The Pulitzer Center hosted the inaugural 1619 Education Conference on February 19 and 20, 2022. This free, virtual event connected participants with contributors to The 1619 Project, and educators and administrators from The 1619 Education Network, to explore ways of engaging classrooms and communities with the project.

This year's conference featured three keynote presenters, seven panels with 24 educators from The 1619 Project Education Network and Pulitzer Center/Penguin Random House 1619 Pilot Programs, hundreds of attendees from all over the world, and hours of indescribably rich conversation and resource-sharing.

Conference keynotes included Martha S. Jones, history professor at Johns Hopkins University and author of the essay on "Citizenship" from The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, and Renée Watson and Nikkolas Smith, co-writer and illustrator of Born on the Water, a book for children adapted from the project.

This highlights video captures key takeaways from conference presentations and discussions. For more information about the speakers featured in the video, and access to full recordings of conference keynote presentations and panels, visit https://1619education.org/1619-projec...

For curricular resources developed by the inaugural cohort of The 1619 Project Education Network, visit https://1619education.org/curricular-...

For more information about applications for The 1619 Project Education Network, visit https://pulitzercenter.org/blog/apply...