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Tricia Ebarvia

@triciaebarvia.bsky.social
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Educator • #DisruptTexts • #31DaysIBPOC • Institute 4 Racial Equity in Literacy • Opinions my own • 🇵🇭🇺🇸 • she/her/siya • Author of Get Free: Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers linktr.ee/triciaebarvia

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George Janeteas @georgejaneteas.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
How can we create writing spaces and places where students can express themselves and make something beautiful? This is the essential question that #TDSB Beginning Teachers and their Mentors have begun to explore in a professional learning series led by the incredible @triciaebarvia.bsky.social
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is BACK! Join @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social and I on July 9 and 10 for an ONLINE gathering focused on our most urgent challenges as educators right now. Register at TheIREL.org. ⬇️ #IREL25
Teaching Towards Freedom
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy
July 9 and 10

ONLINE GATHERING FOR 
ORGANIZING. 
fortifying. 
RESISTING.

Join us in BUILDING 
a toolkit for humanity
to MEET THIS MOMENT.

Learn more at TheIREL.org
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Nancy Penchev @penchevable.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Saw this article estonianworld.com/culture/what...
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What role does art serve in times of war and suffering?
Estonian and expatriate artists share their views on the importance of art in times of crisis along with works that speak to trauma, suffering, hope and empathy.
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Cristina Paul @cristinapaul333.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Dispatch From The Ruins: (School The Eleventh Incitement) from Ross Gay’s Inciting Joy is all about making “beautiful shit together” in spite of and under oppressive educational systems. The entire essay is utterly delightful and inspiring.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
ISO of quotes, essays, articles that speak to the importance of making art / creating / imagination during dark times. Let me know what you have and I'll share as well. (also, still getting my footing around here and not sure with # s to use? #edusky #DisruptTexts #ELA ?)
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Okay, I have never seen Wicked the musical nor read Wicked the book. I grew up with Wizard of Oz though. But other than that, I walked into seeing Wicked the movie today mostly not knowing much (well, except for ‘Defying Gravity’). I have feeling/thoughts and trying to sort through them.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
If you’re at #PoCC, come through!!!
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Andrea @teachbk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
December is really confusing for non-Christian kids in public schools. Holiday shows and decorations and constant Christmas music playing. I don't know if teachers really consider all of this from their perspective.
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Mo Daley @ofdaleys.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
#Getfree by @triciaebarvia.bsky.social is today’s #bookaday. What a thoughtful and well-written exploration of antibias literacy instruction. I’ll come back to this one again and again.
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 04/12/2024
I stand by this, even given the stellar history of Black protest. Black folks are always going to stand up for civil rights and human rights! But NO, you are NOT going to see the vast majority of us outside if there's a military coup... are you serious?! We vote the way we do SO WE DON'T HAVE TO.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Agree w/ @heymrsbond.bsky.social I’m also very uncomfortable w/AI’s record of oppressive algorithms, racist impacts & other ethical issues. Not interested in feeding the machine. There may already be a lot of AI in our lives… but still. When given the choice, I’ll err on the side of more humanity.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
In addition to puzzles, I’m putting current energies and love into feeding the family, especially with my oldest home for the weekend. This morning: French toast with ube whipped cream 💜💛❤️💙
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I have arrived at the point in puzzle solving where every piece looks the same 🤦🏽‍♀️
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
To cope with the world, I’m taking up puzzles. #simplethings
Unfinished puzzle showing a winter screen in New York City
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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Good book mail awaiting me this evening. Edited by @mayaschenwar.bsky.social & Kim Wilson, from @haymarketbooks.org.
We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition. Edited by Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson. The cover is full of colorful plants against a black starry background, and a bold white font.
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 26/11/2024
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
haymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.com
Books Not Bars 2024 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
“Looking at the reasons patriarchy has maintained its power over men and their lives, I urge us to reclaim feminism for men… Men cannot change if there are no blueprints for change. Men cannot love if they are not taught the art of loving.” - bell hooks #DisruptTexts #Reading
Photograph of the cover of bell hooks’ book, Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love.
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
An Open Letter to Our PublishersWith the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)For authors who are not citizens, this could also result in deportation. This promises to be a pro-censorship, pro-book-banning administration, and the successful implementation of its policies will require willing compliance of America's institutions, including its corporations. 

