About The Ethnic Studies Archive
The Ethnic Studies Archive is a project of the Ethnic Studies Now Committee of the Boston Teachers Union. We are made up of BPS and Boston-area educators, and we are seeking to share existing ethnic studies curriculum, lessons, and routines, as well as document the reflective practices and teamwork of teachers who work within the framework of ethnic studies. As a committee, we define Ethnic Studies as teaching that:
- Honors histories of communities of color and all marginalized peoples, and affirms and builds students’ intersectional political identities
- Deepens our analysis of cultural identity and identity categories as dynamic and shifting over time
- Strengthens solidarity with and accountability to local and global communities and their collective struggles for liberation
- Deepens analysis of ongoing systems of oppression including white supremacy, capitalism, heteropatriarchy, and colonialism/imperialism
- Uses pedagogy that is humanizing, healing, self-reflective, liberatory, multidisciplinary, problem-posing, and student-centered
- Equips and empowers learners with skills and understandings necessary to:
- Critically read the world and analyze power in society/history
- Navigate our current world safely and with dignity
- Resist injustice and systems of oppression
- Become agents of change for a more just world.
Enter the Archive
Alene Aguilar-McKenzie
Dual Language Spanish Teacher
Sarah Greenwood K-8
Teacher 5 Teacher 6 Teacher 7
Submit to the Archive
We are funded by the Teacher Leadership Fund, and we hope to continue this work in the coming years. If you are interested in submitting to the archive, please click here.
Related Information
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On Wednesday, January 30, BTU President Jessica Tang testified before the Boston School Committee: https://youtu.be/IdCXG3P9QZA?t=1142…
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BTU President Jessica Tang testified before the Boston School Committee on October 17. Watch her…
