Conference on Racial and Social Justice

We engaged with educators from around the country at the National Education Association Conference on Racial and Social Justice in Portland, Oregon on July 1.

For the third consecutive year, the Zinn Education Project had a table at the conference and our team members attended workshops on immigration, organizing, and attacks on educators for teaching truthfully.

Julia Salcedo at the Zinn Education Project table with resources about the Teach Truth campaign, Teaching for Black Lives study groups, and Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class series.	Conference attendees examined books from the Teach the Black Freedom Struggle class series, including Teach Truth by Jesse Hagopian.
DeNaé Bush (Kansas City, Missouri) shared memories of the 2024 Teach Truth Day of Action at the Whitney Plantatation near New Orleans.	New Hampshire educators Misty Crompton and Valerie Wolfson, whose stories are in Trouble in Censorville, with Stephanie Luongo (center) of the NEA Human and Civil Rights Department.

In addition to the Zinn Education Project table (a project of Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change), Rethinking Schools had a dedicated table and Rethinking Schools editors offered workshops on narrative power, teaching about Palestine, and school funding.

Kansas City, Kansas educator and Teach Truth Day of Action annual event coordinator Michael Rebne with the Rethinking Schools publication, Teaching Palestine.

Missy Zombor, Bill Bigelow, and Cierra Kaler-Jones at the Rethinking Schools table.

We introduced attendees to the Struggle for Black Education gallery walk. Maryland teacher Philimena Owona encouraged everyone walking by to leave a comment about one or more of the quotes. People shared ideas for how they will bring this activity back to their respective school districts.

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