The freedom to write is as important as the freedom to read. We have been heartened by many publishers' willingness to engage in legal and legislative pathways to fight book banning and want to be sure that you will double-down on your fight during this consequential time. This past week AABB help open forums with authors from all genres and age levels to better understand author concerns and needs. While this may not be a complete list due to the rapid turnaround, we know we have a short time before January to prepare for what is to come and we want to this start this conversation sooner rather than later.
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Theres an uncomfortable subject that exit polls, election post mortems & even the most progressive pundits NEVER talk about. All the political hot takes on why Trump won are based on 1 unspoken premise: It’s time to talk about the mono-racial coalition thegrio.com/2024/11/22/w...
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We need to have an uncomfortable conversation about America
What if all the pundits, exit polls and election takes are wrong? What if the truth is even more uncomfortable?
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
When you go to the lobby to do work and then you run into all your favorite people #NCTE24 @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social @heymrsbond.bsky.social @lyricalswordz.bsky.social @jessycamathews.bsky.social
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Putting final touches on our “Literacy is Love Work” session tomorrow! 🔥 Come see us at 3:30, room 258B #DisruptTexts #NCTE24
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Jung (정) “Average Asian” @jungkim.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
On a more uplifting note, please attend some of these amazing #AsianAmAF sessions at #NCTE24
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
1. Trust yourself. 2. Find others trust. 3. Grieve. 4. Release what you cannot change. 5. Find your path: > Protect people > Disrupt and disobey > Defend civic institutions > Build alternatives ➡️ wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...
Image describes four ways to find your path in resisting authoritarianism: 

