Teacher Activist Groups (TAG) invites you to participate in No
History is Illegal: A Campaign to Save our Stories, a month of solidarity teach-ins
in support of Tucson's Mexican American Studies (MAS) program. Right-wing
Arizona politicians recently banned the teaching of Mexican American Studies.
In the month of February, strike back against this attack on our history by
teaching lessons from and about the banned MAS program. On the No History is Illegal
website you will find a guide that includes sample lesson plans from the MAS
curriculum as well as creative ideas and resources for exploring this issue
with students. Whatever happens in Arizona, we can keep the ideas and values of
MAS alive by teaching about them in our classrooms, our community centers, our
houses of worship, our homes.
TAG is launching this campaign today because February 1 is the
first day on which Tucson schools must comply with this law. It is also the
first day of African American History Month. And as Dr. King warned us, “Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” What is happening in Arizona
is not only a threat to Mexican American Studies, it is a threat to our right
to teach the experiences of all people of color, LGBT people, poor and working
people, the undocumented, people with disabilities and all those who are least
powerful in this country.
Our history is not illegal. Please join us by
pledging your support.
Message from Dr. Alyssa Hadley Dunn at Georgia State:
ReplyDeleteI have been vigorously planning a teach-in in response to the ethnic studies ban in Arizona. We are streaming it live, so you can watch from anywhere or see a recording later. The event is next Saturday, February 4th from 11-2. We're having virtual guest speakers, including Tucson teachers and students, banned authors, and a writer from the Huffington Post who's covered the whole issues from the beginning of the legislation. I would love for you to "attend" or pass this on to anyone who is interested.
Link to the teach-in:
> http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tucson-teach-in1