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Zinn Education Project News
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There are several upcoming conferences for social justice educators this spring, as well as deadlines for workshop proposals. You can catch the Zinn Education Project staff at many of these.
Check them out and register soon!
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Social Justice Teacher Conferences
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Feb. 24, 2018
St Louis, MO
Educators for Social
Justice Conference
"Building Counter-Narratives
for Radical Healing and Hope"
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March 24, 2018
Manhattan, NY
"__________ Is All We Got!"
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April 1, 2018
Boston
Workshop proposals due Feb. 24.
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April 7, 2018
Surrey, British Columbia
Cross Border
Social Justice Conference
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Summer 2018
Various Locations
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Programs
Deadline to apply to attend: March 1.
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Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 2018
Memphis, Tennessee
National Association for Multicultural Education Conference
"How Many More 'Til We Rise Up? Multicultural Education, a Radical Response of Love, Life and
Dr. King's Dream"
Workshop proposals due: Feb. 28.
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Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2018
Chicago, IL
National Council
for the Social Studies
Workshop proposals due: Feb. 26.
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Zinn Education Project Featured in the News
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Forgotten in the classroom:
The Reconstruction era
By Avis Thomas-Lester
African Americans made huge strides in education, entrepreneurship, and political power. Historians estimate that as many as 2,000 Blacks were elected to local, state, and federal offices during Reconstruction. Most of those gains were lost after 1877, when the federal government pulled troops out of the South. A backlash began.
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People's History Workshops
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Tell Us Your Classroom Story,
Get a Free Book
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Now Accepting Requests
We are accepting requests from sites that would like to convene people's history educators for a workshop, led by Adam Sanchez, our full-time teacher organizer and curriculum writer.
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Bring People's History Across the Country
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The goal of the Zinn Education Project is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history.
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