Teaching for Change

May Day.

Here are recommended books for pre-K to 12, teachers, and families on labor history and organizing.

Labor History and Labor Organizing Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.

We’re excited to partner on Our DC, Our Culture: Arts & Culture Mayoral Candidate Forum, broadcast live on WPFW 89.3 FM on May 1 at 5 - 6 PM and on May 5 from 3-5 pm. Tune in to learn where your mayoral candidate stands on DC’s art and culture community! Get reminders by registering here: https://linktr.ee/dccollaborative #558633355

DC teachers -- bring a filmmaker to your classroom.

The topics of this year’s powerful films include protest against immigrant detention, an homage to Chocolate City, the campaign to unionize Starbucks, a D.C. voting rights activist, documentaries about educator Paulo Freire, former Maryland Congresswoman Donna Edwards, D.C.-based sculptor Joan Danziger, author and filmmaker Toni Cade Bambara, poet James A. Emanuel, and more!

Filmfest DC 2026 — D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice Teaching for Change is partnering with Filmfest DC: The Washington, D.C. International Film Festival for a fourteenth year to spread the word about the international film festival and to bring films and filmmakers for some films into D.C. classrooms. Students gain a lot from viewing the doc

Friends in the DC area. Join us on Wednesday evening at Busboys and Poets (14th and V) for people's history trivia.

Our people’s history trivia nights offer a chance to laugh, learn, and break bread in good company. Just the kind of evening we all need to keep going in these times.

A People's History Trivia Night - Teaching for Change Are you a people’s history buff? Join us on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, for a fun night of questions and answers about the history often missing from textbooks — the role of women, people of color, labor, and other social movements. Questions will also highlight the work of the Black Lives Matter...