Teachers:
Check out this summer institute on Reconstruction -- the Second Founding.
Spend a week at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and at historic sites in DC area with historian @katemasur.bsky.social and others.
Apply by 4/15.
nmaahc.si.edu/events/freed...
DC K-12 educators: Your students can view a new film & meet the filmmakers via @filmfestdc.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social.
Films on neighborhood that stopped a deportation, Starbucks workers union campaign, Chocolate City, Paulo Freire in Brazil, Donna Edwards at National Parks, & more ⬇️
#EduSky, join us for a Teaching for Change March Madness, but make it history and activism.
Check the 🧵 to see event announcements with registration links. It's never too late to register or show up for any of these events. 😉
On Saturday, March 21, join our @dcaesj.bsky.social in collaboration with the @w6pspo.bsky.social and the Coalition for D.C. Public Schools and Communities for the screening of "Counted Out."
www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/scree...
Wonderful article by our colleague Greg Wickenkamp about rural educators who, despite censorship campaigns and laws, "take pains to present history in all its complexity, encouraging students to develop their own informed stances through critical thinking." ⬇️ #TeachTruth
Only 33% of Virginia elementary schools have SSOs (School Security Officers). Loudoun elementary schools are AHEAD of the curve - every elementary school in LCPS has a SSO.
📝Sign the petition: bit.ly/budget-petition-eng
📆Come to the budget hearing: bit.ly/loudoun-budget-hearings
If you are in the D.C. metro area, join our @dcaesj.bsky.social at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social (14 & V) for an in-person conversation with @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social .
www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/black...
Screenshot of the 2026 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair presenters, tech support, and documenters via Zoom.
This is your reminder, from some of our presenters, tech support, and staff, that it's not too late to register for this Saturday's Curriculum Fair. Tell a friend and get them there too.
Register at the 🔗 in our bio or at bit.ly/BLMFair26
Thanks so much for amplifying! Hope to see your community online this weekend!
#EduSky TWELVE reasons you should join us on Saturday, January 24, 2026 for our annual Black Lives Matter at School curriculum fair.
Your FOMO will be more real if you miss, than having to choose between these FANTASTIC workshops!
Register today! bit.ly/BLMFair26
2025 Teaching for Change by the numbers 3 images in circle frames with adults and young people holding books. Three color background with white text that reads: 64 Events and Class Visits Hosted for 5,000+ Participants; 77,000+ Free Lessons Downloaded; 3,100+ Social Justice Books Sent to Classrooms.
In 2025, Teaching for Change engaged more than 5,000 educators and students through 64 educator workshops and classroom visits. We partnered with publishers to send over 3,100 social justice books to classrooms.
All of this is made possible at no cost to teachers.
Temperatures should get to coldest of season so far tonight, teens to near 20 many spots as skies clear late. DC's high of 37 (early) today about 15 degrees below normal after Dec first week averaged 7.6 degrees below. 🥶🥶🥶
More cold and snowflake chances ahead in our updated forecast at cwg.live.
Hey, #EduSky and particularly any folks attending @socialstudies.org (#NCSS25) . We love hearing all of these incredible teaching stories and want to share we're hosting the National Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair virtually in January and we're accepting proposals 😉
Thank you for your generosity this #GivingTuesday! While the BIG day has ended, you can ensure that D.C. area educators have the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.
www.givelocaltogether.org/o/teaching-f...
TONIGHT: Join @freedcproject.bsky.social at the @dchistorycenter.bsky.social this evening for a tour of the Class Action: Education & Opportunity In the Nation's Capital exhibit.
www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/exhib...
Looking for something to do THIS Saturday? Check out this event with The Brown Bookshelf to be held @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social 's MLK Jr. location.
www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/the-b...
DC!
Join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a discussion of his book RECONSIDERING REPARATIONS with Jenice L. View, hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social
Wednesday, October 22nd at
@busboysandpoets.bsky.social
RSVP to attend: www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...
🗓️This is a great way to show solidarity to your fellow educators! We hope to see you Thursday!
NY/NJ and all locales close #Edusky, did you know that this year's Native Knowledge 360 will be in NYC this year?! That's right, we'll be live from National Museum of the American Indian-NY THIS Saturday, September 20.
Join us! Learn more and register.
www.teachingforchange.org/nyc-native-k...
Graphic designed with image captured from the 2025 Social Justice Curriculum Fair of over 100 attendees in a multipurpose room at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School. Attendees are seated around cafeteria tables or standing. Graphic with green and blue D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice logo in a white sticker overlay with a blue oval and white text that reads "Social Justice Curriculum Fair Thank you for joining us!"
We are in deep gratitude and appreciation following our fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair. Over 100 educators came together to spend time in community and in commitment to teaching truth, affirming students' identities, and teaching FOR change.
On Thursday, August 28, kick off Labor Day 2025 and solidarity season with a rally and march. #FreeDC
freedcproject.org/event-list/s...
And @freedcproject.bsky.social has put together a 2025 Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — check it out at freedcproject.org/schools
Our @zinnedproject.bsky.social 's Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes are back!
Join us tonight as we kick off the school year with @clintsmithiii.bsky.social . ✨️
Gif of the fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair: Guided by Love. To be held Saturday, August 23rd from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST.
DMV #EduSky,
These times call for community.
These times call for curriculum collaboration.
These times call for professional learning.
These times call for activism.
Experience the solutions for these times at the fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair: Guided by Love.
bit.ly/sojust25
DMV #EduSky, this is our love letter to you.
Our fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair, “Guided by Love,” is both a tribute and a call to action. Honoring the radical, everyday love that YOU show by teaching truth.
See you on Saturday, August 23.
See more from last year's curriculum fair to get inspired. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/news/social-...
Call for proposal for Social Justice Curriculum Fair. Submit Proposal by Monday, July 28th.
This annual event kicks off our school year, is morning is an opportunity for D.C. area educators to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice themes. Consider submitting a proposal for a workshop. forms.gle/4Qczg2gH26Yu...
🧵 DMV #EDUSky is it too early to ask y'all to get ready for the 2025 - 2026 school year by REGISTERING for our annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair?!!
We don't think so! 😏 Join us on Saturday, August 23, 2025 and invite your colleagues!
www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/2025-...
Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.
Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸
Pass it on!
