Hiya - I'm Susan (she/her). I'm medically retired (used to work in technology, then in healthcare) , and I live in eastern Washington. I'm about 3 months away from having a fully converted Sprinter van, when I'll start a trip around the country.
I'm very interested in learning my country's hidden history. I follow Michael Harriott on Twitter and his history threads are wonderful. Hm, you know, it's just occurring to me that Harriott/Nikole-Hannah/Oluo/etc are the Snopes of American history! Can't wait to talk with y'all about it!
I'm Charley (He/Him/His), and I live in Brooklyn, NY. I have been working with youth in New Orleans and NYC for the past 6 years, and I am in the process of applying to MSW programs! I hope to gain knowledge on new anti-racist teachings and practices from this group to take with me on my journey of becoming a social worker. I think it's important for us all to feel comfortable with each other in order to build community. Perhaps we can have some unstructured time over zoom to get to know each other!
Hello all, I'm Sharon (she/her) and live in West Hartford Connecticut. I teach in the department of education at the University of Saint Joseph. I'm looking forward to reading this book and processing the ideas with others. I believe this is a very important work that is clearly stirring up some ugly push-back and I'm eager to understand well enough to push back firmly, kindly, and with the truth of our history.
Hi everyone, I'm Valerie (she/her), I live in Oakland, and I'm a retired public school teacher/librarian. I'm a mixed-race, first generation immigrant from Southeast-Asia. I'm looking forward to meeting all of you on Zoom and sharing our thoughts and insights about this book.
Hi! I’m Elizabeth (she/her) and live in Oakland and am also an educator. I’m excited to read this expanded version of the 1619 project and even more excited to read it with this community. I hope that people feel comfortable to push me and others to come to new understandings of the ideas.
Hi! I’m Reba (she/her) and I live in Brooklyn. I was a teacher in New Orleans for two years and now work at the NYCDOE in a strategic planning / policy role. I work on school integration initiatives in my job. I’m interested in discussing how racism show up in all of our policies and systems, both historically and now. Plus, I’m here for building community!
Hi y'all! I'm Elise (she/her). I'm an education researcher living in Cambridge and previously lived and worked in education (both research and teaching) in Los Angeles and Arkansas. I'm really excited to dig into this book with everyone- I think it's definitely the kind of text that I want to be able to process and discuss with folks as I'm reading. I'm particularly interested in talking both about the ideas and history in the book and also thinking broadly about how the book and the 1619 project are reshaping conversations/systems.
Hi all! I'm Erin (she/her). I'm a World History teacher that knows embarrassingly little about US History. I'm excited to learn, grow, question, and analyze with you all and looking for a critical, reflective, and hopeful community to learn with!
Hi Friends, I'm Jenn (she/her). Like many of you, I was a classroom teacher (US history/Gov, Social Sciences) for many years. I started a wellness center at my public high school in the East Bay, and we are now in our 23rd year serving young people and families. Along the way, I went back to school and am now a social worker in the same school community where I was a teacher for many years. Our work centers anti-racism as a lens for supporting teachers and school staff to build welcoming spaces. I get to support a lot of anti-racist work with teachers and am excited to deepen my own learning through NHJ's brilliant essays and the reflections and sharing we all get to do together. I'm looking forward to learning with everyone:)
Greetings from Oakland! I'm Jessica, another former math teacher (hi Barbara!) I am a coach/consultant working with educators across the country to better meet the needs of their most marginalized students. I have a shelf full of so many wonderful non-fiction that I want to read and the 1619 Project is on top staring me down. I tend to pick up non-fiction in bits and pieces but am really looking forward to the community to discuss and make sense of this work as a collective whole (and especially welcome the accountability!) I look forward to learning with you all - see you soon.
Hello! I'm Barbara (she/her), joining from Oakland, CA - I'm a former math teacher who loves history, and I currently work to support improvement efforts in education systems. I'm really looking forward to the chance to read and discuss the 1619 Project with this community. I know I make better sense of things when I can hear how others understand them and that being in conversation will push me to engage with the book deeply and to investigate my own thinking, so the opportunity of this space is a gift! I can't wait to learn from and with all of you.
Hi my name is Camille (she/her) and I’d like to have some really great discussions and guiding questions to deepen my ideas and thoughts in this article. I feel like I’ve heard excerpts but never really took the time to go through it in its entirety and give it the full attention it deserves. Looking forward to being in community and learning with you all!
Hello all, My name is Monica (she/her). I am here in lovely Richmond, CA and *sotiredofbeinginmyhousethanksalotcovid* and cannot wait to read this book with other people. I came to the 1619 project via the podcast, and have been preaching about this work to anyone who will listen ever since. I am looking forward to conversations about the book. Thank you MARK ISERO for being Mark Isero and offering all of us this opportunity.
Hello, everyone! I'm Paula (she/her), based in Cleveland, OH. I'm the mom of my two favorite people, who also happen to be fierce, splendid, social activists in their own lives (in CHI and NYC). I'm a community organizer and activist who works fulltime in philanthropy (of all things!) after many years of working in the nonprofit world of social justice ministry, theatre, social-emotional leadership and organizational development. I *loved* the original iteration of The 1619 Project in the NYTimes, but I know that I really learn best in that "women's ways of learning" where we read separately, then gather to talk about the impact, insight, relevance and real-life applications of what we've read separately. I'm looking forward almost equally to the 1619 Project learnings and the unfolding of relationship and community with everyone here. Great to meet you, and thank you to Steven Karaiskos for inviting me!
Hiya - I'm Susan (she/her). I'm medically retired (used to work in technology, then in healthcare) , and I live in eastern Washington. I'm about 3 months away from having a fully converted Sprinter van, when I'll start a trip around the country.
