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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 10d

🗓️This is a great way to show solidarity to your fellow educators! We hope to see you Thursday!

EmpowerEd @empowereddc.bsky.social · 27d

🎟️DC: get your tickets now! It’s almost #HispanicHeritageMonth and it’s time to celebrate our Latina/o educators! events.humanitix.com/mojitos-y-ma...

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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 22d

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.
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2025 Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In - Teaching for Change

Ninth Annual Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In Saturday, September 20, 202510:00AM – 3:00PMNational Museum of the American Indian1 Bowling GreenNew York, NY 10004 Tickets are $20 a person. Contact Teachi...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Sep 2

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.

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Aug 26

On Thursday, August 28, kick off Labor Day 2025 and solidarity season with a rally and march. #FreeDC

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Solidarity Season: Labor Day 2025 Rally + March — Free DC

Workers make DC run and we deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation. Workers across the DC region need to be in solidarity with one another now more than ever b...

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CM Janeese Lewis George @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social · Aug 24

And @freedcproject.bsky.social has put together a 2025 Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — check it out at freedcproject.org/schools

Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — Free DC

Families and parent organizations have an important role to play in ensuring schools remain safe, structured, and supportive places for children to learn. This toolkit compiles ideas from education ad...

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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · Aug 25

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 . ✨️

Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · Aug 25

Looking forward to this conversation tonight with the good folks at @zinnedproject.bsky.social discussing my young readers edition of How The Word Is Passed, out next month.

Virtual, free, and open to anyone. 25 attendees will also get a free book. Join us!

www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Aug 22

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

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.

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Aug 14

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.

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 30

See more from last year's curriculum fair to get inspired. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/news/social-...

The Power of Place at the Social Justice Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

On Saturday, August 17, D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (DCAESJ) hosted the third annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School.

www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org

D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 30

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...

Call for proposal for Social Justice Curriculum Fair. Submit Proposal by Monday, July 28th.

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 30

🧵 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-...

2025 Social Justice Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

DCAESJ Event | REGISTER TODAY for the annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair, an opportunity for D.C. area educators to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice...

www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org

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CrazyUs @crazyus.com · Jun 19

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!

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 13

June 19th - Host or attend a watch party this Juneteenth and keep the conversation going all summer long.

June 21st – Watch the Virtual Author Read-In featuring some of your favorite children's book authors, 12-2:00 pm EST.

Details for both events at ReadStrongAmerica.org.

Read Strong America

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 13

Lift our voices. Defend the right to read.

This #Juneteenth, join the Read Strong America movement — a powerful conversation to denounce censorship, promote literacy and literature, uplift librarians, and spark community action.

Graphic: Read Strong America Juneteenth Watch Party & Read-In
June 19th - Host or attend a watch party this Juneteenth and keep the conversation going all summer long.

June 21st – Watch the Virtual Author Read-In featuring some of your favorite children's book authors, 12-2:00 pm EST.

Both at ReadStrongAmerica.org

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 5

2️⃣ Days!! DMV #EduSky, have you heard?! This Saturday, we'll march to defend the right to teach truthfully about U.S. history and the climate crisis. Together we will defend the rights of LGBTQ+ and immigrant students.
#TeachTruth #WorldPrideDC

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Teach Truth March from NMAAHC to NMAI

A march hosted by Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (DCAESJ), CARE Washington, D.C., EmpowerEd, and National Education Association (NEA), from the National Museum of African...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Jun 3

Join our friends @empowereddc.bsky.social to honor incredible D.C. educators at their annual D.C. Teacher Voice Awards & Benefit!

EmpowerEd @empowereddc.bsky.social · Jun 2

We’re so excited to honor amazing DC educators at our annual benefit -the DC Teacher Voice Awards- next Thursday 6/12. We’re thrilled that @repjahanahayes.bsky.social a former educator currently fighting threats to education in Congress is joining. Get your ticket: secure.ngpvan.com/tKbRS_KDn0up...

