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This resource page is for Teaching for Black Lives Study Group members only.
Events
As a Teaching for Black Lives study group, you are invited to attend monthly classes and workshops hosted by the Zinn Education Project.
All study group members are expected to attend at least three Teaching for Black Lives Campaign events, including the national welcoming and closing celebrations. Generally, there is one special event, workshop, class, or training per month.
All of these events are online, at 4pm PT/ 7pm ET, and last for 60 to 90 minutes unless otherwise noted.
ASL Interpretation will be available upon request. Please register at least four days in advance to give our team time to schedule interpreters.
♦ Invite Only
2024
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
May 6 | Reparations and Climate Justice with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. This session is a Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Class.
May 13 | Teach Truth Day of Action Orientation
May 15 | Rethinking Schools Webinar on Spring issue, Teach Palestine.
At this crucial time, panelists will offer stories, examples, and concrete strategies for teaching truthfully and critically about Palestine-Israel. As the attack on social justice teaching has dramatically expanded as part of the crackdown on opposition to U.S. aid to Israel, it is essential that we support and learn from each other.
Jesse Hagopian will moderate the conversation. Samia Shoman, Keziah Ridgeway, Suzanna Kassouf, and Nassim Zerrifi are confirmed as panelists.
May 20 ♦ End-of-Year Celebration for Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups with special guest Denisha Jones, steering committee member for the national Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action and Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice co-editor.
June 8| Teach Truth Day of Action
Host an information table, book swap, teach-in, history walking tour, or another event to defend the freedom to learn and #teachtruth. Sign-up to receive a Teach Truth pop-up installation box with banned books and other resources.
June 10 | Civil Rights Movement in the North with Brian Jones. This session is a Teach the Black Freedom Struggle Online Class.
June 24 ♦ 2023–2024 Coordinator Debrief
Guides
Guides
Study Guide
This guide, for teachers who are reading Teaching for Black Lives, includes thought-provoking questions for discussion, ideas for action, and resources for groups and individuals. Written by Cierra Kaler-Jones and Jesse Hagopian. Download the Teaching for Black Lives Study Guide.
Facilitation Guide
This month-to-month guide includes prompts and suggestions for study group meetings plus best practices for communication and engagement. Feel free to adapt and build off of to fit your own setting and your group’s particular needs.
Book
The heart of the study groups is collectively reading, discussing, and applying what you learn from the Teaching for Black Lives book. You’ll find a compilation of essays, teaching activities, role plays, poems, and artwork, designed to illuminate the movement for Black students’ lives, the school-to-prison-pipeline, Black history, gentrification, intersectional Black identities, and more. The book is edited by Wayne Au, Jesse Hagopian, and Dyan Watson.
Rethinking
Rethinking Schools
Each study group member receives a complimentary one-year Rethinking Schools subscription (digital and print). If you haven’t subscribed already, please do so TODAY by following these instructions:
- Visit this dedicated page for your one-year subscription.
- Use code ZEPSTUDYSUB23
Beyond your study group members, do not share the code — there is only one subscription per study group member. For questions about the subscription, email orders@rethinkingschools.org.
Discord
We invite you to join our Discord Server specifically for Teaching for Black Lives study group members and coordinators. Connect with study group members in different states plus get advice and suggestions from continuing members.
If you’re new to Discord or need a refresher on how to add a server, here are instructions for you to join via your desktop.