Working collectively with grassroots movements, the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies (CLES) lifts up principles, policies, practices, and pedagogies that center–the knowledge, narratives, experiences, and wellness of–Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC) communities so that liberation of all peoples and relations are realized.

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📢Join us for the #TeachTruth Day of Action on Saturday, June 7, to defend the freedom to learn! 📢 We need to reach as many people as possible with information about the chilling effect of anti-history education laws and executi
📢Join us for the #TeachTruth Day of Action on Saturday, June 7, to defend the freedom to learn! 📢 We need to reach as many people as possible with information about the chilling effect of anti-history education laws and executive orders. As journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones noted, "They erase your history so that they can erase your rights." Event hosts receive resources for activities and displays for their day of action to engage the public in a range of activities at a library, bookstore, city hall, farmers market, festival, or other public spaces. Defend a truthful education and the rights of all of our students, no matter their race, gender identity, or immigration status. Learn more and sign-up: zinnedproject.org
California’s AB 1468 is just another iteration of racist and anti-Palestinian policy from Zionist opposition to Ethnic Studies. Read more about the long fight for liberatory Ethnic Studies in California and to teach Palestine in Ethnic Studies:
California’s AB 1468 is just another iteration of racist and anti-Palestinian policy from Zionist opposition to Ethnic Studies. Read more about the long fight for liberatory Ethnic Studies in California and to teach Palestine in Ethnic Studies: 👩🏾‍💻tinyurl.com/truthout-ab1468 (link in bio) Sign on to say no to AB 1468: tinyurl.com/no-ab1468 (link in bio) “There are so many layers of policing and surveillance that no other academic area has [like Ethnic Studies]...[California’s AB 1468] is absolutely unprecedented overreach, and it’s an arm of the state trying to censor what our children are learning [and] censor the truth of our students’ realities.” - Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen Co-chair of the San Diego Unified School District Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee, lecturer in Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at UC Santa Cruz 📝"California Ethnic Studies Bill Aims to Censor Palestine-Related Education” by Marianne Dhenin , TRUTHOUT, Published April 2, 2025
“We believe there are several reasons for their choice of Santa Ana. The first is the same reason that Zionist organizations have focused on Berkeley. They believe if they can get progressive, avowedly anti-racist school boards to silence teach
“We believe there are several reasons for their choice of Santa Ana. The first is the same reason that Zionist organizations have focused on Berkeley. They believe if they can get progressive, avowedly anti-racist school boards to silence teaching about Palestine, other school districts will fall in line. The second is the targeted attack on educators and organizations that have fought for the inclusion of Palestine as a necessary topic in Ethnic Studies. In Santa Ana, that’s an attack on XITO. In Berkeley, it’s an attack on the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium; in Pajaro Valley and Fresno, it’s an attack on Community Responsive Education.” Santa Ana Unified School District Caves to Anti-Palestinian Racism 👩🏾‍💻Read Our Full Statement: tinyurl.com/sausdES (link in bio)
CLES is deeply troubled that the Santa Ana Unified School District (Santa Ana, CA) bowed to the demands of Zionist lawyers, essentially eviscerating their robust and community-supported Ethnic Studies program. The Santa Ana Board of Education signed
CLES is deeply troubled that the Santa Ana Unified School District (Santa Ana, CA) bowed to the demands of Zionist lawyers, essentially eviscerating their robust and community-supported Ethnic Studies program. The Santa Ana Board of Education signed a 13-page agreement, caving to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of Zionist organizations—the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Stand With Us and Potomac Law. Under the agreement, the district will stop teaching Ethnic Studies World Geography, Ethnic Studies World Histories, and Ethnic Studies: Perspectives, Identities and Social Justice after this academic school year. The courses must be redesigned under a process that includes inviting input from the instigators of the lawsuit. 👩🏾‍💻Read our full statement: tinyurl.com/sausdES (link in bio)
‼️Protect Ethnic Studies! Protect Teaching Palestine! Oppose California’s AB1468! ‼️ 📚 AB 1468 would create a one-size-fits-all curriculum that’s not Ethnic Studies. 🧠AB 1468 is ideological warfare. 🚨 AB1468 would add even more polici
‼️Protect Ethnic Studies! Protect Teaching Palestine! Oppose California’s AB1468! ‼️ 📚 AB 1468 would create a one-size-fits-all curriculum that’s not Ethnic Studies. 🧠AB 1468 is ideological warfare. 🚨 AB1468 would add even more policing of Ethnic Studies curriculum, none of it by Ethnic Studies scholars. ❌ AB1468 would substitute multiculturalism for Ethnic Studies. 👩🏽‍💻Read our full statement here: tinyurl.com/no-ab1468-details (link in bio) 🧑🏿‍💻Take action now! Contact your assemblymembers today: tinyurl.com/no-ab1468 (link in bio)
We're deeply saddened that these California electeds have chosen to support AB 1468! The bill seeks to censor liberatory Ethnic Studies and will ban curriculum on the genocide in Gaza from Ethnic Studies courses! 📲 Please help us in calling office
