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SUMMARY:I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 2: I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month \nHistorian Jarvis Givens joins Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones and editor Jesse Hagopian to discuss his latest book\, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black History Month. Drawing on archival research\, personal stories involving family and students\, and especially the wisdom of Black educators\, Givens recovers the legacy of Carter G. Woodson and many others who envisioned Black history as a liberatory force — knowledge that shapes who we are\, how we resist\, and what we dream.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/ill-make-me-a-world-the-100-year-journey-of-black-history-month/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Main Street: Teaching the History of Redlining and the Power of Community Organizing Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Join Rethinking Schools\, Penguin Random House\, Defending the Early Years\, and Black Lives Matter at School for a virtual launch and celebration of Main Street: A Community Story About Redlining by Britt Hawthorne and Tiffany Jewell. The webinar will feature a conversation with the authors\, followed by a panel of early childhood and elementary educators discussing how to teach young learners about the history of redlining and the power of community organizing. \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \nDate: Thursday\, February 5th  \nTime: 4 pm PT/ 6 pm CT/ 7 pm ET \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation 
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/main-street-teaching-the-history-of-redlining-and-the-power-of-community-organizing-book-launch/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:“I Didn’t Come Here to Lie” Book Discussion and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Rethinking Schools for a virtual discussion and celebration of “I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education\,” the memoir of Karen Lewis\, the brilliant former president of the Chicago Teachers Union. The webinar will feature Rethinking Schools’ Executive Director Cierra Kaler-Jones and editor Jesse Hagopian in conversation with historian Elizabeth Todd-Breland\, who co-authored Lewis’ memoir. Todd-Breland will discuss Karen Lewis’ life and legacy\, including leading the Chicago Teachers Union’s historic 2012 strike\, her impact as an educator\, and what we can learn from Lewis’ teaching and organizing to apply to the struggle for justice today. As part of Rethinking Schools’ Teacher Unions and Social Justice campaign\, the conversation will also explore the power of teacher unions in fighting fascism.  \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \nDate: Thursday\, March 12th  \nTime: 4 pm PT/ 6 pm CT/ 7 pm ET \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation 
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/i-didnt-come-here-to-lie-book-discussion-and-celebration/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Teachers for Social Justice and Education Workers for Palestine present The 19th Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair
DESCRIPTION:Fighting for our Futures: Teaching for Solidarity and Justice in This Crisis\n10 AM – 4 PM\nSaturday\, March 14\, 2026\nGreater Lawndale High School for Social Justice (SoJo)\n3120 S Kostner Ave\, Chicago\, IL\nSpeakers\, Workshops\, Curriculum\, Resources\, Culture\, Food \n\n\n\n\nWhat is the Curriculum Fair?\nThe Teaching for Social Justice Curriculum Fair is a day to build community and deepen the solidarity and political understanding essential to confront the multiple crises we face\, and to seize this moment to fight for the future we need. The curriculum fair is a day-long popular education and organizing space buzzing with conversations about critical anti-racist teaching\, connections across issues\, defending our schools and communities\, and inspiring the young people we teach. We deepen our knowledge through teachers’ social justice curriculum exhibits\, workshops\, resources and books\, and a thought-provoking keynote program.  We nourish and nurture ourselves and each other through culture\, childcare and children’s programs\, safety and care—and a delicious lunch. Be part of learning and building together for the futures we need! \nWhat is the 2026 Theme?\nFighting for our Futures: Teaching for Solidarity and Justice in this Crisis\nThis is a dangerous moment of growing right-wing authoritarianism\, attacks on racial and gender justice\, and US militarized violence from Chicago to Palestine to Latin America. In Chicago\, ICE raids terrorize immigrant communities while Black communities face the ongoing violence of anti-Black racist disinvestment\, displacement\, and policing. While our students and families struggle with the impossible cost of groceries\, rent\, and healthcare\, and the stress of daily life\, billions of dollars flow to US militarism and genocide and hedge fund investors and tech billionaires amass the greatest wealth in human history. But a crisis is also an opportunity to unmask the reality of this system of economic exploitation\, racism\, and violence that has been veiled for some (the power of educators!) and that has clearly failed the 99%. It’s an opportunity to see ourselves in each other\, to understand how our struggles are connected\, to build solidarity and community in and out of the classroom.  We see the power of fighting for our futures in the global movement in solidarity with Palestine\, in the ways we have shown up to defend our neighbors against ICE terror\, in the historic 2020 Black liberation uprising\, in educators who dare to teach truth and who stand up with their students and communities\, in our unions organizing against authoritarianism and militarism.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/teachers-for-social-justice-and-education-workers-for-palestine-present-the-19th-teaching-for-social-justice-curriculum-fair/
