Guest Blog: Emancipatory Education: Dena Simmons on Teaching for Social Justice in Middle School « Feminist Teacher

Guest Blog: Emancipatory Education: Dena Simmons on Teaching for Social Justice in Middle School « Feminist Teacher:

Guest Blog: Emancipatory Education: Dena Simmons on Teaching for Social Justice in Middle School

by feministteacher

Dena Simmons teaches middle school students social justice and activism (photo courtesy, Dena Simmons).

The following guest blog by Dena Simmons is the second in a three-part series on teaching for social justice featuring the work of educators in primary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Dena Simmons is an activist, an educator, and student. Born to a resilient mother who escaped Antigua to come to the U.S., Simmons was raised in the Bronx and hopes to stay there. After graduating with honors from Middlebury College, Simmons returned to the Bronx as a middle school teacher. In 2007, she traveled to Antigua as a health volunteer for the Directorate of Gender Affairs to provide better health