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Galeano Vive! Online video premiere follows worldwide showings!

“Galeano Vive! Painting a Zapatista Teacher”, a 13 minute teaching video, is now available online in Spanish, English, Japanese and Greek for use by teachers, activists, and people-of-conscience everywhere. +++++ Español esta abajo ++++. Schools for Chiapas produced the video “Galeano Vive! Painting a Zapatista Teacher” as a way of honoring the fallen teacher and also as a tool for teaching and organizing. Please share with your family, friends, and collectives!

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Connect with Schools for Chiapas at the NEA Conference!

Welcome to Schools for Chiapas, now offering free student-centered lesson plans and educational videos based in common sense and common core standards of global justice and human dignity. Join us in teaching about the Mayan peoples of Chiapas, Mexico, where community control and student’s needs always trump corporate power. Here are easy ways to connect, learn, and take action with us here at the 2014 NEA conference: 1. Watch our latest video: An Introduction to Zapatista Education:   2. Check out teacher resources: Explore our lesson plans and library 3. Visit us at our booth and enter the drawing! • July

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New video: An Introduction to Zapatista Education

  Check out the latest video in our Teach Chiapas series! “An Introduction to Zapatista Education” is a short video for educators and students that offers a clear introduction to the Zapatista school system in Chiapas, Mexico. In 8 minutes you’ll learn about: Why the Zapatistas created their own community-controlled schools How teachers are chosen and supported Hands-on learning that focuses on social justice Featuring: First-person testimony from Zapatista teachers Archival footage of schools recorded by Zapatista filmmakers   Additional materials about Zapatista Education to accompany the video: Lesson plan: “Ourselves and Others: How We Learn” Article: “Autonomous Education in

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Galeano vive Zapatistas Chiapas La Realidad

Galeano lives! New graphics available for public use!

Galeano, a Zapatista teacher, was murdered on May 2, 2014 while defending a community school in Chiapas, Mexico. Because of this horrific attack near the Zapatista caracol of La Realidad which left 15 other Zaptistas hospitalized (learn more details here), people of conscience everywhere are publicly standing with the Zapatistas. Schools for Chiapas is offering the following graphics for free use by everyone. Please download this image and share the photo of the murdered teacher Galeano far and wide. Also, be sure to sign and join the Call for Action in Support of the Zapatistas at http://www.anattackonusall.org Below are four

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