💗 Our 3rd Teaching for Justice conference is going to the best one yet! You don't want to miss out on this celebration and joy filled community gathering. Register here bit.ly/T4J2024 and bring your friends! 🫶🏼

Our newest initiative the Community History Postcard Project goals are to:
🌳 Foster Intergenerational Connections
✨ Preserve Cultural Heritage
💗 Promote Gratitude and Connection
Join us as we honor our past, connect generations & spread love! bit.ly/CHPostcard

Our co-founder Virginia Nguyen (she/her) is representing k-12 AAAStudies. Join her Saturday morning at the K-12 panel and UCLA Asian American Studies Center session.

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🎉 Join us California Council for the Social Studies #ccss24

1️⃣ 'Our Voices, Our Stories: Developing Community & Belonging Across Social Studies' 📚

2️⃣ 'Community-Centered Ethnic Studies & History Curricular Partnerships' 🤝

📍🍊 Little Saigon Walking Tour! March 8th, 10:10 AM PST, Harbor-Hyatt

SoCal Educators, What are your favorite field trip destinations that are free for students and/or offer bus scholarships? Bus prices are so high 😭! Looking for new options. I'll drop my favorites below.

Karen Umemoto discussing the UCLA Asian American Studies Center multimedia textbook at The Asian American Foundation summit!

Co-founders Virginia Nguyen (she/her) & Stacy Yung are returning to California Council for the Social Studies! Join them for their 2 sessions! They're also hosting an extended #placebasedpedagogy walking tour in Little Saigon. Join them by signing up here 🚶🏻‍♀️tinyurl.com/ccss24littlesa…

Thuy Vo Dang California Revealed #ccss24

I spent Friday being present & being in community. Building upon Cornelius Minor's inspiring keynote, I led 2 workshops: Student Voice, Belonging & Equity: Listening to our Students & The Light We Carry BIPOC Educators in Community. I felt the✨joy✨Gholdy Muhammad teaches about.💖

Exciting news! 🌟 Our cofounders Virginia Nguyen (she/her) & Stacy Yung return to California Council for the Social Studies March with two sessions & a walking tour! Explore resources from the Educators Guide to OC project & Virginia's inquiry set on the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese American perspective. 🍊

Stacy Yung Educate to Empower Virginia Nguyen (she/her) Wow! These look fantastic! Your lessons/decks are AMAZING, Stacy!

I am so excited to finally share this project that I've been working on with Educate to Empower Virginia Nguyen (she/her) ~ interdisciplinary lessons highlighting the rich history and diversity of OC that accompanies A People's Guide to OC! 🍊

educatorsguidetooc.org

Thank you Writing Project for your support and guidance throughout! I'm a proud Writing Project Fellow and applied what I learned to this collaborative community project with my Educate to Empower cofounder Stacy Yung, other k12 local educators, and community partners. 🍊

High praise from queen Erica 🇵🇭🇺🇸👩🏻‍🏫!

Our cofounder Virginia Nguyen (she/her) will be presenting about the Vietnamese American experience California History-Social Science Project Conference in March. Will we see you there?

🥳 It is with immense joy that I announce our 2024 Teaching for Justice Conference:
✨COMMUNITIES OF CARE✨
I hope you'll join us and help spread the word! Registration is now open bit.ly/T4J2024
Stacy Yung UCIEducation Educate to Empower

My coauthor & dear friend Laurel Aguilar-Kirchhoff and I are so excited to share our book 📘 #BringHistoryToLife with our National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) friends on Saturday! Come join the fun. We’ve even got some boo, a Qball throwable mic to give away thanks to ISTE Qball

Thank you Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and YURI Education Project for organizing the best three days of community building and co-creation. I am so excited to dive into the project that I will be co-creating with Educate to Empower and Viet Rainbow OC representing the OC. 🧡

It's AANHPI Heritage Month! Time to celebrate how Asian Americans have overcome adversity & anguish. Use this resource highlighting the new Peabody Award-nominated documentary Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March to teach about their strength and courage.