For 19 years, the Philadelphia Writing Project has convened a Celebration of Writing and Literacy, an annual conference presented by and for Philadelphia educators. The 2020 conference theme was “Educating for Justice in the Digital Age” and was co-hosted by the Philadelphia Writing Project, the Teachers Institute of Philadelphia (TIP), Penn GSE, and the Penn Museum.

• Day 1 featured a keynote by Joshua Block, Science Leadership Academy teacher and author of Teaching for a Living Democracy: Project-Based Learning in the English and History Classroom

• Day 2 featured a keynote by Dr. Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and author of The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games.

We were excited to convene local educators online for two days of learning, reflection, and joy as we share promising practices and resources for supporting writing and literacy among young people!