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February 7, 2024
** Discuss Black History All Year Long
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Black history is central to our nation’s story—both the foundational role of racism and white supremacy in our nation’s origin, as well as the legacy of Black resilience, contribution and triumph at every phase of our history. Young people deserve to learn this history in all its complexity, and in ways that are accurate, comprehensive and age appropriate. This new resource page ([link removed]) from Learning for Justice is full of content that can help educators, parents and caregivers, and everyone else uplift Black stories, not just during Black History Month but all year long.
** Recent Publications
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** Advocating for Honest History Education: A Resource for Families and Caregivers
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In states across the country, politically motivated and discriminatory policies are limiting the teaching of honest history. Parents and caregivers can serve as crucial partners in advocating for inclusive schools and curricula, but people who engage in this advocacy often face many barriers. This new LFJ article ([link removed]) includes examples of obstacles faced by defenders of honest history education—and suggestions for how they might be overcome.
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** Acclaimed Documentary One Survivor Remembers Urges All to Never Forget
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As time passes and the number of living survivors of the Holocaust dwindles, preserving their testimony is more important than ever. This recent LFJ article ([link removed]) emphasizes how survivor testimony—like that of Gerda Weissmann Klein, the subject of an award-winning documentary who was interviewed by LFJ in 2005—provides a crucial way to learn about the Holocaust, understand the context, history and diversity of Jewish people, and address antisemitism in the world today.
** Coming in February
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** Visit learningforjustice.org ([link removed]) to see all our new articles and publications this month.
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** Charles Person: Freedom Rider Encourages Others To Get On Board
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The first installments (including both an article and a video) of a special series: Interviews With Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement.
** News and Events
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** Virtual Open Enrollment Workshops
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Learning for Justice is excited to offer 90-minute, interactive, virtual, open-enrollment workshops centered on three resources: Social Justice Standards ([link removed]) , Let’s Talk! ([link removed]) and Speak Up at School ([link removed]) . Learn more about these professional development workshops here ([link removed]) . The first session begins May 7, so register today!
** Spotlight
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** Resource Page: What Is the School-to-Prison Pipeline, and How Do We Disrupt It?
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School policies that include harsh punishments, automatic out-of-class time and police involvement for discipline contribute to pushing young people out of classrooms and into the criminal legal system. These resources ([link removed]) can help open dialogue, shift practices and foster change to benefit all young people.
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** Film Kit: An Outrage
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For decades following the Civil War, racial terror reigned over the United States and, particularly, the American South, claiming thousands of lives and uprooting countless others. Today, many of those stories risk being forgotten. An Outrage ([link removed]) , a film by Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren, joins the movement to right this wrong—not only to promote remembrance but also to illustrate how this recent history of injustice engenders further injustice today.
** Did You Know?
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LFJ has a variety of resource collections to help you dig into important topics and celebrate cultural events and heritage months. To see all of our resource collections at a glance, check out Resource Pages for Families and Educators ([link removed]) .
** Reminders and Subscriptions
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** Learning for Justice magazine
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Subscribe today to Learning for Justice magazine! ([link removed]) The publication is free to anyone committed to inclusive education (including, but not limited to, educators, parents and caregivers). Subscribers in the U.S. receive a print issue in the fall each year. International subscribers may access all online content. And don’t forget to visit the Learning for Justice magazine archive ([link removed]) and explore complete copies of all our issues, from our most recent 2022 and 2023 editions (pictured above) to our older Teaching Tolerance back issues.
** What We’re Reading
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In How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America ([link removed]) , Clint Smith takes the reader on an amazing journey. Starting from his hometown of New Orleans and traveling to places including Monticello, Whitney Plantation, Angola Prison, Blandford Cemetery and more, he highlights how stories of slavery were constructed in support of “white comfort.” He challenges readers to confront the history of slavery “even if it means shattering the stories you have been told throughout your life.” (Adult Readers)
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“Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” —Fannie Lou Hamer ([link removed])
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