Cultural Chronicles – Significance of Mexican American Studies – Webinar Group
This group is open to anyone who joins. We are inviting all the participants of our Cultural Chronicles Webinar, and also encourage each one to invite others to join.
Multiply your impact by joining with others. Start by looking for groups in your community that may already be advocating on issues you care about. And join groups in this Southern Education Equity Network.
See if there is an IDRA Education CAFE in your community. Education CAFEs are for families who want to support excellent public education in their neighborhood public schools, especially among families of color, economically disadvantaged, emergent bilinguals and under-serviced neighborhoods.
IDRA Education CAFEs are designed to increase communication and collaboration when possible between parents/caregivers, communities, and their local school administrators and teachers. See below for information on how to start an Education CAFE in your community.
See our Advocacy News section for more tools. We feature advocates in action where you can see community advocates, including students testifying against classroom censorship and other bills that harm students. And we have toolkits for advocacy against classroom censorship.
Also see these tools!
• Infographic: Steps to Promoting Student Activism, by then high school student, Melivia Mujia
• Infographic: 5 Tips for Organizing a High School Student-Led Ethnic Studies Advocacy Group
This group is open to anyone who joins. We are inviting all the participants of our Cultural Chronicles Webinar, and also encourage each one to invite others to join.
Join us as we support families, caregivers and community advocates as they learn how to advocate for policy and practice changes in the Muscogee County School District.
This group is dedicated to building culturally-sustaining schools across the South. Connect to find information, share resources, and get support from advocates across the region. We support each other to defend against attacks on culturally-sustaining schools and to promote a positive vision for what culturally-sustaining schools can be across the
The Fort Bend LULAC Council 22426, started in 2021, is based in Rosenberg, Texas, and is sponsoring an Education CAFE focusing on the Lamar Consolidated ISD.
Alas/Wings es un programa de educación y salud mental para las familias inmigrantes. Alas/Wings is an education and mental health program for immigrant families.
IDRA is creating a hub of resources for educators, families and policy advocates to support those who want to promote culturally-sustaining schools and fight harmful classroom censorship policies. While the site is in development, we are sharing resources here.
An Education CAFE is a family group rooted in a community-based organization, rather than in a single school. Its sole purpose is to collaborate with schools to improve the success of students in the community.
The Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 233, which is the newest advancement of the education privatization movement in the state. Just before passage, it