1. Protect people (harm reduction, protect targeted people)

2. Disrupt and disobey (strategize acts to support disobedience and protest policy)

3. Defend civic institutions (safeguard democratic institutions such as elections, EPA, etc)

4. Build alternatives (parallel institutions, alternative party platforms, new culture building)
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
It can be scary AF in a scene like this to be the upstander; one might, realistically, worry that the violent mob might turn on you next. But for God’s sake. Rehearse what you might do, how you might intervene. Get upstander training. If hate happens & you’re not the victim: Do the right thing.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Checked into my #NCTE24 hotel, turned around, and first folx I see are @jessycamathews.bsky.social and @joelrgarza.bsky.social This is a good sign 💛
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
As I head to #NCTE24, feeling a lot of what we at my school call “double dip” feelings. Excited to see so many good folx who are truly doing the work, but also angered and disheartened seeing the ways that White Supremacy continues to persists in all spaces. 1/
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
It feels truly ridiculous to post this with the state of the world right now, but something I’ve come to really appreciate and need more is being in community. If you’re headed to #NCTE24, here’s where I’ll be —
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Mo Daley @ofdaleys.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Holy cow! Thank you @triciaebarvia.bsky.social and #GetFree for introducing me to this #Unforgettable poem by Acevedo, Matam, and Yamazawa! youtu.be/Xvah3E1fP20?...
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Pages Matam, Elizabeth Acevedo & G. Yamazawa - Unforgettable
YouTube video by Button Poetry
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George Janeteas @georgejaneteas.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Over 100 #TDSB educators participated in a webinar led by the incredible @triciaebarvia.bsky.social. Tricia taught us strategies we can use to help students to develop an anti-bias mindset to become stronger readers, writers, and thinkers. Resources are available on the TDSB English/Literacy site
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Rapid Onset Gooner Dysphoria @melancholytheclown.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Trans people should be remembered while we're alive & well. Trans people should be celebrated while we're alive & well. Trans people should be supported while we're alive & well. Trans people should be alive & well.
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 12/11/2023
Studying this BEAUTIFUL text by @triciaebarvia.bsky.social. Excuse the baby hand; he’s my study buddy 🤣😭
Pic of “get free” antibias literacy instruction for stronger readers, writers, and thinkers by Tricia Ebarvia with a little baby hand in the photo
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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
Every person on earth — every baby, every middle-aged man, every elderly woman — deserves peace. There is no purpose to our lives if not to liberate one another.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 11/11/2023
Okay, this looks pretty good!!! youtu.be/9T76-c0p0S4?...
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Avatar The Last Airbender Trailer 2024 Netflix Breakdown and Easter Eggs
Avatar The Last Airbender Trailer 2024 Netflix. Avatar Aang, Zuko, Katara, Uncle Iroh, Sokka, Firelord Ozai, New Azula Scenes, Appa, Momo, Cabbage Man, Once ...
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Trusting Readers @trustingreaders.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
This book is full of actionable actions.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
"What Should Anti-Bias Literacy Instruction Look Like in the Classroom?" with @triciaebarvia.bsky.social is NEW @educationweek post www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
All I have to say about that article is that I cannot believe we are still talking about To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Saw the description of a new book on the “education wars.” Haven’t read the book, but the word “obsession” here is… a choice. It’s been bothering me since I read it. Obsession implies that there’s irrational abt being genuinely concerned about race and gender affect schooling. Feels… dismissive.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Having just posted about upcoming conferences and book stuff, I also want to say how truly ridiculous it feels to post about anything other than the chaos of this world right now. Buy a friend just shared this with me and it feels like something at least. 5calls.org
5calls.org
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
And the rest of my #NCTE23 schedule!
Session: “Black Gaze as Stance” 
CENTERING BIPOC STUDENTS IN ELA CLASSROOMS DURING
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
RACE AND RACISM
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and Tricia Ebarvia,
SATURDAY, NOV 18
8:15 - 9:30AM
MARY FRANCES MERRILL ROOMCONNECTING
INTENTION TO ACTION
A COMPREHENSIVE #DISRUPTTEXTS
APPROACH
Tricia Ebarvia and Lorena Germán
And special author guests
Ellen Oh, Autumn Allen, and Pedro Martin!
SATURDAY, NOV 18
2:45 - 4:00 PM
GINA KNEE ROOMCRITICAL CONNECTIONS: 
ANTIRACIST
TEXT SETS
Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul
Colleen Cruz
Tricia Ebarvia
Anna Osborn
Tiana Silvas
SUNDAY, NOV 19
9:00 - 10:15 AM
AMINAH ROBINSON
GRAND BALLROOM BBook signing for Get Free by Tricia Ebarvia 
SAT, NOV 18 @ 4:15PM
Exhibition Hall: Corwin Booth
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
If you’re at #NCTE23, come say hi at my book signing! Plus I love got some goodies for ya!!! 🥰 Sat, 11/18, Corwin Booth
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
On my first road trip with my parents in forever/probably since I was a kid! This time, though, it’s my hubby driving, one kid in the front, parents in the back seat, and me and the youngest in the third row. Off to see our oldest for parents wknd in college! #HailToPiitt
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Debbie Reese/P'oesay P'oekwîn @debreese.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Join us on Nov 4! The National Museum of the American Indian and Teaching for Change are offering a Teach In, online! Details here: www.teachingforchange.org/native-knowl... And please share the information with others in your networks. Thanks!
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JoelRGarza @joelrgarza.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Another draft from my notebook, written a while ago & almost forgotten. A short poem about my second (or was it my third?) love Shout out to Austin's Les Amis Cafe. If you know, you know ☕🚬 middleagedmiddlechild.com/2023/11/01/s...
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second or third love.
Image source. That spot now. Like many things in fall 1988, this all starts in a dark smoky place. A cafe near campus. She has opinions & confidence, long brown hair, shockingly bright blue eyes. Kati...
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
For teachers, Halloween on a Tuesday might be the cruelest day. Kids are bananas on Mon and Wed, and Thu and Fri feel like a whole other week. My kids’ district had in-service on Halloween and the day after. Whoever made that decision was a genius.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
Yay!
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Happy to be back with The Big Questions Institute! Join me on 11/20 for this free webinar as I share some of my favorite perspective-taking strategies for deepening and expanding student understanding. #LetsGetFree #DisruptTexts www.bqi.community/c/events/fre...
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FREE WEBINAR! "Perspective-Taking Strategies for Deepening Understanding and Critical Thinking" w......
Given today’s challenging social media and (dis)information ecosystem, it’s easy to see how many of us — teachers and students — can fall into either-or traps of thinking or to accept, as give...
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 27/10/2023
Reminder that the new COVID shot isn’t just a booster, it’s a new vaccine more effective against more variants. Important to get it and remind friends & family.
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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is coming to Boston! In partnership with the Center for Educating Critically at BU, we're excited to offer two signature 3-day sessions in 2024! Space will be limited! For early registration alerts and the first chance to sign-up ▶️ bit.ly/irel24-boston
The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy is coming to Boston! In partnership with the Center for Educating Critically at Boston University, we're excited to offer our two signature 3-day sessions — Reading Toward Freedom and Writing Toward Freedom — this coming January and March 2024!
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