Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾

Thinking about classroom environment setup?
Need an article to begin the year with staff?
I wrote a piece about classroom environments & belonging.
Here is a shareable/printable PDF link: bit.ly/418likC
If you are an NCTE member it is in the new issue of CLASSROOM CORRIDORS.

This is not me. Thanks for checking your tag again before you post. This is Sara N. Ahmed

So proud of my big sister! @samiraahmed.bsky.social
Watch here: www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Whatever the trend is in literacy, there’s always a blindspot.” Dr. Jan Burkins
HKIS Literacy Institute

In honor of the great, Nikki Giovanni, today’s Quickwrite was “Knoxville, Tennessee” (1943)
Student pieces after reading the mentor.

"And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance is the story of the world-famous Kohinoor diamond, stolen from South Asia during British colonization but it is also our story." @supriyakelkar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/05/and-...

Always look forward to a new @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social 📕 🧡

What Would Happen if the Education Department Were Shut Down? The Trump administration has promised big changes, but the president can’t make them alone.

www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-... @teenvogue.bsky.social

Thanks, Jenn!

An Open Letter to Our Publishers

With 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.

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

Join us for an international #ReadPalestine week, starting Wednesday, November 29, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Let's start a list please

Publishers for Palestine International publishers supporting a free & just future for Palestine.

From Publishers for Palestine. #ReadPalestine
publishersforpalestine.org

Hey, #NCTE24 Be sure to check out the Starter Pack for The Author Village

go.bsky.app/M96aNMR

Texas Edus are out here doing the most to keep books in the hands of their readers! If you need a roadmap @sasshonore.bsky.social got you! TY Sarah for this generous share from your presentation. #ncte24

Loved it and couldn’t catch all the titles fast enough! 📚 What a beautiful conceptual stack, Aliza!

Yes! Here is the author of ON TYRANNY, Tim Snyder, discussing what he means by DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. Highly recommend the book. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Obeying in advance Media billionaires ask for tyranny

Yes! Here is the author off ON TYRANNY, Tim Snyder, discussing what he means by DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. Highly recommend the book. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

So deserving! Congratulations ❣️

Flyer including books Pashmina, The Boys in the Back Row, Watercress, and My Father, the Panda Killer. Advertising for an NCTE session on Friday @ 3:30 called "Restorying Silences & Restorying Ourselves"

Alright #NCTE24 fam, come out and see this amazing panel about AsianAm stories and silences in families, books, and classrooms. It's gonna be #AsianAmAf and amazing. No promises there won't be tears... @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social @andreaywang.bsky.social @glassesgal.bsky.social

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 —

Get to see you twice in one school year! 🥰🤎

Slide with info about Kate Messner's schedule at #NCTE24 Thurday, November 21 1-2:15pm - Speaking Picturing Hope: How Novels with Graphic Elements and Nontraditional Structures Engage Readers, Create Space for Emotion Co-Presenters: Phoebe Sinclair, Jo Knowles, Lisa Fipps Moderator: Mary E. Cronin Location: Boston Convention Center Room 102 A, Level 1 Friday, November 22 11-11:45 – Signing Over and Under the Wetland and The Next Scientist Location: NCTE Autographing Area 12:30-1:45 - Speaking The Scientific Superpower of Curiosity: How Stories of Scientists Spark Inquiry, Critical Thinking, and Hope in the Classroom (Chronicle) Moderator: Melissa Guerrette, Oxford Elementary School Co-presenters: Sarah Albee, Rajani LaRocca, Angela Padron, Loree Griffin Burns Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 151 A, Meeting Level 1 3-3:45 – Signing The Trouble with Heroes Location: NCTE Autographing Area Saturday, November 23 11-11:30 – Signing Breakout, History Smashers: The Titanic, and The Scariest Kitten in the World Location: Silver Unicorn Booth 322 11:30-12 – Signing Emma McKenna, Full Out (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class) Location: LBYR Booth 731 2-2:45 – Signing History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials Location: PRH Booth 1006 Sunday, November 24 9-10:15am – Speaking Making Space for Our Hearts: How Novels-in-Verse Serve as an Invitation to Student Readers and Writers Co-Panelists: Renée Watson, John Schu, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Mae Respicio, Alicia D. Williams Moderator: Aliza Werner Location: Room 160 B, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Level 1

Who's going to be at #NCTE24 in Boston this week? Looking forward to sharing, learning, & celebrating stories with everyone! Here's where you can find me speaking & signing books throughout the conference... (thread)

Working on my #NCTE24 presentation reminded me of the bookmark Darren and I created to help kids understand the difference b/t mis- dis- and mal- info + what to do when THEY are the source of misinformation. Hope you find it useful. #medialit #edusky #skybrarians #tlsky bit.ly/misinfobookm...

Looking forward to this awesome session with @drtharris.bsky.social @ichrislehman.bsky.social @izzieteaches.bsky.social @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social and more on SATURDAY @ 4:15 in ROOM 258B. Hope to see you there #ncte24 friends! 📚💻🌏❤️

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Come see some of our Bookelicious crew present at #NCTE24! You can find @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social at these sessions!

Come see some of our Bookelicious crew present at #NCTE24! You can find @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social at these sessions!

Come see some of our Bookelicious crew present at #NCTE24! You can find @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social at these sessions!

Come see some of our Bookelicious crew present at #NCTE24! You can find @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social at these sessions!

Come see some of our Bookelicious crew present at #NCTE24! You can find @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social at these sessions!

In search of bluer skies…No better time than #NCTE24 to start.
Hi, everyone!