SOURCE: Director of the WEA's Center for Racial, Social, and Economic Justice, Michael Peña.
The RSEJ Center newsletter is back after an unintended April break. May and June are busy for us all as we end the year with our students- and may mark new beginnings for us as well. The RSEJ Center wishes you a strong finish to the 2022-23 year, and we’ll be here to help you with ideas as we move into the 2023-24 school year together!
RSEJ Recommended App Download
Black Washington App -- Black Washington is an app and educational platform featuring over 50 entries that provide a glimpse into people, places and moments that shaped Black history across the state of Washingtonian. The app from the Washington State Historical Society is available for both iOS and Android platforms from the Apple Store or Google Play.
RSEJ Unionism
Letter to a New New Left (Or, How Unions Got Cool Again)
It’s official: Unions help build greater wealth
UnionsAre Good for Workers—and for Equity
April 2023 RSEJ Center Reading
Racial Justice
'Kids Were Marched Everywhere. This Was a Concentration Camp.'
California Is About to Require Ethnic Studies in High School. Should Teachers Get Special Training to Teach It?
When black people are in pain, white people just join book clubs
Sincere Ignorance & Conscientious Stupidity: A Nation That Refuses To Learn
How Colorism Affects Women at Work
Anti-racist work in schools: are you in it for the long haul?
Amid Attacks From Right, Racial Justice Curricula Gain Momentum in Blue States
“My Book Was Banned”: This Oprah’s Book Club Author Tells Us the Full Story
Stop Trying to Recruit Black Teachers Until You Can Retain the Ones You Have
Social Justice
Hamstrung by ‘golden handcuffs’: Diversity roles disappear 3 years after George Floyd's murder inspired them
Why the 100-Point Grading Scale Is a Stacked Deck
The paradox of doing for ourselves
The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education
How We Achieve a Multiracial Democracy
Economic Justice How student loan forgiveness can help close the racial wealth gap and advance economic justice
Heather McGhee on Moving Beyond "Drained-Pool Politics"
RSEJ dates and resources
May Monthlong:
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month
Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander books
Asian Pacific Heritage For Teachers
Asian American and Pacific Islander Teaching Resources
Teaching Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage
Haitian Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month
Jewish American Heritage Month For Teachers
Mental Health Awareness Month
Teaching About Mental Health Awareness (Month)
Mental Health America
17: International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
Queer America podcast
25: Africa Liberation Day
Teaching about Africa: Where to start?
26: Shavuot begins
28: 60th Anniversary of the Woolworth's Sit-in
June
Monthlong:
LGBTQ+ Pride Month
Developing LGBTQ-Inclusive Classroom Resources
Immigrant Heritage Month
National Caribbean-American Heritage Month
Social Media recommendations
Fernell Miller (LinkedIn)
Dr. Autumn BlackDeer (Instagram)
Stop AAPI Hate (Instagram)
Quote of the Month
"Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society." – Yuri Kochiyama
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