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It has been a year since NH Legislators joined a wave of states across the country to pass laws prohibiting teaching critical perspectives on histories, laws, social practices, and literature that have excluded opposing voices and histories of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and People of Color.
For this panel, presenters will discuss the effect these “divisive concepts” laws have had on teaching excluded perspectives in their classroom with a particular focus on NH. The panel will also explore the paradox of an educational system based on the notion of socializing young people into the existing structure of society, while also claiming to have, as its core mission, the goal of teaching students to be critical thinkers.
Presenters:
Dr. Eddie S. Glaude Jr., (TBC) James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies, Princeton University
Sarah Robinson, Education Justice Campaign Director, Granite State Progress, NH
Erin Bakkom, President of the Association of Portsmouth Teachers, 8th-grade social studies teacher, Portsmouth Middle School
Judy DeRosier, Doctoral Student, Teaching of Social Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University
Moderator: David Watters, NH State Senator and Professor of English Emeritus, University of New Hampshire
Registration is required for both in-person and online participation.
Register and find out more at https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/elinor-williams-hooker-tea-talks-2023/
For the 2023 Elinor Williams Hooker Tea Talks Series, together we will create a safe space for meaningful interchanges, grounded in history and lived experience between different segments of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) community. We will also investigate the current issues that continue to create tension in the community.
The Winter Tea Talks are a series of participatory panel presentations and discussions related to New Hampshire’s Black history and African American culture.