Defending Social Justice Teaching at Seattle’s MLK Day Celebration
For those in the Seattle area, please join us for this important panel prior to the 34th Annual MLK Day Rally and March: The Need For Increased Social Justice Teaching — And The Obstacles Such Education Faces Social justice education, such as ethnic studies courses,...
Upcoming Speaking Engagement at the Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice
On Saturday, October 17th–at the Northwest Conference on Teaching for Social Justice–Sooz Stahl, Gerardine Carroll, and I will again be teaming up to tell the story of the Race Curriculum Controversy: Discussion: A Case Study of the Race Curriculum...
Upcoming Speaking Engagement as Part of Antioch University’s “Justice, Education, and Action” Series: 6:30 pm on Tuesday, May 12th
“The Benefits and Costs of Being an Ally for Racial Justice: A Case Study of a Race Curriculum Controversy in Seattle Public Schools” is the second talk in the AUS Spring Speaker Series Justice, Education, and Action. This panel features several Seattle Public Schools...
Upcoming Speaking Engagements on the Race Curriculum Controversy in the Seattle Area
Hello all! In the coming weeks, there are two opportunities to learn more about the story of the Race Curriculum Controversy, an ongoing struggle that has, among other things, hindered teachers’ ability to challenge racism and shown that–even in a...
An Overwhelming Amount of Ways to Take Action for Racial Justice during Overwhelming Times
It feels somewhat odd to promote my newest article in the wake of another grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who killed an unarmed Black person, this time Eric Garner. Remember that this grand jury faced none of the conflicting testimonies that...Disclaimer:
This website is named after the high school course, Citizenship and Social Justice, that Seattle Public Schools unsuccessfully tried to extinguish stemming from the complaints of one white family opposed to study of race and racism.
However, the website is NOT connected to this course nor intended for student use.
Dedicated to social justice and civic engagement, it is the personal website of educator and writer Jon Greenberg.
Track social justice issues through the Citizenship and Social Justice Tumblr
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