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[Editor's Note: Have you heard about the Tucson Unified School District's move to ban Ethnic Studies from its curriculum, including confiscating books about Mexican American history? Well, some educators are using this as a lesson in civics, staging a "teach-ins" this week. And in March, Texas author and literary advocate Tony Diaz is organizing a group of writers to deliver banned books to Arizona. Jeff Biggers writes at WordStrike about how they're hoping to raise awareness for this issue. --Grace]
The event is framed as a “Teach-in,” where we can inform the community about what’s happening, work together to fight censorship and racism in schools, and make plans for future social justice activism. Groups will include:
(1) curricular action, in which participants create lesson plans and activities for PK-12 students on issues of censorship, critical pedagogy, and/or Mexican American history;
(2) censored books dialogue, in which participants learn about the books that were banned and the theories contained within them; and
(3) legislative overview, in which participants discuss legal implications of the ban in Arizona and around the country.
