Joann Malone served on the Board of Teaching for Change in the 1990s and was one of the participants in Teaching for Change’s educators tour to El Salvador.
She was a well-loved social studies teacher for 20 years in DC and Maryland, also offering classes on peace studies and coordinating diversity workshops. Recently retired, she is preparing to publish a book about her life called The Power of Love: How a Nun Became a Revolutionary. The book describes her role in the DC-9 action against Dow Chemical’s involvement in the Vietnam War in 1969. We look forward to her reading at our bookstore at Busboys and Poets once the book is ready. In the meantime, you can follow her new blog. The Blair High School newspaper published a story about activist educators, including Joann Malone.
Along with Joann’s contribution to the 20th anniversary fundraising campaign, she wrote: “Thank you for the privilege of being remembered as a board member of Teaching for Change. It was an honor then and an honor now to be associated with the fine work of Teaching for Change to educate and inspire young people.”
Handcrafted plaques for donors of $250 or more will be displayed at
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Hello Joann, Looking at your photo I think that we are “long-lost” cousins. I’ve been looking for your name for awhile now and just found the photo that makes me think of a photo I have seen of you when you were a young nun (a sister of Loretto?)
Deborah, Thank you very much for the kind words and for helping me find my cousin Sandy! Hopefully I’ll see you at Busboys and Poets with book in hand one day soon. You are doing such wonderful work. Greetings to all my friends at Teaching for Change. Joann