D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice

Black History Is for Everyone with Brian Jones — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice TFC Event | Join Teaching for Change at Busboys & Poets for a conversation with author and educator Brian Jones.

If you are in the D.C. metro area, join our @dcaesj.bsky.social at @busboysandpoets.bsky.social (14 & V) for an in-person conversation with @brianjoneseducator.bsky.social and @edgeofsports.bsky.social .

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Screenshot of the 2026 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair presenters, tech support, and documenters via Zoom.

This is your reminder, from some of our presenters, tech support, and staff, that it's not too late to register for this Saturday's Curriculum Fair. Tell a friend and get them there too.

Register at the 🔗 in our bio or at bit.ly/BLMFair26

Thanks so much for amplifying! Hope to see your community online this weekend!

#EduSky TWELVE reasons you should join us on Saturday, January 24, 2026 for our annual Black Lives Matter at School curriculum fair.

Your FOMO will be more real if you miss, than having to choose between these FANTASTIC workshops!

Register today! bit.ly/BLMFair26

2025 Teaching for Change by the numbers 3 images in circle frames with adults and young people holding books. Three color background with white text that reads: 64 Events and Class Visits Hosted for 5,000+ Participants; 77,000+ Free Lessons Downloaded; 3,100+ Social Justice Books Sent to Classrooms.

In 2025, Teaching for Change engaged more than 5,000 educators and students through 64 educator workshops and classroom visits. We partnered with publishers to send over 3,100 social justice books to classrooms.

All of this is made possible at no cost to teachers.

Temperatures should get to coldest of season so far tonight, teens to near 20 many spots as skies clear late. DC's high of 37 (early) today about 15 degrees below normal after Dec first week averaged 7.6 degrees below. 🥶🥶🥶

More cold and snowflake chances ahead in our updated forecast at cwg.live.

2026 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice On Saturday, January 24, 2026, Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice will host an online curriculum fair featuring a keynote speaker and interactive workshops that uplift th...

Hey, #EduSky and particularly any folks attending @socialstudies.org (#NCSS25) . We love hearing all of these incredible teaching stories and want to share we're hosting the National Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair virtually in January and we're accepting proposals 😉

Teaching for Change Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to create schools where students

Thank you for your generosity this #GivingTuesday! While the BIG day has ended, you can ensure that D.C. area educators have the tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world.

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Exhibit Tour: "Class Action: Education and Opportunity in the Nation's Capital" — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice Join this guided tour for the Free DC community to learn lessons from student organizers, educators, and community leaders who worked to reimagine education throughout DC’s history.

TONIGHT: Join @freedcproject.bsky.social at the @dchistorycenter.bsky.social this evening for a tour of the Class Action: Education & Opportunity In the Nation's Capital exhibit.

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The Brown Bookshelf Tour — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice Join us the MLK Library for a family-focused panel discussion and live reading from four renowned children’s literature authors from The Brown Bookshelf.

Looking for something to do THIS Saturday? Check out this event with The Brown Bookshelf to be held @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social 's MLK Jr. location.

www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/the-b...

Reconsidering Reparations: Author Talk with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò - Teaching for Change Join us on October 22 at 6:30pm at Busboys and Poets (14th & V) to hear from author Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, in conversation with Jenice L. View, on his book, Reconsidering Reparations: Why Climate Justice ...

DC!

Join @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social for a discussion of his book RECONSIDERING REPARATIONS with Jenice L. View, hosted by @teachingchange.bsky.social

Wednesday, October 22nd at
@busboysandpoets.bsky.social

RSVP to attend: www.teachingforchange.org/reconsiderin...

🗓️This is a great way to show solidarity to your fellow educators! We hope to see you Thursday!

2025 Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In - Teaching for Change Ninth Annual Native Knowledge 360° Teach-In Saturday, September 20, 202510:00AM – 3:00PMNational Museum of the American Indian1 Bowling GreenNew York, NY 10004 Tickets are $20 a person. Contact Teachi...

NY/NJ and all locales close #Edusky, did you know that this year's Native Knowledge 360 will be in NYC this year?! That's right, we'll be live from National Museum of the American Indian-NY THIS Saturday, September 20.

Join us! Learn more and register.
www.teachingforchange.org/nyc-native-k...

Graphic designed with image captured from the 2025 Social Justice Curriculum Fair of over 100 attendees in a multipurpose room at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School. Attendees are seated around cafeteria tables or standing. Graphic with green and blue D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice logo in a white sticker overlay with a blue oval and white text that reads "Social Justice Curriculum Fair Thank you for joining us!"

We are in deep gratitude and appreciation following our fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair. Over 100 educators came together to spend time in community and in commitment to teaching truth, affirming students' identities, and teaching FOR change.

