Join us for an online Teach Truth Prep Session on Monday, March 23.
We will hear from people who have hosted successful Teach Truth actions in the past and share strategies and messaging for this year, with a focus on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration ofIndependence. Attendees will gain ideas and resources to defend the freedom to learn at #NoKings and beyond.
“Kids Not Kings” Toolkit
Our partners at Public School Strong in collaboration with AROS encourage participants to bring public education into the conversation at No Kings rallies. Their new “Kids Not Kings” toolkit offer signs and informative handouts to raise awareness about the need for equitable public schools. Sign up to download the toolkit.
Stanley gives people’s history teachers a shout out in his book:
An organization like the Zinn Education Project is on the front lines of the war to defend progressive education, seeking to preserve the history of resistance against hierarchies of class, race, and gender against those who aim to erase it . . . . Even in these grim times for democracy, there remains ample room for hope.
In June of 1963, civil rights activist Mary Hamilton bravely refused to respond to a prosecutor′s questions in court unless she was addressed respectfully. The judge cited her for “contempt of court” and remanded her to jail.
Her case was appealed to the Alabama Supreme Court where she lost. On March 30, 1964, the Supreme Court overturned the contempt citation. Now honorifics are required for everyone.
As is explained in the NPR Code Switch episodeThe Black civil rights leader who sued to be called “Miss,” Hamilton’s white college roommate and lifelong friend, Sheila Michaels, later played a key role in bringing the title “Ms.” from obscurity into mainstream use, including in Ms. Magazine.
We have a war of blatant aggression that is going to put the entire world into a disaster. The United States and Israel are committing flagrant aggression. And they’ve done it twice now in the context of negotiations, which makes it all the more pernicious. Twice the United States killed Iranian leaders in the midst of the so-called negotiations . . . . This is the most brazen fascism that we have seen since the fascist era.
Add these events, hosted by the Zinn Education Project and our colleagues, to your calendar. Online unless noted otherwise.
Friends in the Washington, D.C., area, don′t miss the people′s history trivia night on Wednesday, March 25. A fun-filled and educational evening, with prizes for all. The event is hosted by Teaching for Change and Busboys and Poets as part of the Beyond Heroes and Holidays series. RSVP.
The conference is part of the Latinx Freedom Movement Archive & Exhibition Project, a national initiative that will bring large-scale outdoor exhibitions to five cities as a public intervention marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
OnMonday, April 13, join historian Matthew Delmont and Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones for a discussion of Delmont’s latest book, Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism, the Vietnam War, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul. The book tells the story of the Vietnam War through the lives of Coretta Scott King and Dwight “Skip” Johnson and includes the history of SNCC, the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and more.
ASL interpretation and professional development certificates provided.
Join us this summer for a virtual Teaching for Black Lives study group. Each participant receives a Teaching for Black Lives book and a one-year subscription to Rethinking Schools magazine.
Pre-K–12 educators will explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy. We will meet at 4 pm PT/ 7 pm ET on Tuesdays: June 23, June 30, July 14, and July 21.
Teachers are under attack for teaching truthfully about U.S. history. Please donate so we can continue to offer free people’s history lessons and resources, and defend teachers’ right to use them.
