An Open Forum: Defending Social Studies Education From Censorship

April 27, 2022 Sarah Sklaw Blog, H-Pad 0

Open Forum: Defending Social Studies Education From Censorship Wednesday, May 18, 4:30-5:30 pm EST Strategize how to support teachers and challenge those campaigns where you live—on your campus, at your school board, with your elected officials, and more! Hosted by Historians for Peace & Democracy Co-Sponsors: Social Studies Program, New York University; Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora, New York University; Zinn Education Project; Radical History Review; History Department of Indiana University

Open Forum: Defending Social Studies Education From Censorship Wednesday, May 18, 4:30-5:30 pm EST Strategize how to support teachers and challenge those campaigns where you live—on your campus, at your school board, with your elected officials, and more! Hosted by Historians for Peace & Democracy Co-Sponsors: Social Studies Program, New York University; Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora, New York University; Zinn Education Project; Radical History Review; History Department of Indiana University

Wednesday, May 18, 4:30-5:30 pm (Eastern), on Zoom

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University faculty and students, plus anyone interested, are invited to an online Open Forum:
– Learn about legislation in more than three dozen states to censor teaching about African American, Latinx, indigenous, and LGBTQ history;
– Strategize how to support teachers and challenge those campaigns where you live—on your campus, at your school board, with your elected officials, and more!

Hosted by Historians for Peace & Democracy

Overview by Jesse Hagopian, co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives and Zinn Education Project #TeachTruth campaign organizer

Co-Sponsors: Social Studies Program, New York University; Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora, New York University; Zinn Education Project; Radical History Review; History Department of Indiana University.