LOCATION:Social Justice High School – Chicago\, IL
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SUMMARY:What’s Wrong with AI in Schools
DESCRIPTION:In the next 10 years the AI education market is projected to reach between $112 billion and $127 billion — more than double the federal government’s entire K–12 education budget. Tech executives\, administrators\, and even some teacher union leaders are urging educators to utilize AI for everything from lesson planning to giving feedback\, and to teach students how to use AI “ethically.” Join Rethinking Schools contributors and editors in conversation about what’s wrong with AI in schools\, and how we can teach and organize for human-centered learning.  \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \n  \nDate: Thursday\, April 9th  \n  \nTime: 4 pm PT/ 6 pm CT/ 7 pm ET \n  \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/whats-wrong-with-ai-in-schools/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Until the Last Gun Is Silent
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 13: Until the Last Gun Is Silent \nHistorian Matthew Delmont joins Rethinking Schools executive director Cierra Kaler-Jones to discuss his latest book Until the Last Gun Is Silent: A Story of Patriotism\, the Vietnam War\, and the Fight to Save America’s Soul\, which tells the story of the Vietnam War through lives of Coretta Scott King and Dwight “Skip” Johnson and includes the history of schooling in Detroit\, SNCC\, Winter Soldier events\, the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago\, the Fort Hood Three\, the massacres at Jackson State and Kent State\, racism in the military\, the Tet Offensive\, Rep. Conyers\, PTSD\, and much more.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/until-the-last-gun-is-silent/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, May 4: Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea \nHistorian Marcus Rediker\, in conversation with Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian\, will discuss his books Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea and The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors\, Slaves\, Commoners\, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic\, and talks about the many enslaved people who fled successfully from the horrors of bondage in the antebellum South not by land but by sea.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/freedom-ship-the-uncharted-history-of-escaping-slavery-by-sea/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Teacher Unions Fighting Fascism
DESCRIPTION:Join Rethinking Schools for a conversation on how teacher unions are leading the fight against fascism and ICE in their communities and schools. In this webinar\, we will learn\, celebrate\, and amplify the lessons of the people heroically fighting back against ICE occupation — from Chicago to Los Angeles to Minneapolis. From the classroom to the street\, we need to defend our students and together learn the most effective ways to kick ICE out of our schools and communities.  \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link.  \nDate: Thursday\, May 14th\nTime: 4 pm PT/6 pm CT/7 pm ET \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/teacher-unions-fighting-fascism/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Educators for Strong Public Schools:  Momentum from May Day
DESCRIPTION:Hear lessons from educators in NC and WI building from their build up to the historic actions on May Day 2026 shutting down schools for massive May Day rallies and how we can build strong unions working towards the common good. \nFeatured speakers include:\n\nBryan Proffitt (Vice President of the North Carolina Association of Educators\, NCAE)\nAndrea Missureli (Madison Teachers)\nCierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian (Rethinking Schools)\nJames Haslam (Race Forward)\n\nSponsored by Public School Strong and Rethinking Schools.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/educators-for-strong-public-schools-momentum-from-may-day/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Zine Making for Our Shared Story
