Teachers for Social Justice presents...

TSJ MOVIE NIGHT:
-- The Class --
Saturday, Sept. 19
5-8PM
Decima Musa
1901 S. Loomis (in Pilsen, at 19th st.)

The Palme D'Or film from the Cannes film fest this year (equivalent to an Oscar), from France, about a multicultural Parisian classroom...a GREAT film, will provoke a LOT of thought/discussion...

Here's the film's website, check it out and watch the trailer! http://www.sonyclassics.com/theclass/

PS--It's free...but we do ask a donation for the folks at Decima Musa, and they do serve food and drink. Read the Full Story

The contemporary artist Robert Gober gives subversive meaning to wallpaper in an installation at the AIC.

Using juxtaposition and repetition, he turns the racist history that makes up America’s cultural background into a visual background. My lesson invites high school students to consider how to make their American cultural background visible by using Gober’s wallpaper form to juxtapose and repeat images from the mainstream news media after editing them.

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EDUCATORS! Are you interested in restorative justice? Alternatives to the "schoolhouse to jailhouse" pipeline? Tired of seeing student unjustly and overly punished? Wanting to know about peer juries and how to make them work? Then join us THIS FRIDAY

5:00pm - 7:00pm

Decima Musa

1901 S. Loomis Street.

Chicago, IL

Teachers for Social Justice is hosting a forum on Restorative Justice and the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Pipeline. An experienced and expert panel of community organizers, educators and youth will be discussing the impact of alternative methods of discipline, how such methods have proven to reduce school violence, and the relationship between education and incarceration. Following the panel discussion, our panelists will lead breakout groups to work with forum attendees to set up restorative justice practices in their schools and communities, to learn more about breaking the link between the schoolhouse and the jailhouse, and to gain valuable resources.

You are invited to attend this unique and powerful event--it's open to

anyone and everyone so spread the word! Join us! Read the Full Story

Update from Teachers for Comprehensive Immigration Reform:

Hello TSJ friends,

We just got back from the 250,000 Immigration Reform March in DC. Needless to say, I'm exhausted. However, I've come back reenergized!

Illinois Teachers and Educators! Here is your opportunity to advocate for your undocumented students. Teachers know first-hand the impact that the broken immigration system has on our students. Undocumented students deserve to have an opportunity at a real future!

We are currently working on a teacher-led action on April 10th to pressure Congress into passing Immigration Reform this year.  Let’s use the momentum from this weekend’s historic march, get yourself and any other teachers you know to the table. Our work isn’t over yet!

Let YOUR actions speak louder than words!

Email us to get involved: teachers4cir@gmail.com

Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=343369922786

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Tourists flock to Jamaica to escape realities as it is known for its sandy beaches, laid back life style, and crystal blue water.  However, the people of Jamaica can't escape the impact of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank in their daily lives.

The feature film Life and Debt tells the story of the day to day struggles of individual Jamaicans whose livelihood is determined by U.S. and other foreign economic agencies.  Unfortunately, this story is not true just for Jamaica; the parallel effects of structural adjustment are astounding and seen in Haiti and beyond.  Read the Full Story

Come to learn about the work of our 5 dynamic ItAGs:

* Education for Liberation Movement
* Art Education & Social Justice
* Hip Hop & Social Justice
* Early Childhood Education & Social Justice
* New Teachers for Social Justice


Saturday, March 13, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Decima Musa
1901 S. Loomis

Be a part of the process for making the ItAGs more sustainable. Feel free to join us for a drink & a conversation. Read the Full Story