Year: 2021

Flyer for Workshop: Thinking Historically about Race and Whiteness: Possibilities for Antiracist Pedagogies

Can thinking historically about race and whiteness serve as an antiracist pedagogy? 

Flyer for Workshop: Thinking Historically about Race and Whiteness: Possibilities for Antiracist Pedagogies

This past summer (2021), over 90 teachers and several renowned scholars came together to explore the history of racial categories for a three-day workshop supported by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program. We  looked at different historical case studies to explore how race has been constructed, how it’s changed over time,  and…Continue Reading Can thinking historically about race and whiteness serve as an antiracist pedagogy? 

Bell Removal Ceremony

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  The last of three commemorative mission bells in Santa Cruz was removed August 28, 2021 from where it has stood since 1906. This act of healing signals concerted efforts by the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to remove these symbols celebrating the colonial past and the brutal missionization of California. The Critical Missions Project aims…Continue Reading Bell Removal Ceremony

The Civic Seal is Here!

California adopted the State Seal of Civic Engagement in the Fall of 2020. It is designed to honor and award students who demonstrate extended and deep civic engagement through meeting five criteria. We are excited about this initiative, not only because it explicitly recognizes the importance of civic learning and education for California’s youth, but…Continue Reading The Civic Seal is Here!

What Makes a Democracy?

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In the Summer of 2020, we produced What Makes a Democracy, a Teaching with Primary Sources workshop sponsored by the Library of Congress . In the midst of a global pandemic and an unprecedented racial reckoning, with all the uncertainty and unsettledness that that meant, we still had more than 50 educators show up to…Continue Reading What Makes a Democracy?