DESCRIPTION:Across the country\, educators\, park rangers\, historians\, scientists\, and public servants are witnessing growing censorship and political interference targeting public history and science. When our stories are erased\, censored\, or manipulated\, the public loses access to the tools necessary to understand power\, injustice\, and shared responsibility. \nJoin Public School Strong for an interactive zine workshop about how to keep history public using zines. Participants in the zine workshop on June 10th will learn how to defend endangered knowledge and engage materials censored or being targeted for censorship. \nIn partnership with the America 433+ campaign\, all workshop participants are eligible for a Junior Resistance Ranger Badge.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/zine-making-for-our-shared-story/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Science Teaching for Social Justice Book Launch and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Join Science Teaching for Social Justice editors and contributors for a book launch and celebration! Science Teaching for Social Justice shares stories of educators and students who explore how social and political systems shape science. From preschool to graduate studies and across disciplines\, this book contains lessons that empower students to use science as a tool for equity and justice. Illuminating methods to center social justice in science education\, these stories help students go beyond the standards and dig into ways science is used both as a tool of oppression and as a means of liberation. \nParticipants will need access to Zoom. Register for the Zoom link. \nDate: Wednesday\, June 24\nTime: 4 pm PT/6 pm CT/7 pm ET \nThe event is free. To make events like this available to more educators and activists\, we would greatly appreciate your solidarity donation.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/science-teaching-for-social-justice-book-launch-and-celebration/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:One Hundred Years of High School Student Organizing
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, September 28\, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with historians Aaron G. Fountain Jr. and Jon N. Hale about student organizing and state repression. Fountain is the author of High School Students Unite!: Teen Activism\, Education Reform\, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America and Hale is the author of A New Kind of Youth: Historically Black High Schools and Southern Student Activism\, 1920–1975. \nAaron G. Fountain Jr. is a historian and public scholar. His book High School Students Unite!was a finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History. His articles have been published in Time\, Smithsonian Magazine\, Al Jazeera\, The Hill\, and more. He has begun work on his second book\, which is a cultural and political history of teenagers and the Vietnam War in North America\, Australia\, and New Zealand. \nJon N. Hale is professor and associate head of education policy\, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition to A New Kind of Youth\, Hale is also the author of The Choice We Face: How Segregation\, Race\, and Power Have Shaped America’s Most Controversial Education Reform Movement and The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement\, and co-editor of Schooling the Movement: The Activism of Southern Black Educators from Reconstruction Through the Civil Rights Eraand To Write in the Light of Freedom: The Newspapers of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools. \nASL interpretation provided. \nProfessional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees. \nThese online classes with people’s historians are held at least once a month (generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 75 minutes. In each session\, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants to meet each other in small groups\, discuss the content\, and share teaching ideas. We designed the sessions for teachers and other school staff. Parents\, students\, and others are also welcome to participate.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/one-hundred-years-of-high-school-student-organizing/
LOCATION:Zoom
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SUMMARY:Robeson\, Robinson\, and Resistance: Athletes\, Artists\, and the Struggle for Liberation
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, October 26\, Rethinking Schools editor Jesse Hagopian will be in conversation with author Howard Bryant about his book Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America\, which tells the the untold story of sports and fame\, Black life in the United States\, and the promise of integration during the Cold War. \nHoward Bryant is the author of 11 books\, an esteemed journalist\, and an award-winning producer. Besides Kings and Pawns\, his books include Sisters and Champions: The True Story of Venus and Serena Williams\, Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original\, Full Dissidence: Notes From an Uneven Playing Field\, The Heritage: Black Athletes\, A Divided America and the Politics of Patriotism\, The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron\, Juicing the Game: Drugs\, Power\, and the Fight for the Soul of Major League Baseball\, and more. \nASL interpretation provided. \nProfessional development credit certificate provided upon request for attendees. \nThese online classes with people’s historians are held at least once a month (generally on Mondays) at 4:00 pm PT / 7:00 pm ET for 75 minutes. In each session\, the historian is interviewed by a teacher and breakout rooms allow participants to meet each other in small groups\, discuss the content\, and share teaching ideas. We designed the sessions for teachers and other school staff. Parents\, students\, and others are also welcome to participate.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/robeson-robinson-and-resistance-athletes-artists-and-the-struggle-for-liberation/
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