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Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Edu- cational Justice, by Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones, is an essential handbook offering lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the BLM at School movement. It includes essays, interviews, poems, resolutions and more from educators, students and parents. UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz, who wrote a chapter with CTA board member Erika Jones, said " This book asserts that we are at a critical moment in time, where the racial uprisings underpin the absolute need to transform education and its foundational practices. It's time for educators to be bold, standing up for our stu- dents and communities. Our students are looking to us to lead the fight against injustice and dis- mantle systemic racism as we aspire to realize the schools our students deserve." Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action FEB. 6–10, 2023 Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education. Its annual Week of Action involves thousands of educators around the country who teach lessons about structural racism, intersectional black identities, black history and anti-racist movements. Join the week, year, lifetime to affirm the lives of Black students, teachers, and families. Find out more at blacklivesmatteratschool.com. The CTA Board of Directors is awarding incentive grants for attendance at these 2023 statewide conferences — but hurry: Application deadline is Jan. 10, 2023. • Good Teaching Conference-South MARCH 3-5 Garden Grove • Equity & Human Rights Conference MARCH 17-19 Santa Clara Available grants: Minority Incentive Grants — Minority members are defined as belonging to one of the following racial-ethnic groups: African American; American Indian/Alaska Native; Asian; Hispanic; Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander or Multi-ethnic. These grants are offered to encourage minority leadership within CTA. Small Chapter Incentive Grants — Awarded to chapters with a unit size of 100 or fewer members. Unit size is defined as the number of persons who are represented for purposes of collective bargaining. Chapter membership may be less than the unit size. New Member Grants — Awarded to applicants who are within their first 5 years of CTA membership. Apply for a grant at cta.org/conferences/grants. CTA Conference Grants Available 13 D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 2 / J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 3