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Are you interested in welcoming incoming corps members to Oakland during their first week in the Bay Area? Consider joining these new teachers for a 6/4 dinner during 2018 Institute!

To sign up for the 2018 dinner with incoming corps members, please fill out this form by 4/27. Hanna Vishny will be in touch!

While corps members and alumni are welcome to work at the office any time, we want to bring folks together on Wednesday nights to collaborate, lesson plan, and hang out!

Join us on Wednesday nights to spend time with fellow corps members, print and make copies, and enjoy snacks + drinks!

Do you care about the state of black education in Oakland?

Join us for an important learning opportunity in West Oakland. After the event, TFA Oakland is sponsoring ice cream and reflection.

RSVP here!

We have reserved a select number of tickets, so let us know if you are joining!

About the State of Black Education Oakland Series:

An engagement series looking at the past, present and future of Black education in Oakland, that deliberately listens and incorporates elders and historical activists, the NAACP, Black educators, Black students and families, Black elected officials and also the broader research community, in reviewing history, surveying the current state and also making concrete recommendations going forward.

Learn more: http://www.stateofblackeducation.com/

This Event:

Author Richard Rothstein will discuss his recent book, The Color of Law, and the role of the state in creating and maintaining segregation. The event will focus on the impact of redlining, “urban redevelopment,” industrial zoning, and other government actions in West Oakland.

The panel will feature activists, elected officials, and community members reflecting on how we got here and the role of government and private actors in remedying it.

We’ll break bread together, have the opportunity to learn from our 2nd year CMs that attended CM of Color Summits sponsored by our TFA National Team (AAPI, African American, and LatinX Conferences) and commit to taking action as a result of our experiences and learning.

Hecho en México includes some of the most acclaimed and striking documentary films from Mexico in recent years. The series explores the role that cultural and social values play in the memory, identity, and resilience of today’s Mexican society, delving into themes of adaptation and resistance in the face of adversity. From the trauma of drug-war related violence, to the challenges of extreme environmental conditions and the daily struggles of indigenous peoples, these films provide a portal into real Mexican lives, telling compelling stories and illustrating social challenges in the best tradition of documentary filmmaking. Outside of a few film festivals, these films have never been shown in the United States. Presented by RoxCine.

The 4th Annual Trellis UnConference will bring students, teachers, administrators, activists, entrepreneurs, industry, and other Bay Area community members together to tackle questions related to STEM teaching and learning. We start from a position that STEM teaching is a sociopolitical act of social justice, and that access to STEM experiences, courses, majors, careers, and jobs should not disproportionately exclude huge portions of our community. We work for and with Bay Area teachers and students for access, opportunity, and STEM power.

2018 theme: What does it mean to (re-)humanize STEM teaching, learning, and innovation?

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up, and the Corps Member Forum is throwing an event to celebrate YOU!

Join us at the TFA office for tacos, a movie, and chair massages to relax and unwind.

Make sure to RSVP so we can order enough food + sign you up for a massage!

Fellow TFA Educators!

The Alumni Organizers will be hosting an A’s game for their first Teacher Appreciation Night at the Coliseum on May 22! As a thank you for all your hard work & dedication, we will be giving away 30 FREE TICKETS and a special replica A’s Batting Practice Jersey will be included with each ticket. In addition, PARKING IS FREE as part of A’s Free Parking Tuesdays!

We will be sitting FIELD LEVEL in Sections 128-133. You reference the stadium map to get an idea of what you’ll experience!

Tickets will be given on a first come, first served basis so be sure to sign up before they run out!

The Collective is hosting a summer happy hour!

We want to celebrate our first year as an active chapter of the national Collective movement and get to meet new members as well as members we have had the pleasure of meeting and growing with across our events this year.

Join the board and Collective members Friday, June 1 at the SoFa Market. It will be followed by a group outing to the SJ First Friday.

We hope to see you there!

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

For our June TFA book club (#24), we will be reading Educated, by Tara Westover

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133922-educated

The book club is a venue for TFA corps members and alums across the Bay Area to connect and discuss social issues. Our last books were Our Kids, Just Mercy, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Evicted, Show Me a Hero, The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The New Jim Crow, Chasing the Scream, $2.00 a day, We Gon’ Be Alright, The Smartest Kids in the World, Hillbilly Elegy, Big Girls Don’t Cry, The Teacher Wars, Dreams of My Father, Americanah, The Hate U Give, Born a Crime, Homegoing, We Were Eight Years in Power, Underground Railroad, Beyond the Messy Truth, Sing, Unburied, Sing, and Tattoos on the Heart.

Please invite friends, TFA and non-TFA alike!

Food and drinks will be provided. BYOB.

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

For our June TFA book club (#25), we will be reading Exit West by Mohsin Hamid.

The book club is a venue for TFA corps members and alums across the Bay Area to connect and discuss social issues. Our last books were Our Kids, Just Mercy, Autobiography of Malcolm X, Evicted, Show Me a Hero, The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The New Jim Crow, Chasing the Scream, $2.00 a day, We Gon’ Be Alright, The Smartest Kids in the World, Hillbilly Elegy, Big Girls Don’t Cry, The Teacher Wars, Dreams of My Father, Americanah, The Hate U Give, Born a Crime, Homegoing, We Were Eight Years in Power, Underground Railroad, Beyond the Messy Truth and Sing, Unburied, Sing, Tattoos on the Heart and Educated.

Please invite friends, TFA and non-TFA alike!

Food and drinks will be provided. BYOB.