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Check out some of our recent efforts and hear testimonials from participants!

Online Critical Professional Learning Community

This community is comprised of BU Wheelock Literacy Alumni an ongoing critical activist community of 12-14 teachers that meet twice a month on zoomthe group reads, watches, and listens to a wide range of texts to better understand systems of oppression, current research, and how both connect to classroom practicepresented at NCTE 2024 Annual Conference in Boston, MA

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Sun Prairie Area School District - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

We worked with various stakeholders to review and revise packaged literacy curriculum materials for a humanizing education that aligns with the district’s instructional framework and board adopted equity statement coached review and modification teams to identify missing and problematic representations revised and/or created lessons with new, inclusive texts using existing standards and assessments collaborative stakeholders include: teachers, community members, administrators, state level consultants, members of the Ho Chunk Nation and Wisconsin Indian Education Association

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Affiliate Work

Mapping Racial Trauma: Dr. Stephanie Jones Grinnell College

We provided undergraduate students to help clear the backlog of almost 1200 reported cases. They have been able to help streamline the process and add new categories. To date they have input more than 300 cases.

Co-Presented Mapping the Locus of Racial Trauma in Schools by Time, Space, and Curriculum with Dr. Jones at National Council of Teachers of English Assembly of Research Conference 2024, Austin, TX

See the results of their work on the Mapping Racial Trauma website.

Multicultural Classroom: Lorena Germán - Florida

Multicultural Classroom is dedicated to transforming schools & organizations through culturally sustaining practices

Teachers developed classroom literature guides to be used in conjunction with Ms. Germán’s Textured Teaching resources.

We provided children’s literature books to the teachers developing the guides as well as proof-readers to assist with final drafts of the guides prior to publication.

Multicultural Classrooms Website

Somos Escritoras/We Are Writers: Dr. Tracey Flores - Austin, TX

Somos Escritoras runs writing workshops and book clubs for Latinas (grade 6-8).

Their mission is to support Latina girls in continuing to develop their many literacies while learning new tools to speak their truths, define themselves, and amplify their voices within a supportive community of Latina girls and women.

We provided books for student participants for the summer and fall 2024 programs.

Somos Escritoras Website

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo

Participation in the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo - Boston, MA

Co-hosted 2023 MICE Read-In: An Evening Celebrating Banned Comics and Graphic Novels

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo Website

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