In the first week of July, six proud educators, finally a bit relaxed from a full week of summer, got together in Manhattan to reflect on the past year and make big plans for the 2019-2020 school year.
Read MorePTI Executive Committee member José Jiménez was interviewed on a podcast, “The Thought Project” from the CUNY Graduate Center about his experiences as a NYC public school principal, a PhD student at the Urban Education program at CUNY Grad Center, and his work with Proud Teacher Initiative.
Read MoreOn June 20th, Proud Teacher Initiative member José Jimenez was featured on a call-in show special on WNYC called “LGBTQ & the City”.
Read MoreThis past weekend, several members of the Proud Teacher Initiative presented a workshop at the Decolonizing Education Conference, which was organized by the Metropolitan Center for Research and Equity and the Transformation of School at NYU.
Read MoreMembers of the PTI Executive Committee joined together to celebrate Brooklyn Pride on June 8th.
Read MoreOn the evening of June 5th, eight Proud Educators took the “stage” in a backyard garden of BierWax in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Read MoreOn May 3rd, the Proud Teacher Initiative organized its first dialogue with young people at Essex Street Academy about the importance of LGBTQ+ role models in their school community.
Read MoreOn January 12th, more than 40 LGBTQ+ educators gathered at CUNY Graduate Center to document and share their stories in various formats, including narrative writing, video interviews, Moth-style storytelling, and visual art.
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