Thread by @jbf1755

So...on 4/8, in honor of the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of “History Matters(...and so does coffee!),” a special episode:

🍸History Matters (...and so do cocktails!)🍹

Join us at this fundraising event for @historyed

We’re even inventing a cocktail for it!

ncheteach.org/event/History-…

I started “History Matters” early in the pandemic at a time of crisis for health—& democracy.

Given that we were all stuck at home, I thought I could offer some historical insight into what we were experiencing, as dire and surreal as it sometimes seemed—with history as a guide.

Over the last yr we’ve discussed everything from extreme rhetoric & impeachment, to democracy & violence, & fears of foreign influence

In the process, we’ve created an AMAZING community that meets weekly to discuss what democracy can & should be, & how history can help get there

It’s the kind of conversation that should be happening in a democracy—an open discourse about what the nation is, has been, and can be.

We’ve talked about teaching ideas and being alert to dangers.

And we’ve had a heck of a lot of fun.

The wonderful @historyed has been the sponsor, with the equally wonderful @MatthewTMissias as my partner in crime (and Newbie occasionally chiming in.)

We’ve even extended our conversations with an after-party that goes anywhere and everywhere.

So....I hope you’ll join us to celebrate the 1-year mark & the great Nat’l Council for History Education

I hope you’ll join us weekly Fridays at 10AM (ET)

And I KNOW we’ll continue to do our best to protect—& understand—democracy, & work for a better future w/history as a guide

And last, but NOT least, my thanks to the folks who have come week after week with their insights and spirit and curiosity and questions and hopes, and made “History Matters (...and so does coffee!)” what it has become.

Actually, a REAL last tweet.

A link to the weekly “History Matters (...and so does coffee!)”—

NCHEteach.org/conversations

Past episodes are archived there as well!