Thunder of Freedom: Holmes County, Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
You are invited to an event featuring the new book Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi African American Civil War Memorial and Museum Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7-9 pm Presentation: Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) Welcome: Frank Smith, Director of the African American Civil War Museum Speakers: Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan more »
Presentation in DC by Students and Teachers from McComb, Miss.
Please join us for a special reception with students and their teachers from McComb, Mississippi. Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:00-8:00pm African American Civil War Museum 1925 Vermont Ave NW Washington, DC 20001 Sixteen students and their teachers from McComb will be in D.C. for the National History Day (NHD) competition. This is the second time McComb more »
Do you love listening to StoryCorps?
Do you love listening to StoryCorps? We do. And so will your students. StoryCorps U is looking for teacher and/or whole high school partners in Washington, DC. Here is a an overview of what they offer including a 29-unit curriculum, training, and coaching. The curriculum makes great use of StoryCorps’ database of 45,000 interviews, drawing on more »
Teaching for Change Featured at NCPIE
On Wednesday, April 24th, Teaching for Change will present our approach to turning the tables on parent-school relations at the monthly National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE) meeting. América Calderón, bilingual parent organizer, and Allyson Criner Brown, associate director, of Teaching for Change, will present recent research about Teaching for Change’s approach to parent-school more »
Lessons from the Garfield Boycott of the Standardized Test
Update from Jesse Hagopian on 5/13/2013: ”Huge win for the #MAPtestboycott today! The Superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools just announced MAP test is not required for high schools next year! We just showed the power of withholding your labor and making demands!…Now we press on to get the MAP test eliminated for all the Seattle Schools.” more »
Bob Moses, Junot Diaz, Barbara Ransby, and More Share History, Ideas, and Inspiration
These past couple of months have been filled with powerful presentations and dialogues with a host of noted authors. Here are just a few of the authors that Teaching for Change has helped to schedule and co-host at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC in the spring of 2013. February 28 My Name is more »
Fair Chance DC Partnership
We are pleased to announce that Teaching for Change was selected by Fair Chance as one of six new partners for organizational development assistance in 2013. Fair Chance’s mission is to “partner with promising community-based nonprofits serving children, youth and families in Washington, D.C to improve their capacity, strengthen their sustainability, impact and success.” This was a more »
“Harvest of Empire” Now Showing in Theaters
Harvest of Empire is one of the most important films to see and discuss this year. At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, Harvest of Empire examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the groundbreaking book more »
Join Us for Critical Literacies: An Intimate Discussion with Bob Moses and Junot Díaz
Teaching for Change is honored to co-host host a fundraiser for the Mississippi Young People’s Project at Busboys and Poets called Critical Literacies: An Intimate Discussion with Bob Moses and Junot Díaz. Please get your tickets today for the reception on Thursday evening, March 28 in Washington DC with The Young People’s Project, SNCC Legacy Project and Busboys and Poets. During the reception, we will hear more »
High School Labor History Tour of DC
High school students studying U.S. history at the E.L. Haynes Public Charter School learned about labor history during a January 29, 2013 Labor Walk led by Metro Council Union Cities Coordinator Chris Garlock. “It was easy to see the now and then relationships for labor movements and other issues,” wrote one student. The students saw more »
