How To Talk to Kids About Palestine
2025-03-15 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Virtual
Step 1: Donate to Sameer Project here (sugg. donation $30).
Step 2: Register for “How to Talk to Kids About Palestine” here.
In this workshop, illustrator Nathi Ngubane will discuss art as a tool for education and communication, and how adults can talk to children about Palestinian liberation. Nathi will then lead us in an all-ages drawing exercise open to parents, kids, and everyone in between.
Nathi Ngubane is a South African-based writer and illustrator. His most recent work is From the River to the Sea: A Colouring Book (Social Bandit Media, 2024), which features illustrations that teach children about the injustice of the Nakba, the history and culture of the land, as well as key concepts driving and sustaining the Palestinian resistance.

Black in Gaza: Webinar on Race and Resistance
2025-04-07 09:00 - 10:30
Monday, April 7, 2025
12:00 PM 1:30 PM

Join us for a conversation about race, Palestinian identity, and the power of transnational movement building with Wassim Manaa, the viral videographer from Gaza, and Ahmad Abuznaid, Executive Director at the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
Register here: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/webinar-black-in-gaza

From Egypt to Palestine: Celebrating Arab Heritage in Teaching
2025-04-30 16:00 - 17:00
NCTE members are invited to join English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE) and Hannah Moushabeck and Dr. Sawsan Jaber in celebration of National Arab American Heritage Month. This enriching event will uplift Arab literature and culture, with a particular focus on Palestine.
Moushabeck and Jaber will share their personal stories, expertise, and practical strategies for how teacher educators and K–12 classroom teachers can integrate Arab and Palestinian literature and culture into teacher education spaces and K–12 ELA classrooms.
Participants will

learn about the history, culture, and texts of Arab regions in the world, with a particular emphasis on Palestine;
gain practical strategies for integrating Arab and Palestinian literature and culture into educational settings; and
access booklists across K–12 and college settings to expand their text sets and to support the inclusion of Arab literature and culture in their curricula.

Special opportunities for attendees:

Book Giveaway: Attendees can enter to win a book from Interlink Publishers.
Resource Packet: All attendees will receive a curated booklist and teaching resources to support the inclusion of Palestinian literature and culture in their curricula.

This is a members-only event, and registration is required (but it’s free to join). Contact profdev@ncte.org with any questions.

Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices
2025-05-08 16:00 - 17:30
Join Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices co-editors to launch the new Rethinking Schools book. Palestine has long been one of the great silences in the official curriculum. Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices provides educators with powerful tools to uncover the history and current context of Palestine-Israel in the classroom — poetry, personal narratives, interviews, role plays, critical reading and writing activities, and more. Teaching Palestine offers a defense of Palestinian humanity centering Palestinian lives, uplifting and celebrating Palestinians’ struggle for justice, and critiquing racism and inequality.
The editors will be joined by musician and activist Macklemore. Register today!
