In this two-hour session, we will analyze primary and secondary sources, as well as teaching strategies for including queer Black voices into your World History and World Literature classes, advisory, and Gender/Diversity clubs. Together, we will explore contemporary media, short stories, autobiographical writing, and legislation. This workshop asks how Black diasporic contexts challenge Western or … Read More
Decolonizing teaching and learning through greater inclusion of First Nation voices in our curriculum. Join us for our virtual event crossing over Teaching Against Erasure and Urgent Conversation discussion about decolonizing teaching and learning through greater inclusion of First Nation voices in our curriculum. Drawing on the scholarship, activism, art, and writing of Amber Starks, Dr. Kyle … Read More
Speak only when spoken to or when the teacher acknowledges your raised hand. Ask to use the bathroom–except during a test. Follow instructions and limit your questions–unless you want to be labeled a “problem.” These are some of the lessons millions of students learn in public and private school institutions where behavior is prized over … Read More
Registration open! This convening will offer thematic workshops led by scholars, community leaders, and veteran teachers. Sessions will emphasize strategies for integrating content focused on Black, Latinx, LGBTQIA+ and Dis/Abilities … Read More
This workshop will explore the rhythms of resistance and resilience with songs that encouraged marginalized people to continue their fight for social justice and change. It will use music to amplify the voices and discuss the history of marginalized communities throughout history. Facilitator: As an esteemed educator with a passion for igniting the spark of … Read More
Rights alone are not justice. A narrow focus on compliance provides little sense that the acknowledgement ofr inclusion of disabled communities have any larger benefit or that accommodations serve anyone other than the person who requests them. How can we move past legal compliance to understand disability in all of its complexity-- as a culture, … Read More
Recognizing that many New Jersey teachers are hesitant to discuss issues of social justice and current events occurring in many communities, this 90-minute session will discuss and practice how to use specific resources to guide and engage students in conversations about marginalization and discrimination. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy as a guide and situating topics that involve … Read More
LGBTQ+ students should see themselves represented in the classroom. In this 1 hour 15-minute session, we will explore how the Queer Newark Oral History Project can be a resource for students and educators. Queer Newark is a free and public repository of local New Jersey history through the eyes of diverse people who lived it. … Read More
A Work in Progress In Collaboration with Lunaape/Lenape Tribal Nation and the Public History Project Through a land curriculum, this workshop explores the knowledge, experiences, and histories of the New … Read More
In this eighty-minute workshop, participants will explore several diverse methodologies that revolve around the practice of spoken word and performance poetics through the optics of the Nuyorican poetry school which is responsible for writers like Miguel Algarín, Victor Hernández Cruz, Nancy Mercado, Willie Perdomo, and Elisabet Velasquez. The Nuyorican school is well documented in Latinx … Read More