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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

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Network of educators who seek to strengthen and deepen social justice teaching in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Project of @teachingchange.bsky.social linktr.ee/dcaesj

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“The conventional wisdom says that checks and balances forestall the abuse of power. But our particular system constrains the public far more than it constrains elites.” — political science professor Lisa L. Miller 🧵
The conventional wisdom says that checks and balances forestall the abuse of power. 

But our particular system 
constrains the public far 
more than it constrains 
elites. Lisa L. Miller
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We're excited to come together, to listen, and celebrate Central American stories as a community with readings, conversation, book signings, food, drinks, and great company. See you Wednesday, September 23! 🗓️
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
DMV #EduSky did you hear, we're 30 days away from our annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair. Don't miss building community, interactive workshops, ready-to-use resources and FREE books for your classrooms! Register today: www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/2026-...
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
DMV #EduSky Don't miss an incredible opportunity to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice themes at this year's Social Justice Curriculum Fair. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/news/2026-so...
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2026 Social Justice Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
Join us for the annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair on Saturday, August 29, 2026 from 9:15AM–12:45PM in person at Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS (200 Douglas Street NE).
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Campos: While I want to thank CBS news for funding this generous gift towards my education, I want to acknowledge how the recent direction of the outlet stains the legacy of Mike Wallace, the namesake of this scholarship.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
#EduSky DMV, @dcdoxfest 2026 lineup is here! 🎬 113 new films from 32 countries, including 9 World Premieres + U.S., North American & International Premieres. Explore urgent, visionary stories and get your pass or tickets now: dcdoxfest.com
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DC/DOX - Documentary Film Festival
DC/DOX is a documentary film festival in the nation’s capital, celebrating bold voices, innovative visions, and dedicated truth-seekers in the art of non-fiction storytelling.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Teachers: Check out this summer institute on Reconstruction -- the Second Founding. Spend a week at the National Museum of African American History and Culture and at historic sites in DC area with historian @katemasur.bsky.social and others. Apply by 4/15. nmaahc.si.edu/events/freed...
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Freedom Was in Sight: Reconstruction as the Second Founding
Freedom Was in Sight: Reconstruction as the Second Founding
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
DC K-12 educators: Your students can view a new film & meet the filmmakers via @filmfestdc.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social. Films on neighborhood that stopped a deportation, Starbucks workers union campaign, Chocolate City, Paulo Freire in Brazil, Donna Edwards at National Parks, & more ⬇️
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Filmfest DC 2026 — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, D.C. International Film Festival for a fourteenth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring fi...
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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
#EduSky, join us for a Teaching for Change March Madness, but make it history and activism. Check the 🧵 to see event announcements with registration links. It's never too late to register or show up for any of these events. 😉
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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
On Saturday, March 21, join our @dcaesj.bsky.social in collaboration with the @w6pspo.bsky.social and the Coalition for D.C. Public Schools and Communities for the screening of "Counted Out." www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/scree...
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Screening of "Counted Out" — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
DCAESJ Event | Join us for a screening of "Counted Out," a documentary revealing how math and algorithms determine who has power in the 21st century.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Wonderful article by our colleague Greg Wickenkamp about rural educators who, despite censorship campaigns and laws, "take pains to present history in all its complexity, encouraging students to develop their own informed stances through critical thinking." ⬇️ #TeachTruth
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loudoun4all.com @loudoun4all.com · 20/02/2026
Only 33% of Virginia elementary schools have SSOs (School Security Officers). Loudoun elementary schools are AHEAD of the curve - every elementary school in LCPS has a SSO. 📝Sign the petition: bit.ly/budget-petition-eng 📆Come to the budget hearing: bit.ly/loudoun-budget-hearings
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Loudoun County Budget Petition
The Issue Loudoun County residents deserve safe schools and responsible use of public funds. At the end of this month, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) will vote on a proposal that uses taxpayer dollar...
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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
If you are in the D.C. metro area, join our @dcaesj.bsky.social at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social (14 & V) for an in-person conversation with @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social . www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/black...
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Black History Is for Everyone with Brian Jones — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
TFC Event | Join Teaching for Change at Busboys & Poets for a conversation with author and educator Brian Jones.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
This is your reminder, from some of our presenters, tech support, and staff, that it's not too late to register for this Saturday's Curriculum Fair. Tell a friend and get them there too. Register at the 🔗 in our bio or at bit.ly/BLMFair26
Screenshot of the 2026 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair presenters, tech support, and documenters via Zoom.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
#EduSky TWELVE reasons you should join us on Saturday, January 24, 2026 for our annual Black Lives Matter at School curriculum fair. Your FOMO will be more real if you miss, than having to choose between these FANTASTIC workshops! Register today! bit.ly/BLMFair26
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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
In 2025, Teaching for Change engaged more than 5,000 educators and students through 64 educator workshops and classroom visits. We partnered with publishers to send over 3,100 social justice books to classrooms. All of this is made possible at no cost to teachers.
2025 Teaching for Change by the numbers
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Three color background with white text that reads:  64 Events and Class Visits Hosted for 5,000+ Participants; 77,000+ Free Lessons Downloaded; 3,100+ Social Justice Books Sent to Classrooms.
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 08/12/2025
Temperatures should get to coldest of season so far tonight, teens to near 20 many spots as skies clear late. DC's high of 37 (early) today about 15 degrees below normal after Dec first week averaged 7.6 degrees below. 🥶🥶🥶 More cold and snowflake chances ahead in our updated forecast at cwg.live.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Hey, #EduSky and particularly any folks attending @socialstudies.org (#NCSS25) . We love hearing all of these incredible teaching stories and want to share we're hosting the National Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair virtually in January and we're accepting proposals 😉
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2026 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
On Saturday, January 24, 2026, Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice will host an online curriculum fair featuring a keynote speaker and interactive workshops that uplift th...
