From February 1-5, 2021, Teaching for Change's D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice will host the fourth annual D.C. Area Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. This week of action will be built on the momentum of past local weeks of action and the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action campaign taking place in cities across the U.S. to promote a set of national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles that focus on improving the school experience for students of color.
To help educators prepare for the week of action, Teaching for Change and the Howard University's School of Education are organizing a virtual Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair on Saturday, January 30 from 11:00AM - 1:30PM ET. Propose a workshop.
The Black Lives Matter movement is a powerful, non-violent peace movement that systematically examines injustices that exist at the intersections of race, class, and gender; including mass incarceration, poverty, non-affordable housing, income disparity, homophobia, unfair immigration laws, gender inequality, and poor access to healthcare.
The Uprising for Black lives prompted the Black Lives Matter at School movement to expand its 2020-21 proposed activities to a “Year of Purpose.” The centerpiece of the Year of Purpose is asking educators to reflect on their own work in relationship to antiracist pedagogy and abolitionist practice, persistently challenging themselves to center Black lives in their classrooms. In addition, educators are asked to participate in intentional days of action throughout the school year uplifting different intersectional themes vital to making Black lives matter in schools, communities, and beyond.
Sign up to participate here;
https://www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/sign-up
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