I'm very interested in learning my country's hidden history. I follow Michael Harriott on Twitter and his history threads are wonderful. Hm, you know, it's just occurring to me that Harriott/Nikole-Hannah/Oluo/etc are the Snopes of American history! Can't wait to talk with y'all about it!
Hi Susan -- the NYTimes produced a podcast to accompany the articles: https://www.nytimes.com/column/1619-project Five episodes long -- great stories!
Hi y'all!
I'm Charley (He/Him/His), and I live in Brooklyn, NY. I have been working with youth in New Orleans and NYC for the past 6 years, and I am in the process of applying to MSW programs! I hope to gain knowledge on new anti-racist teachings and practices from this group to take with me on my journey of becoming a social worker. I think it's important for us all to feel comfortable with each other in order to build community. Perhaps we can have some unstructured time over zoom to get to know each other!
Hello all, I'm Sharon (she/her) and live in West Hartford Connecticut. I teach in the department of education at the University of Saint Joseph. I'm looking forward to reading this book and processing the ideas with others. I believe this is a very important work that is clearly stirring up some ugly push-back and I'm eager to understand well enough to push back firmly, kindly, and with the truth of our history.
Hi everyone, I'm Valerie (she/her), I live in Oakland, and I'm a retired public school teacher/librarian. I'm a mixed-race, first generation immigrant from Southeast-Asia. I'm looking forward to meeting all of you on Zoom and sharing our thoughts and insights about this book.
Hi! I’m Elizabeth (she/her) and live in Oakland and am also an educator. I’m excited to read this expanded version of the 1619 project and even more excited to read it with this community. I hope that people feel comfortable to push me and others to come to new understandings of the ideas.
Hi everyone! I’m Clare (she/her) and I’m located in Oakland. I love history and reading and Nikole Hannah-Jones and talking about all of these things!
Hi! I’m Reba (she/her) and I live in Brooklyn. I was a teacher in New Orleans for two years and now work at the NYCDOE in a strategic planning / policy role. I work on school integration initiatives in my job. I’m interested in discussing how racism show up in all of our policies and systems, both historically and now. Plus, I’m here for building community!
Hi y'all! I'm Elise (she/her). I'm an education researcher living in Cambridge and previously lived and worked in education (both research and teaching) in Los Angeles and Arkansas. I'm really excited to dig into this book with everyone- I think it's definitely the kind of text that I want to be able to process and discuss with folks as I'm reading. I'm particularly interested in talking both about the ideas and history in the book and also thinking broadly about how the book and the 1619 project are reshaping conversations/systems.
Hi all! I'm Erin (she/her). I'm a World History teacher that knows embarrassingly little about US History. I'm excited to learn, grow, question, and analyze with you all and looking for a critical, reflective, and hopeful community to learn with!
Hi Friends, I'm Jenn (she/her). Like many of you, I was a classroom teacher (US history/Gov, Social Sciences) for many years. I started a wellness center at my public high school in the East Bay, and we are now in our 23rd year serving young people and families. Along the way, I went back to school and am now a social worker in the same school community where I was a teacher for many years. Our work centers anti-racism as a lens for supporting teachers and school staff to build welcoming spaces. I get to support a lot of anti-racist work with teachers and am excited to deepen my own learning through NHJ's brilliant essays and the reflections and sharing we all get to do together. I'm looking forward to learning with everyone:)
Greetings from Oakland! I'm Jessica, another former math teacher (hi Barbara!) I am a coach/consultant working with educators across the country to better meet the needs of their most marginalized students. I have a shelf full of so many wonderful non-fiction that I want to read and the 1619 Project is on top staring me down. I tend to pick up non-fiction in bits and pieces but am really looking forward to the community to discuss and make sense of this work as a collective whole (and especially welcome the accountability!) I look forward to learning with you all - see you soon.
Hello! I'm Barbara (she/her), joining from Oakland, CA - I'm a former math teacher who loves history, and I currently work to support improvement efforts in education systems. I'm really looking forward to the chance to read and discuss the 1619 Project with this community. I know I make better sense of things when I can hear how others understand them and that being in conversation will push me to engage with the book deeply and to investigate my own thinking, so the opportunity of this space is a gift! I can't wait to learn from and with all of you.
Hi my name is Camille (she/her) and I’d like to have some really great discussions and guiding questions to deepen my ideas and thoughts in this article. I feel like I’ve heard excerpts but never really took the time to go through it in its entirety and give it the full attention it deserves. Looking forward to being in community and learning with you all!
Hello all, My name is Monica (she/her). I am here in lovely Richmond, CA and *sotiredofbeinginmyhousethanksalotcovid* and cannot wait to read this book with other people. I came to the 1619 project via the podcast, and have been preaching about this work to anyone who will listen ever since. I am looking forward to conversations about the book. Thank you MARK ISERO for being Mark Isero and offering all of us this opportunity.
Monica, what podcast were you listening to?
Hello, everyone! I'm Paula (she/her), based in Cleveland, OH. I'm the mom of my two favorite people, who also happen to be fierce, splendid, social activists in their own lives (in CHI and NYC). I'm a community organizer and activist who works fulltime in philanthropy (of all things!) after many years of working in the nonprofit world of social justice ministry, theatre, social-emotional leadership and organizational development. I *loved* the original iteration of The 1619 Project in the NYTimes, but I know that I really learn best in that "women's ways of learning" where we read separately, then gather to talk about the impact, insight, relevance and real-life applications of what we've read separately. I'm looking forward almost equally to the 1619 Project learnings and the unfolding of relationship and community with everyone here. Great to meet you, and thank you to Steven Karaiskos for inviting me!