May 19, 2021

'We are not drowning! We are fighting!' Teaching About Climate Change, Island Solidarity, and Indigenous Rights

Thursday, May 20th at 4:30 PM. Join here!

Please join Roosevelt High School teacher and Rethinking Schools editor Moé Yonamine, as she shares curriculum she has developed to highlight the impact of climate change on Indigenous peoples across the Pacific — and their inspiring resistance and resilience. Moé will demonstrate classroom-tested activities that explore historical and recent experiences of different island territories and nations, especially focusing on the Pacific Climate Warriors movement.

Sponsored by the Portland Public Schools Climate Justice Committee and Portland Association of Teachers. All are welcome.

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President's Message, May 19, 2021: PAT Stands Behind Racial Equity and Anti-Bias Work in Schools

May 19, 2021

Across the country, racial equity work in our public schools is under attack. Right wing groups such as “Parents Defending Education,” the Freedom Foundation, and Project Veritas, are using aggressive and underhanded tactics to undermine anti-racist work in school districts across the country, and...

PAT Retiree Appreciation Event

May 19, 2021

Please join us in celebrating all of our wonderful educators who have retired this school year. We recognize that this was an especially challenging year and a half for educators, students, and families, and one that none of us would have imagined as the...