From Howard Zinn's Daughter

Eight years ago my father and a former student started the Zinn Education Project (ZEP) with Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change. What began as a simple act of distributing copies of A People's History of the United States to teachers became a project that provides free downloadable teaching materials and creative, well-researched "people's history" curricula to teachers across the country.

ZEP recently recorded its 65,000th teacher registration and the website had 763,000 visitors last year. My father would have been heartened to see that so many K-12 educators are teaching outside the textbook.

In times like these, the Zinn Education Project is more important than ever. It provides invaluable support to teachers who want to give their students a more complete view of history, and make vital connections between the past and what's happening in our country today.

As my father said:

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions
to participate in the process of change.
Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world.

I urge you to join me in supporting the essential work that the Zinn Education Project is doing to ensure that young people understand the full history of their country ----learning from the voices and experiences of ordinary people engaged in struggles and movements that have contributed to creating positive change and furthering social justice.

With all best wishes,

Myla Kabat-Zinn

	The goal of the Zinn Education Project is to introduce students to a more accurate, complex, and engaging understanding of United States history. www.zinnedproject.org

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