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Your tax-deductible donation will help us expand our legal strategy, research, and collective action to ensure every preK-12 school prepares students for college, career, & the robust civic identity necessary to participate in a democracy: tc.columbia.edu/cee/gift/

Help build a fair society and strong democracy! Our work @democracyready ensures all students in New York and nationally get an education that prepares them for positive civic participation. Support our work with your year-end gift: tc.columbia.edu/cee/gift/

Join us for #MediaLitWk! @NanEileenMead and @InsightersEd will discuss how #medialiteracy and democracy intersect, and the ways in which practitioners and policymakers can expand media literacy education across content areas and grade levels Register: medialiteracyweek.us/event/media-li…

Congratulations to Prof. Michael Rebell Founder and Executive Director, Center for Educational Equity at Columbia University Teachers College: New York 2023 Power Players in Education @EduEquity @democracyready @TeachersCollege politicsny.com/power-lists/20…

📣Are you a high school or early college student from NY state? Join us this semester as a DemocracyReady NY Coalition Youth member! Applications now open, learn more: forms.gle/PZY8FPAsbajFms… Deadline: Sept. 15th

Today's @washingtonpost opinion piece features Eli Tillemann, a senior at Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology in Alexandria, VA. addressing the need for students to develop the skills necessary to engage in civic discourse. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

Congratulations to @democracyready coalition member Chris Sperry & @ithacalooksharp (PLS)! In partnership w/ @aasl, PLS was awarded a 2-year @us_imls grant to develop a plan to scale up ML3 work – supporting Librarians to be Leaders of #MediaLiteracy – in all 50 states!

With gratitude to all of our colleagues and coalition partners for their collaboration this academic year. See what we've accomplished and please continue to support our work so that we can continue to offer accessible programming: tc.columbia.edu/cee/gift/?_ga=… linkedin.com/posts/the-cent…

Announcing our 2023 3-5 winner Charles Zosayas from P.S.53 The Barbara Esselborn School with the poster titled No Human Being Is Illegal

While I was in Athens, I spent time with a remarkable group of leaders from the @GirlsAlliance who are working to educate and empower girls in their communities. I was inspired to know that folks like them are out there leading the way—keep up the good work!

Announcing our 2023 6-8 winner Jia Li Mo Luo from The SEEALL Academy with the poster titled We Are Together

Announcing our 2023 K-2 winner Anisa Islam from The SEEALL Academy with the poster titled Respect Other Cultures

Announcing our 2022 6-8 winner Valerie Cardona from College Point Collaborative with the poster titled United

Announcing our 2022 K-2 winner Joyce Wu from The Henry Longfellow school with the poster titled Recycle

Don't miss tonight's virtual session at 6PM on Media Literacy Education! Register: teacherscollege.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Speakers: Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Executive Director, @medialiteracyed Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell (69th AD) Ebonee Otoo, SVP of Educator Engagement, @newslitproject

Sign up now for tomorrow's session on Media Literacy Education. Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Executive Director of @MediaLiteracyEd, will join us! Wed. 5/31, at 6 PM. Register: teacherscollege.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #civiceducation #medialiteracy #edpolicy

Creating the Future through Youth Voices: Valentino Indelicato, a student at Nottingham HS, @SyracuseSchools, reflects on the significance of student voice as a youth organizer of NY Civic Learning Week. educationalequityblog.org/2023/05/ #civiceducation #civicengagement #edpolicy

*Join us* on Wednesday, May 31, at 6 PM for a Media Literacy Education information and advocacy session! Register here: teacherscollege.zoom.us/meeting/regist… #civiceducation #edpolicy #medialiteracy

Sonja Aibel, a student at @BrooklynTech_HS & a member of the @democracyready Youth Engagement program, wrote a reflective essay featured in @einhorncollab's monthly Connection Hub. "Why Student Power is the Key to Future Civic Participation." einhorncollaborative.org/why-student-po… #civics