Teacher Activist Groups Launch "No History is Illegal" Campaign

In response to the recent ban on the Mexican American Studies (MAS) program in Tucson, Arizona, teacher groups across the U.S. are launching a "No History is Illegal" campaign and encouraging a month of solidarity teach-ins. The No History is Illegal website offers a "guide that includes sample lesson plans from the MAS curriculum as well as creative ideas and resources for exploring this issue with students."

Organizers of the campaign said they're launching it on February 1:

"... because February 1 is the first day on which Tucson schools must comply with this law. It is also the first day of African American History Month. And as Dr. King warned us, 'injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' What is happening in Arizona is not only a threat to Mexican American Studies, it is a threat to our right to teach the experiences of all people of color, LGBT people, poor and working people, the undocumented, people with disabilities and all those who are least powerful in this country."

~ Marsha

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