Citizen Politics: Decolonizing U.S. Civics/ Social Studies {Proof's in the Puddin'}

Citizen Politics: Decolonizing U.S. Civics/ Social Studies {Proof's in the Puddin'}

Age Range: 12+

Class Time (EST): 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Class Days: Fridays 

Date Range: January 31 - March 7, 2025

Instructor Name: Mama Preshona {Ambri}

Instructor Email: [email protected]

Instructor cell phone: (240)-447-2983

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 Development

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 is a passionate, non-traditional educator & creative whose purpose and mission is to spread the stories of people of color on this planet. Combining many of her fields of practice, her Masters in Special Education, and B.A. in Media Cross-Cultural Hegemony with Spanish & International Studies Minors, she created the bilingual I Am Sun program, to prepare young students for both life and college-prep exams from a young age, while embracing perspectives, stories & histories of students of color.