if you have resources to support TK-5! In lak’ech!
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We had a question come up about Thanksgiving and how we can teach this in a more accurate way, so here was what we came up with from our collective genius.
Here is also a website “A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving” that could be helpful with some books as well. This is a resource for teachers to support the well-being, questions, and action-taking of students after the election. Many of us have built and designed lessons and conversations leading up to the election, but what will we say on November 4th? How will we create a space that affirms each and every one of our students in the wake of the results? How will the adults in the "building" support each other?
Below are resources and frameworks that can help facilitate conversations, as well as lean on each other for community and support. |
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