Citizen Politics: Decolonizing U.S. Civics/Social Studies (Proof's in the Puddin')
Age Range: 12 +
Class Time (EST): 10:30 am - 11:30 am
Class Days:Fridays
Date Range : Mar 28 - May 30
Instructor Name: Mama Preshona (Ambri)
Instructor Email: [email protected]
Instructor cell phone: (240)-447-2983
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Class Description
"This course is a must-take for any American citizen, period, if you truly want to understand how to navigate the system you are a part of: the realest social studies course you could take. Uncover the true history of melanated people in this country, taking it from the compiled policy history on African American and Indigenous communities. Then, search to see those responsible for policies, and how they were voted in. Next, continue to explore current politicians’ policies and judges’ rulings, to see how they weigh on the “Progress-O-Meter” (moderate, left-leaning progressive, or conservative). This is the real social studies course they don't teach you in American public schools - but absolutely should if we want to truly get the system we are each a part of. View Our Class Video: https://youtu.be/Kn2bs-wGFO4 & The first chapter of ""Actual American History - as Told By POC"": https://youtu.be/gF9wi6T2l5A"
Class Skills
Deep Analytical & Advocacy Skills: Analyze policy and history, Apply & Use the Sociological Imagination, Write Essays, Create Presentations, Practice Advocacy & Public Speaking
Class Materials
Designated section of social studies to take notes
Class Norms
Be studious, be respectful, be kind, cameras on - do homework each week and work to commit skill to memory each week
About the Instructor
Preshona Ambri, M.Ed was a top Calculus 3 student in highschool and college and has a Bachelors in Science/Arts in “Media & Cross-Cultural Hegemony,” examining how societal hegemony influences the ways that we learn. She has also earned her Masters in Special Education, with her thesis on the impacts of parental motivation on student success. She is very passionate about learning for expanding our awareness and consciousness as human beings sharing this Earth together:)
03/28/2025, 04/04/2025, 04/11/2025, 04/18/2025, 04/25/2025, 05/02/2025, 05/09/2025, 05/16/2025, 05/23/2025, 05/30/2025
Participants must currently be 12 years to 20 years old.
Minimum: 1
Registration starts on 02/17/2025 and ends on 03/31/2025.
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Please contact Sankofa Homeschool Collective if you have any questions.