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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:America 433+ Teach-In at Harpers Ferry
DESCRIPTION:On Juneteenth\, America 433+ will gather at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park—a place that embodies the ongoing struggle for freedom\, democracy\, and justice in America. This Teach-In is a community gathering that reclaims the story of “freedom” as something broader\, more inclusive\, and still evolving. Harpers Ferry National Historic Site is a crucial place for this event. Not only is John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry one of the most important events in American History and seen by many as the first act of the Civil War\, as a historic site it has had a long history of telling controversial and incomplete versions of that story.\nWhat to Expect\nThe Teach-In will feature speakers\, writing postcards to representatives\, children’s activities\, and more.  Park visitors and community stakeholders alike will be invited to learn about the history that is in danger and given the means to take action.\n\nThe event will also feature Ranger Elizabeth\, who worked at Harpers Ferry for years trying to get the stories of the Black raiders told. Some of her work has been censored\, which she will share with the public that visit on Juneteenth.\n\nAbout America 433+ \nAmerica 433+ takes its name from the more than 433 locations that make up the National Parks system\, from historic sites and battlefields to monuments\, seashores\, and national parks. The campaign shines a light on the full network of public lands and institutions that preserve our nation’s history\, science\, and cultural heritage\, and affirms that these places should reflect the richness\, complexity\, and diversity of the American experience.\n\nAmerica 433+ brings together Resistance Rangers\, Branch 4\, Race Forward Action and Public School Strong\, and the Zinn Education Project — a collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change — in a shared effort to defend the public’s right to know. Together\, these partners unite current and former federal workers\, educators\, civil rights advocates\, parents\, and community organizers to confront the censorship\, distortion\, and erasure of public history\, climate science\, civil rights education\, and Indigenous knowledge.
URL:https://rethinkingschools.org/event/america-433-teach-in-at-harpers-ferry/
LOCATION:Harpers Ferry National Historical Park\, 171 Shoreline Drive\, Harpers Ferry\, WV\, 25425\, United States
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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/
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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/
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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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