Plus, resources to commemorate Pride Month Reserve Your Free Civic Calendar Just Announced: The 2024-2025 Civic Calendar The National Constitution Center’s 2024-2025 Civic Calendar is coming soon! This year’s calendar explores constitutional election connections. This year, we examine the history of elections and voting rights in the United States, exploring the Electoral College, Inauguration Day, and voter technology. In addition to historic birthdays, anniversaries, and constitutional trivia, the calendar also includes the latest information on the Center’s 2024-2025 programs to help you plan your full year of constitutional learning. Calendars will be shipped in late July. RESERVE YOUR CIVIC CALENDAR Pride Month Resources Civic Stories: Pride and Protest Friday, June 7 | Noon ET Run time: 30 minutes Live ASL interpretation available Learn how members of the LGBTQ+ community in the United States fought for their inclusion by exercising their First Amendment rights to assembly and speech. As activist Harvey Milk once said, “Rights are won only by those who make their voices heard.” REGISTER NOW Blog: Before Obergefell, There Was Goodridge Read time: 5 minutes On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage. The Court's ruling almost immediately entered the pantheon of the greatest civil rights decisions in U.S. history. Yet Obergefell wasn't the first time an American court declared bans on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. The first court to recognize a right of same-sex couples to be married was not, in fact, a federal court, but rather the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, whose landmark decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health went into effect on May 17, 2004. READ CONSTITUTION DAILY Interactive Constitution: The 14th Amendment Read time: 5 minutes The 14th Amendment is at the heart of many constitutional questions surrounding same-sex marriage. For example, does the 14th Amendment require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same sex? Does the 14th Amendment require a state to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex that was legally licensed and performed in another state? Explore the Interactive Constitution to discover how the 14th Amendment transformed civil rights. EXPLORE THE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION America's Town Hall: The Story of Obergefell Run time: 60 minutes Jim Obergefell, lead plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, and the Washington Post's Debbie Cenziper provide a behind-the-scenes look inside the landmark Supreme Court case that extended the right to marry to same-sex couples. Carrie Johnson, justice correspondent for NPR, moderates. WATCH AMERICA'S TOWN HALL Professional Learning for Educators Join the Teacher Advisory Council The National Constitution Center Teacher Advisory Council is a professional learning community of educators who collaborate with the Center to share best practices for teaching constitutional and civic topics. Through a lens at the intersection of U.S. history and current events, the Teacher Advisory Council advises the Center on programs and resources that would best support classroom instruction on constitutional fundamentals. We are currently seeking applicants from the classroom education field to join our Teacher Advisory Council, which is open to educators who teach fifth grade to college level students from all types of school environments and locations. LEARN MORE AND APPLY Thank you for being part of our community of educators. If you have any questions we’d love to hear from you. Please email the education team at [email protected].     Connect with us Interactive Constitution | Professional Development | Events Calendar | Online Learning Opportunities The National Constitution Center's education team is here to help with any of our online resources. Email [email protected] with questions or comments on how we can help you and your students with your remote learning needs. Update your email preferences by clicking the Update Profile link below to subscribe to other National Constitution Center newsletters and manage how often you hear from us.   National Constitution Center | Independence Mall, 525 Arch St | Philadelphia, PA 19106 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Our Privacy Policy | Constant Contact Data Notice