D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · May 22

DMV #EDUSky Join us (and @zinnedproject.bsky.social ) at FREADOM Town Hall Rally at MLK Memorial Library ! #TeachTruth
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FREADOM Town Hall Rally at MLK Memorial Library

On Saturday, May 31, authors, educators, parents, and artists including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi, Amanda Jones, Meg Medina, Jason Reynolds, and more will gather at a Town Hall Rally to defend c...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · May 20

DMV #EduSky, we invite you, D.C. area students, parents, and community members to join us in defending the freedom to learn on Saturday, June 7, the 5th annual Teach Truth Day of Action coordinated by @zinnedproject.bsky.social .

#TeachTruth

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Teach Truth March from NMAAHC to NMAI — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

DCAESJ Event | A walk/march from the National Museum of African American History Culture (NMAAHC) to National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), to highlight the censorship of history in schools a...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · May 12

See you online tonight!

Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · May 12

#EDUSky and education community: TONIGHT! Join our @zinnedproject.bsky.social (co-directed with @rethinkingschools.bsky.social ) for a conversation with Jason Stanley.

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Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

Scholar Jason Stanley, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian, will discuss his new book, Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future, which exposes the...

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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · May 9

This #TeacherAppreciationWeek we celebrate the incredible truth teachers/tellers in school classrooms. We also raise attention to the contrast of what is desired and the reality.

We invite our community to dream into ✨the futures we imagine ✨.

Orange Graphic with white text that reads "For teacher appreciation week, we imagine a world where teachers are able to teach freely and empower young people to not only read and write, but change the world. " Picture of two teachers on the left Black woman with glasses, pink pixie cut hair, a neon yellow blazer and white t-shirt, smiling. On the right a brown skinned woman with long black hair, glasses, a jean jacket and a light shirt.

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Apr 22

DMV #EduSky, we hope to see you there!

Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · Apr 22

🧵 Tomorrow, we host Hilary N. Green( @hngreen.bsky.social) in conversation with D.C. area educator, Jessica A. Rucker.

Join us at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social (14th and V.) for this FREE event.

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Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War - Teaching for Change

Wednesday, April 23 Busboys and Poets 14th and V With an eye to the third and fourth generation of Black youth, Black women performed their memory work as acts of homemade citizenship. They created an...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Apr 16

TODAY!

Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Apr 8

#DCEmancipationDay celebrates the courage and struggle of individuals who have fought for freedom, and how this work is still needed now.

As part of this year's celebration, join us for a "DC Emancipation Day Speak Out" on Wednesday April 16. Register: bit.ly/emancipation...

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · Apr 16

#tdih 1862, DC Compensated Emancipation Act.

Was the compensation for the people who suffered torture & other human rights abuses & whose
labor,
knowledge,
skills,
& families
were stolen for generations?💔

NO.

Read ⬇️ #Reparations #DCEmancipationDay
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April 16, 1862: Compensated Emancipation Act

The federal government compensated the “owners” of enslaved people for their “loss of property.” The people whose labor and families were stolen for generations were not compensated nor given any assi...

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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Apr 10

On, Saturday, April 5, we held our working group quarterly meeting with the theme of advocacy! We topped off the day by putting advocacy into practice by participating in the Hands Off! activation in Washington, D.C.

"Don't Comply!"

Image of D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice working group members at the April Working Group Convening. Green background with white text reads Educator Community, Curriculum collaboration, Professional Learning Activism.

DCAESJ Working Group members and Teaching for Change staff ahead of the Hands Off! D.C. rally on Saturday, April 5.

D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · Apr 3

You can whet your appetite by attending @teachingchange.bsky.social and @busboysandpoets.bsky.social April 23rd event featuring historian Hilary N. Green and her new book "Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War."

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Unforgettable Sacrifice: How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War - Teaching for Change

Wednesday, April 23Busboys and Poets 14th and V Participants will hear from historian Hilary N. Green on her new book, Unforgettable Sacrifice How Black Communities Remembered the Civil War. The book ...

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