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I'm delighted to rep @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social tdy at the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 history teachers conf #SATH2025, having lots of conversations abt peace/justice/challenging neutrality in education. Also signposting folk to the next webinar. Shout out to my colleague & pal @katie-hunter.bsky.social for organising.

We’ve produced a lesson plan and accompanying resources to support teachers to engage their students in discussions around flag raising and the far right. This lesson will be launched at our next webinar ‘Curricular Justice in a Complex World’. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/curricular...

Great to see so many teachers protesting about the scandalous lack of permanency and stability in teaching! They know it's bad for pupils, as well as for those trapped in insecurity. #SU4QE @eisunion.bsky.social @scottishgov.bsky.social app.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/story/538811...

And this is not new to 2025 but a problem many years in the running. Temp contracts are no good for teachers, pupils, schools or anybody’s well being. Permanent posts now!

Join us for the third and final webinar in this series. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1884591677...

It is uplifting & reassuring to spend time with like-minded educators who are committed to the same principles. Insightful, challenging & inspiring Educators for Peace session with @nuthmani.bsky.social @jazzawi.bsky.social & guest speaker Prof Henry Maitles. @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social #ScoEdu

A great PL session with @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social Insights&practical ideas shared by @nuthmani.bsky.social and @jazzawi.bsky.social on social justice&anti-racism. Subscribe below & join us for the next session ‘The Politics of Neutrality in the Classroom’ educatorsforpeace.co.uk#call-to-action

Our team have been busy today connecting with different communities to talk peace building. While @nuthmani.bsky.social and @katie-hunter.bsky.social were invited to share our ideas with the Scottish Greens Women’s Network, @jazzawi.bsky.social gave a presentation to the Sunday Assembly conference.

Hear, hear! A true giant - his criticality, compassion and conviction paved the way for a social justice movement in Scotland and beyond! 🩷

@jazzawi.bsky.social and Clare Kelly, of @edinburgheis.bsky.social, speaking powerfully in support of motion 58, on the need to update the EIS learning resource on Israel-Palestine... #EISAGM25

Exciting debate around whether EIS should stop using X. Really powerful points made on both sides - including by @edinburgheis.bsky.social members. We're now going to card vote... #EISAGM25

Another fab speech from one of our @edinburgheis.bsky.social delegation. This time, Nikhat Yusaf, talking to Motion 19 about the need for @eisunion.bsky.social to update its resource on "Challenging anti-Muslim prejudice". #EISAGM25

Tom Colquhoun and Alison Murphy of @edinburgheis.bsky.social speaking to motion 28 at #EISAGM25, on the need to better inform members about permanency rights, and to support local associations in ensuring members can exercise those rights.

Teachers and lecturers at #EISAGM25 standing up for Palestine

Ditto!

Looking forward to making the case for peace education at the @uofgunescorila.bsky.social may peace prevail conference tomorrow. 🕊️

Throughout history, education has been used as both a means of oppression and a tool for #resistance If you’d like to join our conversation & explore strategies for resistance SAVE THE DATE and check back here soon for line up and sign up information FREE Online Event

Proud to join so many trade unionists and activists to demand #WelfareNotWarfare. But ashamed that this demo is necessary! @eisunion.bsky.social #EducatorsForPeace @edinburgheis.bsky.social

Great speech from @eisunion.bsky.social president @acrosbie.bsky.social. Educationalists and trade unions say #StopTheWar and #CeasefireNow. #WelfareNotWarfare #EducatorsForPeace

@eisunion.bsky.social @scottishtuc.bsky.social Great speakers from across society - disabled people, trade unionists, health care workers and others. All saying ##WelfareNotWarfare. Our politicians must prioritise spending on supporting ordinary people, not warfare across the world.

Looking for ways to confidently teach about conflict, peace, and controversial issues in your secondary setting? Join us for an interactive session and explore tools, strategies, and practical ideas for tackling big global issues in the classroom: buff.ly/68hMgp2

📣 The School of Education is working with the sector to shape priorities for the new Centre for Teaching Excellence. We’re keen to talk with teachers across Scotland in focus groups that will inform our national survey. Find out more and sign up here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/educ... Please share!