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thank you for your generosity this #GivingTuesday! While the BIG day has ended, you can ensure that D.C. area educators have the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world. www.givelocaltogether.org/o/teaching-f...
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Teaching for Change
Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
TONIGHT: Join @freedcproject.bsky.social at the @dchistorycenter.bsky.social this evening for a tour of the Class Action: Education & Opportunity In the Nation's Capital exhibit. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/exhib...
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Exhibit Tour: "Class Action: Education and Opportunity in the Nation's Capital" — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
Join this guided tour for the Free DC community to learn lessons from student organizers, educators, and community leaders who worked to reimagine education throughout DC’s history.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Looking for something to do THIS Saturday? Check out this event with The Brown Bookshelf to be held @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social 's MLK Jr. location. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/the-b...
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The Brown Bookshelf Tour — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
Join us the MLK Library for a family-focused panel discussion and live reading from four renowned children’s literature authors from The Brown Bookshelf.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 10/10/2025
DC! Join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a discussion of his book RECONSIDERING REPARATIONS with Jenice L. View, hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social Wednesday, October 22nd at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social RSVP to attend: www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...
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Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Teaching for Change
Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🗓️This is a great way to show solidarity to your fellow educators! We hope to see you Thursday!
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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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. www.teachingforchange.org/nyc-native-k...
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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 · 02/09/2025
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.
Graphic designed with image captured from the 2025 Social Justice Curriculum Fair of over 100 attendees in a multipurpose room at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School. Attendees are seated around cafeteria tables or standing. Graphic with green and blue D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice logo in a white sticker overlay with a blue oval and white text that reads "Social Justice Curriculum Fair Thank you for joining us!"
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
On Thursday, August 28, kick off Labor Day 2025 and solidarity season with a rally and march. #FreeDC freedcproject.org/event-list/s...
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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 · 24/08/2025
And @freedcproject.bsky.social has put together a 2025 Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — check it out at freedcproject.org/schools
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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 · 25/08/2025
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 . ✨️
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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 · 14/08/2025
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 · 30/06/2025
🧵 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-...
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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...
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CrazyUs @crazyus.com · 19/06/2025
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 · 13/06/2025
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 · 05/06/2025
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 publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/teach...
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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 · 03/06/2025
Join our friends @empowereddc.bsky.social to honor incredible D.C. educators at their annual D.C. Teacher Voice Awards & Benefit!
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
DMV #EDUSky Join us (and @zinnedproject.bsky.social ) at FREADOM Town Hall Rally at MLK Memorial Library ! #TeachTruth publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/fread...
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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 · 20/05/2025
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 www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/teach...
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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 · 12/05/2025
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Teaching for Change @teachingchange.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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 · 22/04/2025
DMV #EduSky, we hope to see you there!
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
TODAY!
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
#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 www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/co...
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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 · 10/04/2025
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.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
DMV #Edusky: Join the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum this summer in a four-day summer teacher seminar Civil War to Civil Rights: Reconstruction. The application deadline is approaching - April 10th! afroamcivilwar.org/event/civil-...
African American Civil War Memorial and Museum Civil War to Civil Rights: Reconstruction Summer Teacher Seminar July 14 - 17, 2025.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
We know Saturday, April 5,is powerpacked, particularly in the D.M.V. Forgive us as we add one more opportunity for you to consider! Spend your Saturday evening with us. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/rest-...
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Rest/Imagine: Themes for a Bloodline — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice
Attend the Little City Concerts Commission, titled  Rest/Imagine: Themes for a Bloodline by drummer and composer Keith Butler, Jr .  Written for Seysew (flute, piano, bass, drums),...
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🎉 Happy Birthday to JuJu, a legendary drummer 🥁 and one of the founding teaching artists for our Teach the Beat initiative that brings go-go music into the classroom (🔗 in bio). The beat keeps going with JuJu as part of our community! 🎶 #TeachtheBeat
Graphic: multicolored sunburst with teal background and blue and white text that reads Happy Birthday JuJu House, Teach the Beat Founding Teaching Artist. Image of Experience Unlimited (E.U.) drummer, William "JuJu" House.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We're partnering with @filmfestdc.bsky.social for a 14th year to bring 📽️ films and filmmakers into D.C. classrooms. The deadline to request a filmmaker visit is Sunday, March 30. ✨Request at bit.ly/filmfestdc25.✨
Blue green, pink, and yellow graphic with white text that reads "Bring filmmakers to your D.C. classroom! FilmfestDC Washington, D.C. International Film Festival bit.ly/filmfestdc25 Request by March 30| with white D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice logo
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Sunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
BREAKING: Students announce a "Study-In" at the Department of Education. If Trump and Musk want to abolish the Department of Education and destroy our futures, they'll have to go through us. Join us tomorrow starting at 10am.
Kids deserve good schools
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🧵Hey there, friends of the DMV. How are you doing this week?! Angry about certain goings on in our region and the world. So are we! Have plans on Thursday while DCPS is closed? Now you do. ⬇️ Parents, educators, neighbors! Please share these two action events for Thursday when DCPS has no school.
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D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice @dcaesj.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Share your story, receive a FREE book. D.C. area teachers and Teaching for Black Lives study group members please tell us about what lesson(s) you used for this year's Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action activities. Share your story at bit.ly/shareyourBLMatSchoolstory.
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