The Summer Incubator is a paid three-part teacher development program that invites education professionals to propose projects that use 1619 materials to engage their learning communities with themes of democracy, workshop these projects through gatherings with other education professionals, and receive direct funding to implement the project in fall 2025.
We invite education professionals in the extended Pulitzer Center education community to apply for the program by submitting project proposals that will:
- Impact at least 500 students and/or educators in their local communities.
- Improve the awareness and critical thinking of students and/or educators about the legacies of slavery in the contemporary United States, and the contributions of Black Americans to American democracy.
- Explore the role the news media plays in shaping our understanding of both history and democracy.
- Equip students and/or educators to take action and make change that advances democracy within their communities.
We are seeking projects that go beyond the individual classroom level to engage large groups of learners on the school, district, and/or community level. We encourage smaller districts and/or educators working in alternative learning environments to collaborate and apply as a multisite or multiorganizational project. We hope that this program, like our other 1619 Education initiatives, will develop a national, multidisciplinary community of practice among educators.