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Making Spaces Sip and See on June 28

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Interested in learning more about Making Spaces, Maker Ed’s 33-month program that provides communities with the help they need to activate and sustain maker education through professional development, resources, and community engagement? Join us on Wednesday, June 28, from 2:00-4:00 PT where you’ll have a chance to get a taste of the Making Spaces approach. […]

Meet Zahra Syed – Weaving Light into Making

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In this post, we meet Zahra Syed, She/Her, and she is Maker Ed’s Operations Manager. Tell us a little more about you. Hi! I am Zahra. Telling stories, relationships and scrappy making are my positive obsessions. I love sharing food with family and community (my people) and indulging in joyful, fun, leisurely conversations. I love […]

Calling All Oakland Educators: Making As Healing Workshop

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Are you looking for ways to revive, restore, and reset as you move into summer? Join Maker Ed and Agency by Design Oakland in this day-long, in-person workshop where we will create a space for educators to come together, practice individual and collective healing practices through making, and center community, care, and connection. We will […]

Meet Donaldo Almazan – Artist and Engineer Designing Maker Ed’s Online Community

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In this post, we meet Donaldo Almazan (he/him), an artist and engineer helping to create Maker Ed’s online community for makers and educators, which is launching this summer! Tell us a little more about you. Hello! I’m Donaldo, a Community Engagement Co-lead at Maker Ed. I’m originally from South Texas (Rio Grande Valley ☀️ ) […]

Teaching for Social Justice: Solidarity in Uprisings & Crisis: Another World is Possible

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Saturday, October 17th, 2020 – 1pm-3pm PDT – Centering Black Lives* Reflect and Build (R&B) session: Wed. Oct. 21 – 5:30pm-7:00pm PDT Join panelists from Black Lives Matter in School (Angela Harris), Black Organizing Project (Desiree McSwaine-Mims), Woke Kindergarten (Akiea “Ki” Gross), and Black Teacher Project (Belinda Bellinger), with a performance by Ciera-Jevae Gordon. The event will be moderated by T4SJ’s own Chela Delgado, teacher, union organizer, and […]

California STEAM Symposium

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We are proud to announce the 2020 California STEAM Symposium is moving online! To best serve your needs, we are convening the same great Symposium you know and love in a virtual venue. Mark December 11-13, 2020 on your calendar for another wonderful year of inspiration, collaboration, and professional learning. As a #CASTEAM20 participant, you can expect: Focus On […]

Teaching for Social Justice: Solidarity in Uprisings & Crisis: Unsettling Settler Colonialism

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Saturday, October 17th, 2020 – 1pm-3pm PDT – Centering Black Lives* Reflect and Build (R&B) session: Wed. Oct. 21 – 5:30pm-7:00pm PDT Join panelists from Black Lives Matter in School (Angela Harris), Black Organizing Project (Desiree McSwaine-Mims), Woke Kindergarten (Akiea “Ki” Gross), and Black Teacher Project (Belinda Bellinger), with a performance by Ciera-Jevae Gordon. The event will be moderated by T4SJ’s own Chela Delgado, teacher, union organizer, and […]

Teaching for Social Justice: Solidarity in Uprisings & Crisis: Centering Black Lives

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Saturday, October 17th, 2020 – 1pm-3pm PDT – Centering Black Lives* Reflect and Build (R&B) session: Wed. Oct. 21 – 5:30pm-7:00pm PDT Join panelists from Black Lives Matter in School (Angela Harris), Black Organizing Project (Desiree McSwaine-Mims), Woke Kindergarten (Akiea “Ki” Gross), and Black Teacher Project (Belinda Bellinger), with a performance by Ciera-Jevae Gordon. The event will be moderated by T4SJ’s own Chela Delgado, teacher, union organizer, and […]