Teaching for Change

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We provide teachers and parents with tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world. D.C. Area: @dcaesj.bsky.social and Zinn Ed Project (with Rethinking Schools) @zinnedproject.bsky.social.

DISSENT in red text with protest photos and No War button
2025 Teaching for Change by the numbers 3 images in circle frames with adults and young people holding books. Three color background with white text that reads: 64 Events and Class Visits Hosted for 5,000+ Participants; 77,000+ Free Lessons Downloaded; 3,100+ Social Justice Books Sent to Classrooms.
Blue graphic with white text that reads: Teaching for Change signed a letter to the D.C. Mayor condemning support of the federal invasion into D.C. We demand that political leaders stand with the people and against fascism. Our Demands to Mayor Bowser: D.C. leaders should not be praising federal intrusion that is terrorizing neighbors. Instead leaders should: 1. Denounce the takeover, 2. Insist on an end to the federal surge 3. Defend residents from abuse by ICE and police, 4. Enforce Sanctuary Values Act.
Orange Graphic with white text that reads "For teacher appreciation week, we imagine a world where teachers are able to teach freely and empower young people to not only read and write, but change the world. " Picture of two teachers on the left Black woman with glasses, pink pixie cut hair, a neon yellow blazer and white t-shirt, smiling. On the right a brown skinned woman with long black hair, glasses, a jean jacket and a light shirt.
Text: Happy Workiversary. “In my four years at Teaching for Change, I have been continually blessed with the breadth and depth of the people we cultivate these spaces with and for. There is so much power among us, and it is inspiring — especially in the most disheartening of moments — to know that we are connected to some of the dopest humans in the world. I am grateful to offer my time and talent to strengthening our future. It is really fulfilling to create systems and infrastructure that empower all of us. “ - Keesha Ceran Photo of Keesha Ceran
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7 students in a classroom. Text reads "Give students tools to change the world." Blue circle with white Teaching for Change logo and an orange arrow with white text that reads TeachingforChange.org/donate
Blue background with three brown skinned children, one boy wearing a black shirt, one girl with high bun, wearing a grey shirt with lightening bolts and one boy with a white tee-shirt. White text reads, "Give students tools to change the world." Giving Tuesday logo in white, a white circle with orange and blue Teaching for Change logo. Orange arrow, white text that reads TeachingforChange.org/donate
Black and white image of union dressmakers striking for a decent wage. Orange Zinn Education Project logo in a white triangle with black text that reads coordinated by Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change. A blue arrow with white text that reads ZinnEdProject.org
Teaching for Change's Teach the Beat initiative through our D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice. Image of children with drum kit and Go-Go musician and Teach the Beat founding teaching artist, JuJu. White triangle with red and blue Teach the Beat logo. Red arrow with TeachtheBeat.org in white text.
Image of teachers sitting in a circle with various children's books. White circle with D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice logo in green and blue inside. Features a green arrow with white text DCAreaEducators4SocialJustice.org
Image: Sixteen-year-old Dorinda Palmer leads marchers to City Hall in Greenwood, Alabama. She is blocked by white sheriff's deputies and the local KKK. Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Department of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries Graphic includes white circle with blue Civil Rights Teaching logo and a blue arrow with white text that reads CivilRightsTeaching.org
Graphic of Social Justice Books a project of Teaching for Change. Blue text reads Social Justice Books A Project of Teaching for Change Curated Booklists Reviews of Children's Literature Teaching for Change Titles. A purple arrow with white text that reads SocialJusticeBooks.org Features five book covers: Made In Asian America, Alicia and the Hurricane, Choosing Brave, We Care, Angel of Greenwood.
Graphic with image of students in a Washington, D.C. classroom participating in the Introduction to Central America lesson. Pink arrow with white text that reads TeachingCentralAmerica.org and pink and blue logo that reads in blue text Teaching Central America.
Orange graphic with two blue circles and white text. That reads, "Building social justice starting in the classroom." Includes the Teaching for Change iconography in white.