D.C. “Social Justice” Educators Promote BLM at School Movement, Intersectional Activism at Curriculum Fair

Teaching for Change’s D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice will host an online curriculum fair on Saturday, January 24, 2026.

The event will feature keynote speaker, Jessica A. Rucker, who uses she/her pronouns and is studying Black radicalisms as a doctoral student in the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.

The fair will also include interactive workshops “that uplift the guiding principles and demands of the Black Lives Matter at School movement. These principles focus on improving the educational experiences of Black students by centering Black joy, confronting anti-Blackness, and fostering authentic partnerships with all who work toward creating equitable school communities across the nation.”

The Black Lives Matter at School movement “is a powerful, non-violent peace movement that systematically examines injustices that exist at the intersections of race, class, and gender, including mass incarceration, poverty, non-affordable housing, income disparity, homophobia, unfair immigration laws, gender inequality, and poor access to healthcare,” according to the organization’s website. Educators from across the country are invited to the fair ahead of the 2026 National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action (February 2–6, 2026) and Year of Purpose,.

This year’s “featured guiding principals” are Globalism and Loving Engagement “to remember that we are part of a global Black family, united in the ongoing struggle for education, justice, and liberation.”

Workshops include “Black Lives Matter at School 101,” “Justice in Action: Equipping Students to Reimagine Democracy” and “Taking Action for D.C.’s Black Students: Changemakers Exemplify the BLM at School Guiding Principles and Demands”

D.C. Area Educators for Social Justice is an initiative launched in 2017 by Teaching for Change “to help build and nurture a network of social justice educators in the D.C. metro area,” according to its website. The organization is funded by by donations from individuals and grants from The APA Fund, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Communities for Just Schools Fund, the Share Fund of The Community Foundation, and the Taste of Salt Fund.