We're deeply saddened that these California electeds have chosen to support AB 1468! The bill seeks to censor liberatory Ethnic Studies and will ban curriculum on the genocide in Gaza from Ethnic Studies courses! 📲 Please help us in calling offices today and requesting they remove their name from the racist bill! 📲 ✊🏽 Help us stop the bill by also sending a letter to California electeds now: tinyurl.com/no-ab1468 (link in bio) ✊🏽
"We are Ethnic Studies educators, so we know more than most how this moment is connected to history and how it's grounded in time and space. I think it's easy to lose Sight of that. There's an intentional strategy for us to be thrown into confus
"We are Ethnic Studies educators, so we know more than most how this moment is connected to history and how it's grounded in time and space. I think it's easy to lose Sight of that. There's an intentional strategy for us to be thrown into confusion and chaos, so that we don't galvanize and organize and really understand what's going on." Excerpt From "We're Going to Do Right by Our Young People" An interview with Jenine, our new CLES National Coordinator ❤️Read The Entire Feature tinyurl.com/cles-march-feature (link in bio) ✊🏽Become a CLES member today! Send an interest form on our website: ethnicstudies-coalition.org (link in bio)
Repost @xitotucson Join us in Tucson! This summer‘s theme is the Mayan concept of Panche Be – To seek the root of the truth/Buscar la raiz de la verdad. More than ever we need to come together to resist the erasure of our histories and kn
Repost @xitotucson Join us in Tucson! This summer‘s theme is the Mayan concept of Panche Be – To seek the root of the truth/Buscar la raiz de la verdad. More than ever we need to come together to resist the erasure of our histories and knowledge and collectively organize against the repression of authentic and liberatory, Ethnic Studies! For the first time we will be offering a pre-institute border field day through our partners at Borderlinks! Register today - limited scholarships available #XITOPD #thebordercrossedus #weareethnicstudies #freepalestine #fuerafascistas
Repost @liberated_ethnic_studies LIBERATED ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL CURRICULUM is hosting their 5th annual Summer Institute. Join us!! Register by scanning QR code or going to qrco.de/summer2025 ($150 tuition covers food/materials) CSUN Jerome Richfiel
Repost @liberated_ethnic_studies LIBERATED ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL CURRICULUM is hosting their 5th annual Summer Institute. Join us!! Register by scanning QR code or going to qrco.de/summer2025 ($150 tuition covers food/materials) CSUN Jerome Richfield Chicana/o Studies Department 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA 91330 ASL Interpretation provided.
‼️CALL TO ACTION‼️ 👩🏾‍💻📞Contact your LEGISLATORS and share your story of why they should OPPOSE HF29: https://buff.ly/3QQwRY9 (link in bio) Repost @mnethnicstudies HF29 has been introduced in Minnesota to remove Ethnic Studies from the sta
‼️CALL TO ACTION‼️ 👩🏾‍💻📞Contact your LEGISLATORS and share your story of why they should OPPOSE HF29: https://buff.ly/3QQwRY9 (link in bio) Repost @mnethnicstudies HF29 has been introduced in Minnesota to remove Ethnic Studies from the standards and would roll back social studies standards to the 2012 standards. Students deserve to have updated standards in their classroom that support their critical thinking skills and inspire them to be civically engaged to build better communities for our future. ✊🏽❤️🙏🏽
📢Join us for the #TeachTruth Day of Action on Saturday, June 7, to defend the freedom to learn! 📢 We need to reach as many people as possible with information about the chilling effect of anti-history education laws and executi California’s AB 1468 is just another iteration of racist and anti-Palestinian policy from Zionist opposition to Ethnic Studies. Read more about the long fight for liberatory Ethnic Studies in California and to teach Palestine in Ethnic Studies: “We believe there are several reasons for their choice of Santa Ana. The first is the same reason that Zionist organizations have focused on Berkeley. They believe if they can get progressive, avowedly anti-racist school boards to silence teach CLES is deeply troubled that the Santa Ana Unified School District (Santa Ana, CA) bowed to the demands of Zionist lawyers, essentially eviscerating their robust and community-supported Ethnic Studies program. The Santa Ana Board of Education signed ‼️Protect Ethnic Studies! Protect Teaching Palestine! Oppose California’s AB1468! ‼️ 📚 AB 1468 would create a one-size-fits-all curriculum that’s not Ethnic Studies. 🧠AB 1468 is ideological warfare. 🚨 AB1468 would add even more polici We're deeply saddened that these California electeds have chosen to support AB 1468! The bill seeks to censor liberatory Ethnic Studies and will ban curriculum on the genocide in Gaza from Ethnic Studies courses! 📲 Please help us in calling office "We are Ethnic Studies educators, so we know more than most how this moment is connected to history and how it's grounded in time and space. I think it's easy to lose Sight of that. There's an intentional strategy for us to be thrown into confus Repost @xitotucson Join us in Tucson! This summer‘s theme is the Mayan concept of Panche Be – To seek the root of the truth/Buscar la raiz de la verdad. More than ever we need to come together to resist the erasure of our histories and kn Repost @liberated_ethnic_studies LIBERATED ETHNIC STUDIES MODEL CURRICULUM is hosting their 5th annual Summer Institute. Join us!! Register by scanning QR code or going to qrco.de/summer2025 ($150 tuition covers food/materials) CSUN Jerome Richfiel ‼️CALL TO ACTION‼️ 👩🏾‍💻📞Contact your LEGISLATORS and share your story of why they should OPPOSE HF29: https://buff.ly/3QQwRY9 (link in bio) Repost @mnethnicstudies HF29 has been introduced in Minnesota to remove Ethnic Studies from the sta

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