A pro-Hamas activist group that previously downplayed the October 7th terrorist attacks against Israel will be training teachers in Oakland, California, on Saturday (1/20/24) to incorporate “Palestinian history, narratives, and culture into K-12 classrooms,” according to a parental rights group.
Daily Wire (h/t Marvin W) According to a flyer shared with The Daily Wire by Parents Defending Education, the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) will be holding a Saturday training called “Palestine in Our Classrooms: Teaching to the Moment — 75 Years of Resistance, Resilience, and Sumood.”
The training will take place from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. at an undisclosed location in Oakland at a cost of $25. Highlights of the training will reportedly include hearing “Palestinian and Arab Youth speak” on “the effects of invisibility and silencing,” “teaching Palestine through the arts — hip-hop to murals,” “multiple perspectives framework for teaching Palestine — focus on Gaza,” and “teaching about Palestine through stories — designed for k-5 educators.”
In the just-released report, the education nonprofit highlights how two activist groups with links to school districts across the country put together a “critical media literacy” toolkit to guide educators when discussing the war between Israel and Hamas. The toolkit, created by the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies (CLES) and the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC), points educators to anti-American, pro-Palestinian, and anti-colonialist resources from a plethora of leftist organizations.
MECA has come under scrutiny for its response to the October 7 terrorist attacks and ties to the Democratic Socialists of America.
MECA was also associated with the Democratic Socialists of America summer training on “Educators for Palestine.” One of the sessions was facilitated by Jody Sokolower, a co-coordinator of the Teach Palestine Project at the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) and a co-founder of the Coalition for Liberated Ethnic Studies (CLES). Sokolower previously worked on a book about how to “integrate feminist and LGBTQ content into curriculum.”
In the weeks following the October 7 attacks, pro-Palestinian organizations have pushed for anti-Western materials to be integrated into the classroom, often through ethnic studies classes and curriculum.
Another resource shared is from the Hamas front group, Council on American-Islamic Relations, better known as CAIR, and directs people on how to react when “your school or employer makes a biased statement about Israel and Palestine.”
PDE researcher Rhyen Staley told The Daily Wire that there could be more schools linked to the two groups, but that their materials would be making their way into the classroom. “We don’t know the extent of how many schools these people are working in at the moment,” he said. “This will be used in schools if it is not already. The people behind it are not good actors. They vehemently hate the United States.”
Parents Defending Education director for outreach Erika Sanzi told The Daily Wire that the training was just an attempt to politicize the classroom against the existence of the Jewish state..
“There is no reason for K-5 teachers to be talking about any of this with their students. The Teach Palestine organization is providing this training because it sees teachers as a vehicle for indoctrinating young children into their geopolitical worldview during the hours they are away from their parents. It is a definite red flag,” she said.
The Tasmanian Devil says
Islam is a POX unleashed upon the civilized world!
It seems the more vile and violent this cult, this band of cutthroats becomes, the more SUPPORT they get from the lunatic fringe that has infiltrated and now pollutes our nation.
Gaza should be turned to silica. There is no redemption for these monsters, and anyone supporting Muslims (or anyone else) who wantonly slaughters and mutilates human beings because of their beliefs, religion, or for that matter anything else, does not deserve to exist.
Let’s have a look at what Somalia and its Muslims brought to the USA shall we, specifically by Minnesota’s bagheaded Omar and other Somali trash.
This video is a WAKEUP CALL TO AMERICA!
https://worldclasstrash.com/2024/01/19/islam-is-a-pox-upon-the-civilized-world/