Solidarity Season: Labor Day 2025 Rally + March — Free DC Workers make DC run and we deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation. Workers across the DC region need to be in solidarity with one another now more than ever b...

On Thursday, August 28, kick off Labor Day 2025 and solidarity season with a rally and march. #FreeDC

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Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — Free DC Families and parent organizations have an important role to play in ensuring schools remain safe, structured, and supportive places for children to learn. This toolkit compiles ideas from education ad...

And @freedcproject.bsky.social has put together a 2025 Back to School Community Safety Toolkit — check it out at freedcproject.org/schools

Our @zinnedproject.bsky.social 's Teach the Black Freedom Struggle classes are back!

Join us tonight as we kick off the school year with @clintsmithiii.bsky.social . ✨️

Gif of the fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair: Guided by Love. To be held Saturday, August 23rd from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST.

DMV #EduSky,

These times call for community.
These times call for curriculum collaboration.
These times call for professional learning.
These times call for activism.

Experience the solutions for these times at the fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair: Guided by Love.
bit.ly/sojust25

DMV #EduSky, this is our love letter to you.

Our fourth annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair, “Guided by Love,” is both a tribute and a call to action. Honoring the radical, everyday love that YOU show by teaching truth.

See you on Saturday, August 23.

The Power of Place at the Social Justice Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice On Saturday, August 17, D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (DCAESJ) hosted the third annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair at Inspired Teaching Demonstration School.

See more from last year's curriculum fair to get inspired. www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/news/social-...

Call for proposal for Social Justice Curriculum Fair. Submit Proposal by Monday, July 28th.

This annual event kicks off our school year, is morning is an opportunity for D.C. area educators to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice themes. Consider submitting a proposal for a workshop. forms.gle/4Qczg2gH26Yu...

2025 Social Justice Curriculum Fair — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice DCAESJ Event | REGISTER TODAY for the annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair, an opportunity for D.C. area educators to connect in person while exploring curriculum aligned with various social justice...

🧵 DMV #EDUSky is it too early to ask y'all to get ready for the 2025 - 2026 school year by REGISTERING for our annual Social Justice Curriculum Fair?!!

We don't think so! 😏 Join us on Saturday, August 23, 2025 and invite your colleagues!

www.dcareaeducators4socialjustice.org/events/2025-...

Conserving our environment is an American value. From hikers to hunters we want to keep our public lands public! Thats why the unprecedented sell-off of millions of acres of public lands needs to be removed from the Senate Budget Bill.

Nature is non partisan! 🇺🇸

Pass it on!

June 19th - Host or attend a watch party this Juneteenth and keep the conversation going all summer long.

June 21st – Watch the Virtual Author Read-In featuring some of your favorite children's book authors, 12-2:00 pm EST.

Details for both events at ReadStrongAmerica.org.

Graphic: Read Strong America Juneteenth Watch Party & Read-In June 19th - Host or attend a watch party this Juneteenth and keep the conversation going all summer long. June 21st – Watch the Virtual Author Read-In featuring some of your favorite children's book authors, 12-2:00 pm EST. Both at ReadStrongAmerica.org

Lift our voices. Defend the right to read.

This #Juneteenth, join the Read Strong America movement — a powerful conversation to denounce censorship, promote literacy and literature, uplift librarians, and spark community action.

Teach Truth March from NMAAHC to NMAI A march hosted by Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice (DCAESJ), CARE Washington, D.C., EmpowerEd, and National Education Association (NEA), from the National Museum of African...

2️⃣ Days!! DMV #EduSky, have you heard?! This Saturday, we'll march to defend the right to teach truthfully about U.S. history and the climate crisis. Together we will defend the rights of LGBTQ+ and immigrant students.
#TeachTruth #WorldPrideDC

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Join our friends @empowereddc.bsky.social to honor incredible D.C. educators at their annual D.C. Teacher Voice Awards & Benefit!

FREADOM Town Hall Rally at MLK Memorial Library On Saturday, May 31, authors, educators, parents, and artists including Kwame Alexander, Ibram X. Kendi, Amanda Jones, Meg Medina, Jason Reynolds, and more will gather at a Town Hall Rally to defend c...

DMV #EDUSky Join us (and @zinnedproject.bsky.social ) at FREADOM Town Hall Rally at MLK Memorial Library ! #TeachTruth
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Teach Truth March from NMAAHC to NMAI — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice DCAESJ Event | A walk/march from the National Museum of African American History Culture (NMAAHC) to National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), to highlight the censorship of history in schools a...

DMV #EduSky, we invite you, D.C. area students, parents, and community members to join us in defending the freedom to learn on Saturday, June 7, the 5th annual Teach Truth Day of Action coordinated by @zinnedproject.bsky.social .

#TeachTruth

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See you online tonight!