17th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference

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17th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference

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Workshop sign ups open Thursday, October 24th, 2024 at 7:00pm Pacific. Check www.nwtsj.org for more information. Conference resources: 2024 Program, Sched Tutorial, Conference Ground Rules, Building Map.

9:00am PDT

Morning Keynote: Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner AuditoriumKathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner

10:30am PDT

An Invitation to Healthy Racial Dialogue with Our Younger Generations 234BHsin-Jung (Sara) Critical Media Literacy and the Classroom 123Puja Clifford Critical Pacific Islands and Oceania Studies in the K-12 Classroom 243Betina Hsieh • Levalasi Loi-On • Jeremiah Cho Sataraka • Eunice Ho 何思愉 Decolonizing the Oregon Trail: Anticolonial Teaching Strategies for Elementary Classrooms 121Jack Carpenter • Rina Miyamoto-Sundahl • Alison Schmitke Deportations on Trial: Mexican Americans During the Great Depression 219Ursula Wolfe-Rocca Ethnic Studies, Disability, and Mathematical Practices: Collaboratively Crafting IEP Math Goals That Are Effective, Equitable, and Empowering for Every Student 214BMakena Gadient • Shraddha Shirude Imagining the Future: Helping Students Picture Climate Justice 231Suzanna Kassouf Incorporating K–12 Literature About Palestine — Preparing for False Allegations of Anti-Semitism 234Linda Bevis • Alice Rothchild • Laila Taji Justice Mobility Through a Just Transition — Designing a Game 235Dargan Frierson • Solana “Ruff” Granados • Isabel Carrera Zamanillo Living Voices Performance of La Causa: Racial and Social Justice in the Migrant Farmworkers Movement Little TheaterAna María Campoy Localizing Your Science Curriculum 241Brad Street • Kim Zemel Nurturing a Rainbow of Resistance to Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws LibraryLinda Christensen Radical Agency in the Classroom: SEL as Social Justice 245Lina Darwich • Maika Yeigh • Cari Zall Reclaiming Our Education: WA NAACP Youth Council Voices on Ethnic Studies 247Blaine Aklilu • Jasmin Azzam • Fiona Berhane • Kaley Duong • Kristy Duong • William Souza-Ponce Sharing Our Journeys (Redux): Black and Brown Educators Building Solidarity Through Testimonios 251Luis Gabriel Escamilla • A Longoria The Impact of Gun Violence on Youth: Classroom Conversations 233Leon Liu • Cece Parks • Diya Shah The Leaders of Now 237Deb Delman Understanding Asian American Students and the Model Minority Stereotype 253Wayne Au Welcome Poems: Using Poetry to Create Safe and Welcoming School Communities 255Jaydra Johnson What Evidence Can We Find of Systemic Racism in School Discipline? 257Ksenija Simic-Muller Whose Science?: Pushing Back on the “Science of Reading” Through Teacher Voice, Activism, and Counterstory 261Maxine Alloway • Alisun Thompson

12:00pm PDT

When We Fight — UTLA’s 2019 Strike Film 241Arlene Inouye Lunch Galleria

1:00pm PDT

A Breath of Fresh Air: What Abbott Elementary Gets Right 121Puja Clifford • Alison Schmitke Analyzing Graffiti Lesson 125Albert Albanes Censorship and Book-Banning in Education: Inviting Students into the Conversation Through Choice 261Sandra Childs • Elisa Wong Civil and Labor Rights Legacies of Alaska Cannery Workers 219Cindy Domingo • Tracy Lai Elevating Student Voice in Letters to a Teacher Unit 214BMax Anders Engaging Multilingual Math Learners Through Projects 231Masha Albrecht Fighting for Trans Lives in Our Schools (Panel)- CANCELLEDSam Cristol • Ty Marshall • Alisun Thompson Foundations and Futures: Advancing Ethnic Studies Through Asian American Pacific Islander Curricula 243Arlene Inouye • Eunice Ho 何思愉 From Ode to Essay: Writing in Praise of the Places We Love 255Jaydra Johnson It’s a Big Fat Deal: How Schools Teach Contempt for Fat People and What We Can Do About It 234BKaty Alexander Love Is a Revolution by Renée Watson: Reimagining Self Love 235Chloé Avila • Elyse Newport No More Elegies: Building the Habit of Joy in the Classroom LibraryLinda Christensen Patterns of Air — Pathways for Indigenous Inspiration, Literacy, and Creativity 234Laura Da' Perspective Storytelling as a Justice-Centered Science Teaching Practice 237Renée Comesotti • Michela Dimond • Déana (Dé) Scipio Revealing Stolen Truths: Finding Belonging in the Counter Narrative 241Valerie Diaz Leroy Social Justice Healing Circle 233Bonita Lee Speaking for Ourselves: Resisting Organized Bigotry at School 245Rae Page Supporting Ethnic Studies Legislation in 2025 (Panel) 247Dr. Tracy Castro-Gill Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel 251Bill Bigelow Undoing the Myth of Professionalism: Oppressive Cultural Norms and Identifying Sustaining Practices 253Amrita Kauldher • Tiffanie Rivera-Di Lucio When Privileged Parents Make Demands: Troubleshooting Obstacles to Socially Just Classrooms 257Stephanie Forman • Lisa Sibbett Why Are Schools, Parks, and Libraries Free? Young Learners Critically Analyzing Capitalism 123Rina Miyamoto-Sundahl

2:45pm PDT

Afternoon Keynote: Teach Palestine Panel AuditoriumJesse Hagopian • Suzanna Kassouf • Alice Rothchild • Samia Shoman

3:30pm PDT

Affinity Space: Asian American/Pacific Islander 234B Affinity Space: Black/African 241 Affinity Space: Disability 233 Affinity Space: Indigenous 245 Affinity Space: Interested in helping organize NWTSJ next year! 235 Affinity Space: Jewish 247 Affinity Space: Latinx 234 Affinity Space: Multiracial 251 Affinity Space: Muslim 253 Affinity Space: New Teacher 257 Affinity Space: Queer 243 Affinity Space: White Co-Conspirator 255