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JOIN the INTEGRATED ACTION CIVICS PROJECT AT CCSS
March 7-9th, Burlingham, CA - Workshop times to be announced:
Workshops:
Regional Student Collaboration to Study and Act on Local Histories and Issues
IACP is a founding member of the Collaborative Local History and Action Civics Project that aims to connect classrooms from different regions of the country through the study and sharing of local history, issues, and event. Join us and our colleagues at CCSS to learn more about collaborating to bring local history and civic action into your classroom.
Empowering History and Ethnic Studies Students Through Messaging Analysis
How have organizers used various genres to bring their message of possibility and change to their communities? Learn how this engaging strategy helps students explore how a message is crafted using art, speech, music and/or other media to engage specific audiences as they advocate for change.
School-wide, Cross-curricular Civics: Engaging All Students in Real World Solutions
Lead teachers from a Title 1 southern California high school will share an interdisciplinary, multi-grade student civics project grounded in the Integrated Action Civics Project's framework & strategies addressing the issues of an unhoused encampment neighboring the school.
Register to attend CCSS using this link
IACP Introductory Workshop
Relevance, Agency & Engagement: Introduction to the Integrated Action Civics Project
Thursday, March 13 2025, 4:00-5:30 PDT, Free on Zoom
Learn about the IACP framework that can help students earn the State Seal of Civic Engagement by developing justice-oriented student voice, agency, and civic analytical skills across the curriculum. Central to Integrated Action Civics is the introduction of strategies throughout existing courses to help students understand the process of social change, while offering new lenses for the study of course content.
The IAC framework is a powerful tool to support student exploration History, Language Arts, and the Ethnic Studies concepts of identity, systems of domination, power, critical hope and healing.
Register: bit.ly/iacp-intro
Free Online Summer IACP Institute!
June 23-27, 2025
Come learn about the Integrated Action Civics Project (IACP) that fosters justice-oriented student voice, agency, and civic empowerment in K-12 classrooms. Central to this approach is the introduction of strategies throughout your existing course to help students understand the process of social change, while offering new lenses for the study of course content. Students can apply their learned skills and scaffolds to engage in meaningful, authentic civic action in their communities.
The IACP strategies also support student exploration of Ethnic Studies concepts of identity, systems of oppression, hope and healing and resistance and change.
The free 5-day institute will include:
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Introduction to Integrated Action Civics for student empowerment
- Strategies for Student self-reflection & growth:
- Visioning Justice, Worldview, Identity and Power
- Change-analysis models and strategies:
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Power & Stakeholder Analysis, Strategy Development, Student Advocacy
- Integration of change-analysis into course content
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Sample lessons, Course scope & sequence planning with examples
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Collaborative planning time
Sessions (Pacific Time):
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9:00-noon: Overview & change strategies
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1:00-3:00: Cohort planning time (Optional)