A reminder that registrations for our upcoming Spring School are open for the 13th, 14th and 15th of May. 🕊️ With just over five weeks to go, join us in Glasgow to explore the intersection of arts, languages, and education in today’s peacebuilding efforts. THREAD PART 1/2

A pleasure to speak to our FELA comrades about our shared struggles today 😊

📢 Teaching about Israel-Palestine: One Year On Teachers across Scotland - join @jazzawi.bsky.social for a free session on navigating this complex topic in the classroom. Practical strategies, whole-school approaches & space for reflection. 📅 March 20 | 5 PM GMT 🔗 bit.ly/scotdec-isra... #EduSky

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

An SOS to the SoS, Climate Education simply can't wait. Young people are leaving school ill-equipped for the future on our rapidly changing, increasingly chaotic planet. Unsurprisingly I had absolutely no hesitation in signing this open letter calling for action 👇🏼

I've resigned from the UK Society of Authors

📚 “If art is a conduit for beauty above all else, there is no description of the finches beautiful enough to offset all that is taken out of the world when a child is murdered by an occupation force” 🕊️ Omar El-Akkad book launch - vital, and important @lighthousebks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk

We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative, a collaborative project with @isdglobal.bsky.social A free online professional learning course is now available to equip teachers with the knowledge and tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate. 📰 More: tie.scot/news/digital...

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinbur... If you want to come along, book a ticket here. www.eventbrite.com/e/any-educat...

Lots of ‘sense making’ in today’s session. How often do teachers/educators get to sit down and wrack their brains to figure out problems and work towards evidence informed solutions? Not often enough! Starting to make connections with other education colleagues is a bonus and absolute asset too. 👌🏼

Dearest Gaza, I am on my way still. #KeepTellingofGaza

Amid the many tragedies in Gaza, far too many go untold. We must not forget those who lost their lives while simply trying to get a loaf of bread or a sack of flour.

Recorded after Assad's fall, this podcast explores what home means during this moment of incredible hope. Return is now possible ... but what does that mean for those who, for years, were compelled to build lives as if it were not possible? www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP6s...

Universities must defend the right to protest. That’s why I wrote to @unibirmingham.bsky.social, urging them to drop disciplinary actions against students targeted for peaceful pro-Palestine activism & to review investment policies so they align with international human rights standards.

We & @britishquakers.bsky.social are having 2 sessions on integrating Peace Ed into teaching. We will explore concepts like conflict resolution & effective strategies to build a culture of peace within the classroom. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-peace-education-tickets-1072932663479

Thank you so much to @eisunion.bsky.social for inviting us to the launch of their updated Peace Education Policy www.eis.org.uk/policiesandguidance/educationforpeace. Really powerful to hear from @jazzawi.bsky.social and @britishquakers.bsky.social, and particularly from the Columbian educators.

EIS Education for Peace policy launch this morning ahead of the @eisunion.bsky.social Social Justice and Solidarity “Still We Rise”Conference taking place this weekend 🌎 ☮️ 🕊️✊ www.eis.org.uk/policiesandg...

Jehan Al-Azzawi is a teacher of Global Citizenship in Edinburgh, and an active member of the EIS. Speaking at the Education for Peace launch, “We should have access to resources such as this to guide us in building pupils knowledge and critical literacy skills.”

Workshop 3 was a very important discussion around developing #PeaceEducation. "Social justice requires us to take the side of justice". "War is not a natural phenomenon,it can be disrupted." 👏🏼👏🏼session by @jazzawi.bsky.social & Clare Chalmers @edinburgheis.bsky.social #StillWeRiseConf25

All deaths are tragic, but the most heartbreaking are those lost right before a ceasefire. Imagine surviving months of bombardment, disease, starvation, and displacement, only for a drone operator or pilot to take your life in the final moments—senseless killing until the very last second.

We deny Everything. news.un.org/en/story/202...

The Scottish Government were elected in 2021 on a commitment to reduce class contact time to 21 hours. There has still been no proposal for keeping this manifesto promise tabled at the SNCT. 1/2

From the start, a central plank of US and Israeli propaganda has been to cast doubt on the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers. What will they say to this, a peer reviewed study carried out by reputable institutions (and to what has been obvious for a year to most of the world inc the ICC)?

But I know you’re a holder. I know you are a beholder, too. #KeepTellingofGaza

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The Wicked murder people with the bright new weapons They received as aid from Wicked leaders. They bury them alive under rubble They shoot the rescuers They blow up the ambulances They wait til they are dead They crush the bones with bulldoze Then demand we love their actions