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Ethnic Studies Education across Tovaangar

Thu, April 9, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (4:15 to 5:45pm PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 404AB

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Amidst a moment of intensified state-sanctioned attacks on Ethnic Studies, this Regional Spotlight
Session centers Tovaangar (Los Angeles) as a critical site for grounding, sustaining, and futuring Ethnic
Studies Education (ESE) across the P-20 continuum. Ethnic Studies faces ongoing challenges to its
legitimacy, legality, and implementation. In this session, a multiracial and multigenerational collective
of Ethnic Studies scholar-activists describe “Ethnic Studies Education” as a strategic intervention to
embolden education scholars to pursue critical, life-affirming work that guides and supports
contemporary Ethnic Studies teaching and activism in P-20 learning spaces.

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