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The Light Looks Like Us: An Intergenerational Conversation
1827 Wiltberger Street Northwest Washington, DC 20001 1827 Wiltberger Street Northwest, WashingtonProminent DC-based poet and author Tony Keith Jr. will be reading and in conversation with local LGBT+ youth authors Hakim Rose, Oliver Lin, and Lauryn Ciardullo, whose work has been published in Shout Mouse Press? first LGBTQ+ anthology, The Light Looks Like Me. Shout Mouse Press is a DC-based nonprofit organization that coaches young people […]
Echoes of Activism: Using Oral History Interviews to Craft a Lesson Plan
Inspired Teaching Demonstration PCS 200 Douglas Street NE, WashingtonSari Leigh will present the Mind, Body and Justice Oral History project at the Social Justice Curriculum Fair. The workshop will help educators to design a lesson plan for health activism using oral history archives in the DC DIG Library. In this 50-minute interactive session, participants will engage with excerpts from the Mind, Body, and […]
Film Screening and Panel Discussion: “It’s All About Palestine”
Alliance for Peacebuilding 1800 Massachusetts Ave NW # 401, Washington"It Is All About Palestine" documents the courage of student activists confronting repression and the moral clarity of a generation refusing silence. Please join the Museum of the Palestinian People as they screen this powerful documentary featuring local student activists followed by a discussion with the film's director, Dina AbouZeid, and a special panel including […]
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