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Exciting News About Hidden Voices
Dear New Yorkers,
Our Hidden Voices series is expanding! This past winter, we announced our newest edition, Stories of the Global African Diaspora. Since then, I’m proud to say, the reach of Hidden Voices has only continued to grow.
Not only do we have two more Hidden Voices—on the Latino and the Americans with Disabilities communities—that will be in our classrooms this fall, but we are also creating two additional series focused on the Jewish and Muslim American communities.
This builds upon our existing Hidden Voices curricular resources about the LGBTQ+ and Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities. In fact, we recently released two new Hidden Voices-themed comics, both focused on the AAPI experience, and celebrated a unique milestone: the printing of our 2 millionth Civics for All comic book, making New York City Public Schools one of the top 10 comic book distributors in the nation!
Hidden Voices curricular resources take a unique approach to teaching history and culture. Unlike your typical textbook, they are structured around profiles of important individuals in each specific community. This approach both uplifts unheard voices (hence the name of the series) and teaches history in an engaging way, centered on compelling changemakers—politicians, athletes, scholars, musicians, and more—who have left a mark on our city, country, and world.
These resources from our Social Studies and Civics team are critical tools in building acceptance and understanding in our multicultural society. I truly believe that if we expose our students to the rich diversity of New York City, none of our children will grow up to view anyone as “the other.”
This exposure matters for our adults, too. That’s why we host frequent heritage month celebrations at our central offices featuring guest speakers, student performances, music, food, and more. This month, we celebrated both AAPI and Jewish American Heritage Months, and we have a celebration for Haitian Heritage Month coming up next week.
I invite you to visit our website to learn more about Hidden Voices and our heritage month resources for schools and families. I’m always amazed by the beautiful diversity of our city. I hope you are as well.
Soaring high,
David C. Banks
Chancellor
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