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John Avery Dittmer, ¡Presente!

Zinn Education Project

Historian John Avery Dittmer (October 30, 1939 – July 19, 2024) was the author of key texts on the SNCC and grassroots organizing in Mississippi, including Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi and The Good Doctors: The Medical Committee for Human Rights and the Struggle for Social Justice in Health Care.

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Ethics in the Classroom

Digital Promise

Educational philosopher Meira Levinson and doctoral student Jacob Fay take up these challenges in the book Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases and Commentaries. The book presents six detailed case studies of common educational dilemmas, each accompanied by commentaries of varying viewpoints. Willie “J.R.”

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Farhana Loonat Receives the 2024 APSA Community College Faculty Award

Political Science Now

Citation from the Award Committee: A self-described, “high-spirited feminist philosopher and political scientist”, Dr. Loonat is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. Dr. Loonat’s forthcoming book (2025) examines white supremacy in U.S.

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Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

Zinn Education Project

Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. Each group can adapt and/or combine these ideas to create a plan that is just-right for them.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. In Concord, New Hampshire, there was a book swap. Students as Historians.

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#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs (The Power Of Geography Voice)

Geogramblings

The finger points… to the person of colour, to the migrant , to the infirm , to the tranny (Who is actually a cis person, but you can always tell , right!?) And you can always tell whose ‘African’ right?

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025

Zinn Education Project

Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host an information table or event to defend the right to #TeachTruth including about Palestine and the rights of LGBTQ+ students. The right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. Sign up today.

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