Teach for Palestine
Free, educator-curated collection of resources to help you learn & teach about the history and culture of Palestine.
Centering Palestinian voices & stories.
Welcome to
The Banned Knowledge Barrio
A community built to unapologetically use education to fight for our collective liberation.
Black Lives Matter
Indigenous Resistance
A Political Education
Teacher Supports
Reimagine Policing
Chicano Stories
African Culture & History
Teach for Palestine
What is “Banned Knowledge?”
Banned Knowledge is information we need to know in order to liberate our minds, bodies, and communities. It refers to the sacred cultural and ancestral knowledge of our own lineages, to the stories of others both like and unlike us, and to the understanding of the inner workings of capitalism and white supremacy. Our goal is to completely dismantle systems of oppression, to build new pathways of learning, and to see the self-determination and liberation of all peoples become a reality.
Banned Knowledge draws its name from the “CRT” and books bans making headlines in the United States. We stand in direct opposition to these bans and resist any colonial systems and blockades standing between us and the truth.
What’s a barrio?
“Barrio” means neighborhood in Spanish.
To Chicanos, descendants of Native Peoples from lands in the U.S. that were once part of Mexico, a barrio is a community that persists despite settler colonial police forces, despite economic exploitation and imposed poverty, despite poorly funded schools and cultural erasure, and despite broken promises by capital-driven politicians. In our barrio, we support and depend on each other. And that’s what we are going to do here.
As a Chicana founded & managed organization, we are drawing inspiration from the barrios of our gente, and from the long history of resistance that comes from Black and Brown communities.
What are casitas?
“Casita” means little house in Spanish.
For us, a casita is a Padlet in which resources on a specific topic are housed. Each casita is hosted by educators who volunteer time to curate what goes into the casita and how it is organized. We seek educators who have a personal connection to or intimate knowledge about the casita’s topic. Excluded and oppressed voices are always centered and amplified first and foremost. Resources are fact checked, community-sourced, and designed to create a thorough and empowering learning experience.