Deborah Menkart

Aug 25, 2024 | zinnedproject.org | Deborah Menkart

This Labor Day comes in the midst of union victories — and ever-increasing challenges for workers — including teachers. What could be more important for our students than to learn that progress toward greater justice has occurred only when people have organized together and fought for it? But the right to teach about that labor history is jeopardized by the right wing’s “anti-CRT” bills.

Jun 6, 2024 | zinnedproject.org | Deborah Menkart

On June 4, the Zinn Education Project hosted a Press Call about the 4th Annual National Teach Truth Day of Action. The Day of Action is cosponsored by more than 65 prominent racial and social justice organizations. For the past three summers, educators, students, parents, and allies have joined across the country to speak out against politicians attempting to restrict the freedoms of educators and students.

Apr 2, 2024 | zinnedproject.org | Deborah Menkart

We are saddened by the news that the powerful Ohio organizer and political leader C. J. Prentiss died on April 2, 2024. Our hearts go out to her family, friends, and community. Our Prentiss Charney Fellowship is named for Prentiss and Michael Charney. Prentiss served in the Ohio State Senate and Charney was a teacher and labor organizer. Married for 40 plus years, they lived in North Kingsville, Ohio, and continued to support social justice causes with a focus on education.

Apr 1, 2024 | zinnedproject.org | Deborah Menkart

ContentsAction Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics | Map of SitesMessages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a StatementCo-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events Join us on Saturday, June 8 to defend the freedom to learn. For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills.

Mar 30, 2024 | zinnedproject.org | Deborah Menkart

On Monday, April 8, Julius B. Fleming Jr. will introduce the role of Black theater in the Black Freedom Struggle and the concept of “Black patience.” In conversation with educator Jessica Rucker, he will discuss his book Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation. Fleming explains in the introduction to his book:The history of Blackness is at once a violent history of waiting and a radical refusal to wait.