The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center invites PK-12 educators to apply for a FREE week-long summer institute to explore local history and stories through the lens of African American people.
The fifth annual Embracing Our Narratives Institute will be held June 17-21, 2024. Participants will meet Monday through Friday for approximately five hours per day. Sessions will include in-person discussions, lectures, and place-based site tours, along with asynchronous/individual reflection and activities. This is an intermediate course; interested participants must have had some racial bias or culturally responsive teaching training.
Use the link below to apply by April 17, 2024:
The University of Virginia Center for the Liberal Arts invites Virginia educators to attend the professional development program, Resisting Massive Resistance: Memory, Forgetting, and the Modern Education Rights Movement, 60 Years After Griffin v. Board, 70 Years After Brown v. Board.
This half-day symposium, held on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center, will forefront how Black Virginians utilized the judicial system to defeat Massive Resistance and expand democracy and civil rights in education. The commemorative event will also use the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board and 1964 Griffin v. Board decisions as entry points into a broader consideration of how Civil Rights Era collective memory—and forgetting—permeates education today and modern movements around issues such as parents’ rights, school choice, affirmative action, and more.
Use the link below to register online: