watching the #EnComunidad keynote in #ConferenciaBM! Creando Caminos: Critical Bilingual Literacies as An Act of Love and Resistance

teaching children "resilience" w/o teaching them the conditions that demand it in the 1st place may be unjust & harmful. we can teach children to challenge injustice everywhere, from classrooms to community to the world.

this resource is amazing! https://padlet.com/encomunidadbook/resources

example:
lesson 1 - ss read realistic fiction narratives, then share personal narratives/stories
lesson 2 - deepen our understanding using primary/secondary sources, compare w/ our experiences

lessn 3 - researching policies. Ex. what are the policies that undermine/protect bilingual ed? what is the Eng-only mvmnt?
lessn 4 - countering a harmful dominant narrative & affirm ss ways of being. use texts to look at impct of colonization & racism on children through history

our bilingualism, that of our students, is an act of love. & resistance. & also can be a painful reminder of our colonization (twice over).

Mentors who guide us in this work: Ofelia Garcia, @nelsonlflores, @DrJonathanRosa, Angela Valenzuela.

Get to know our ss' journeys: language practices & family literacies. reflect on our own journeys and language stories in this process too.

think about the policies that impact the lives of bilingual children.

dynamic nature of translanguaging - when do we write in English/Spanish/o mezclar and WHY. Ojo con policies restricting/limiting language use in the classroom.

Action: we can affirm and be in solidarity w/ our ss by creating text-sets that open up our ideas about certain groups or experiences. Ex: family separation/migration. There is not one story. We need a variety of stories showing different experiences to amplify our knowledge