Arab affinity space Leyden High Schools District 212 preparing to talk to our administrators about how they can support their personal and academic growth in their times with us. #Room208 #RepresentationMatters

Met with these wonderful powerhouses last night to plan for our NCTE session.Catch us at our session: Elevating Nuanced Representation of the Arab American Experience in Education Spaces on 11/18 @9:30 in Anaheim!
You won't want to miss this conversation. #RepresentationMatters

“Stories are resistance.” Diana Bonilla🌺🌵 Leyden High Schools District 212 wow…. #Room208 she’s phenomenal - the kids are all ears…

Our research lightening speaker Diana Bonilla🌺🌵 is one of my favorite people…“Going to school with people you don’t know allows you to learn about their experiences and that is so powerful.” #Room208 Reading the world and learning from it Leyden High Schools District 212

It’s a use Solve in Time!® to analyze a new poem day in #Room208 . Dee Lanier we love this tool. Kids said “Dr. J, this is the way to get us to participate.” 😍if you’re not using this tool, your kids are missing out! #Room208 kids are awesome! So is Dee Lanier Leyden High Schools District 212

Putting this here because I’m so heart broken over the events occurring in Palestine and the patterns of silence. We will never forget…

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Representation Matters

Always represent when I present…the Palestinian kuffiya is a sign of resistance and power…I learned to fight for justice for all through my struggle to be Palestinian. We can’t consider ourselves advocates for equity if we aren’t advocating against ALL inequities.

My team of sheroes on our way to speak at the IATE Online conference. My students rock! Can’t wait to share their genius with the NCTE crowd soon. #Room208 Leyden High Schools District 212 Diana Bonilla🌺🌵 #iateconference

*Our team rocks!

“There is what words can do, and there is what is beneath the words: the fire and the fury of what wills them into existence. There is what we hope they will do, and there is what they have actually done.” From Rifqa a Palestinian poetry anthology by Mohammed El-Kurd #Profound

When Jamila Dugan Shane Safir and Solve in Time!® come together..using Solve in Time!® to unpack key passages from Street Data with the district and building leadership teams- a foundation to move our work forward for the year. #EquityInAction Leyden High Schools District 212

It’s a parent teacher conference kind of night #Year24 Leyden High Schools District 212

Making some real and relevant connections between Solve in Time!® and UN Development #SDGs #sdg #sustainability #UnitedNations #GlobalGoals #sustainabledevelopmentgoals

Hooray! Dr. Sawsan Jaber, NBCT and I are co-presenting at NCTE alongside Sahar سحر susan abulhawa and Susan Muaddi Darraj 📚✒️, with a cameo by Malaka ملكة غريب Gharib 🇪🇬 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 on affirming a wide variety of Arab experiences in education spaces. #NCTE22 So looking forward to it ♥️🙏🏾

So excited to present and learn from the NCTE NCTE_cel community. Anaheim here we come!

Thank you Zainab Jabak Dr. Sawsan Jaber, NBCT for a night of learning. I appreciate the passion you both put into your craft and in helping others unlearn harmful narratives around Arabs and Muslims.