Thursday, November 7, 6:00 PM EDT - Online
Teaching Truths: Education for Liberation
“The revolution is in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.” — Huey Newton
Young people have long been catalysts for change throughout U.S. history, leading movements that have reshaped the nation’s social and political landscape. From Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to college encampments set up for a #freepalestine🇵🇸, students’ energy and determination galvanize and shake up the status quo, forcing the nation to confront uncomfortable truths about its past and present.
The onslaught of laws banning honest education on the history of oppression in the U.S. now impact nearly half of all public-school students, alongside policymakers banning thousands of books that deal with issues of race, gender, or sexuality. The same forces have attacked any teacher who allows students to consider criticism of U.S. foreign policy, wars, or multiple perspectives of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
And in the aftermath of our presidential election, we have a lot to learn from students and the educators that are teaching them about histories of resistance.
Join us for a live, virtual conversation on November 7th at 3pm PT/6pm ET with educators teaching with @zinneducationproject, Teaching Truths: Educators Speak on Justice and Liberation in the Classroom.
We’ll hear from Jesse Hagopian, Dr. Tamyka Morant, De’Ana Forbes, Greg Wickenkamp, and Dr. Chantee Earl in conversation with Prism’s Editor-in-Chief, @femmefeministe.
These educators and organizers are at the forefront of narrative intervention and who spend each and every day ensuring that their students learn about Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQIA+ history, settler-colonialism, migrant justice, Palestine, climate change and its root causes of militarism, imperialism, capitalism, and more. We’ll explore how they are navigating censorship, school administrations, political repression, and other challenges.
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