We Are Dreaming of Freedom: Picturebook + Teaching Guide

We Are Dreaming of Freedom: Picturebook + Teaching Guide
We Are Dreaming of Freedom: Picturebook + Teaching Guide showcases the art and writing of a multigenerational collective of teachers, students, and future teachers dreaming new educational possibilities into existence.

Across this book, members of the Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice collective share our education freedom dreams – our visions of a more free and more equitable educational system and of a more free and more just world. We also share with you the tools and resources that inspired us and that we hope will inspire you to bring freedom dreaming into your own setting.

In this e-publication we offer:
● A picturebook for dreamers of all ages featuring the creative writings and artwork of students, teachers, and future teachers
● Easily downloadable and print-ready lesson plans containing clear guidelines for bringing freedom dreaming into your educational setting, including:

• descriptions of the power of arts-infused writing pedagogies to inspire writing, create community, and unleash the imagination
• ideas for integrating the visual arts into learning contexts with modest investments of time and resources
• perspectives from poets, artists, and scholars
• full-color artwork by students, teachers, and future teachers

All proceeds from We Are Dreaming of Freedom: Picturebook + Teaching Guide will go to support the ongoing work of the Capital District Writing Project. As a site of the National Writing Project, we are dedicated to creating opportunities for educators and young people to experience writing as purposeful, joyful, and socially transformative. 

Supported by a University at Albany grant, the Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice project brought together members of the Capital District Writing Project, a network of preK-college educators dedicated to the teaching of writing as a socially and personally transformative practice and the Touhey Family Fellows/Beloved Community Fellows, a vibrant and vital mentoring programming for undergraduate and graduate students of color entering the teaching and mental health professions.

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