15th Annual Northwest Teaching for Social Justice Conference

Ongoing attacks on ethnic studies led by Zionists and white Jews in response to California’s proposed Palestinian Studies model curriculum have reached Washington State. A barrier for those trying to mitigate the harm of these attacks is the lack of public knowledge of both the purpose of ethnic studies and the history and current understanding of intersectional Jewish identities. Washington Ethnic Studies Now Executive Director, Tracy Castro-Gill, recently partnered with retired Seattle Public Schools (SPS) librarian and educator, Jeff Treistman, to create a series of blog posts to educate the public about both. Jeff and Tracy will be joined on this panel by SPS educator, Gabi Sanchez-Stern, who identifies as a Jew of Color. The panelists will dig deeper into the topics of the blog posts and respond to questions from participants.