• Feb. 8, for High School: East African Slave Trade, Globalization, & Connecticut (Joel Hinrichs and Todd Cannon traveled to East and West Africa to learn about the legacy of colonialism and the slave trade in current societies in the region. Joel will focus his presentation on the links between the lesser studied East African slave trade and its connections to globalization and Connecticut.)

• Feb. 15, for High School: Students Creating Their Own Chronicles (Join Keith Fowler, who will share the current US History project that his students and he are working on. Students are creating their own individual "chronicles" of the Interwar period, culminating in a talk by Izzy Juda, who at 16 years old ran from the Nazis and escaped from Vienna to the USA.)

• Feb. 22, for High School: Recruiting Students for Next Year's Black/Latinx Studies Elective Course (Learn from Melissa Zablonski and students across the state what you can do to garner student interest and sign-ups for this course. Resources, materials, and videos will be shared! Bring your ideas and expertise!)

• March 1, for Elementary: Integrating Economics Daily through a Classroom Economy (Jodie Lang will share how she has worked with her students to build a classroom economy, a great way to integrate economic principles into your classroom all year long. Her students have jobs, earn salaries, conduct market research, and start businesses. She will show you how to flex and adapt the system to your individual context!)

More events to come soon!