Film series - imaging ourselves

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This film provides an excellent opportunity for educators and families to experience/observe typically omitted concepts and content from school curricula that supports students’ identity and self-knowledge development. The film will be followed by a commentary and participant discussion.

Participating teachers will receive 2 professional development hours. 

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Registration

https://sites.google.com/rcsd121.org/wintersemester-2professional-l/rtc-rochester-teacher-center

Please invite and register parents and community members by calling the RTC at 262-8080 or sending an email to ymontalvo@rochesterteachers.com.

The Language You Cry In: The Story of a Mende Song tells the story of the research of language and other African retentions of the Gullah people of present-day Georgia. Historians and linguists document the story of an African American family that retained an indigenous African burial song as a means for identifying long lost kin. Cultural transmission and the ancestral dialog are highlights in this study about African language retentions in the Americas. What are these retentions? What Kwanzaa Principles ensured the vitality and preservation of Black life in the Americas? How does this understanding impact instruction?

The film will be followed by a commentary and participant discussion where we look at these and other questions.

Participating teachers will receive 2 professional development hours. 

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Registration

Teachers should register on Oracle. Please register parent and community members by calling the RTC at 262-8080 or sending an email to ymontalvo@rochesterteachers.com.