The VT-HEC has secured a block of 75 slots for this event, facilitated by our colleague, Paul Gorski and the Equity Literacy Institute. In this series, racial justice educators share key philosophical, practical, pedagogical, and theoretical insights about how to teach racial justice in PK-12 schools. We will explore what it means to engage youth of various ages in critical conversations that transcend "celebrating diversity"; how to cope with resistance from colleagues, parents, and others; where to find powerful resources; what it means to approach teaching for racial justice in "age appropriate" ways; and how to make sure we're teaching racial justice in the most transformative, pedagogically sound ways. The series includes: · Five 75-minute interactive webinars (part interview, part reflection exercise, part Q&A, part demonstration) with educator-scholar-activists of color about their experiences teaching about racial justice in PK-12 contexts. · Weekly reading suggestions including books and articles. Guests: 9/1: Cornelius Minor, former language arts teacher, author of We Got This, and founder of the Minor Collective 9/8: Eddie Moore, Jr., founder of the White Privilege Conference and coeditor of several books including The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys 9/15: Curtis Acosta, assistant professor of Education at the University of Arizona, and one of the founders of the renowned high school Mexican-American Studies program in Tucson 9/22: Verna St. Denis, professor of Educational Foundations at the University of Saskatchewan, and author of much amazing work on racial justice in schools and the erasure of Aboriginal and Indigenous voices from racial justice work 9/29: Matthew Kay, founding teacher of Science Leadership Academy, and author of the book Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom Sessions will be recorded for people who register but aren’t able to view them live.