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24 Hour Teach Ins

Common Power holds "24 Hour Teach Ins" as a promotional tactic. On May 17, 2023, Common Power held such an event.

From the archived invitation:

TRUTH IN EDUCATION: A 24-Hour Teach-In for American

We are going to Florida! Join us via zoom!

Objectives

1 Confront, through direct action, the assault on truth in Florida and beyond

2 Teach truthful history

3 Provide education on voter suppression and voter empowerment

24 Hours of scholars, activists, and more teaching us why and how truthful history matters!

6 pm EDT May 17 to 6 pm EDT May 18

We are confronted today in America by an attack on truth in education. It is an attempt by politically motivated individuals, government offices, and politicians to halt the full teaching of American life by eradicating terrible and painful, but fully truthful, aspects of our past, present, and potential futures. At their core, such attacks seek to erase the triumphs of African Americans, women, LGBTQ+ Americans, and others who have been vital in the struggle for civil rights and voting justice. The Institute for Common Power cannot and will not idly watch. This 24-hour teach-in is a public statement that truth in education is not optional. It is essential, and it is the only way forward for American democracy.

This event is free, will be on zoom, and will be 24 hours of live teaching and education from experts and leaders who have learned, have lived, and are undaunted by the full truth of American life. We will include presentations from multiple locations around the United States, including the first three hours from a church in St. Petersburg FL. Florida is at the epicenter of attempting to silence truth in education, and we intentionally begin in the state.

The organizing arm for this teach-in is the Institute for Common Power, headed by Dr. Terry Anne Scott.

This teach-in is intentionally set for the anniversary date of the US Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, in 1954.

Speakers and presenters will include Dr. Scott, Dr. Yohuru Williams of St. Thomas University, Dr. Hasan Jeffries of The Ohio State University, David Domke of the Institute for Common Power, and many others to be added. This is a moment of public declaration about the importance, the vitality, the essentiality, of facing the hard truths of American life. As educators, we will teach them.

Institute for Common Power

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Institute for Common Power is the Common Power "organizing arm". According to their "vision," the Institute for Common Power "is devoted to education as a foundation to voting justice and inclusive democracy in the United States".

From the Institute for Common Power website:

The Institute for Common Power provides education that fosters, sustains, and expands what should be the most common power in American democracy: the right to vote. Ensuring a vote for all is essential to dismantling systems of injustice and creating equitable healthcare, living wages, decent housing, affordable education, and so much more. Voting has always been contested in America, and today this foundational democratic power is under assault–especially for communities of color. The Institute for Common Power is devoted to education as a foundation to voting justice and inclusive democracy in the United States.

Education to Action!

Also:

"The Institute for Common Power partners with teachers, tutors, curriculum specialists, organizational foundations, and school system leaders across the country to provide an experiential learning opportunity for educators in the long historical arcs of Civil Rights, Voting Rights, and the African American experience in America..."

Staff

Charles Douglas, Executive Director, Larcy Douglas, Sasha Lee, Wole Akinlosotu, Maria Jimenez “MJ”, Vanna Zaragoza, Kylie Knowles, Binh Truong, Julia Ge