BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Door Decorating Contest

DTLR Community Outreach chose to celebrate Black educators during Black History Month by hosting a social media contest to highlight educators’ classroom artwork for a potential reward of school supply support.

Educators were encouraged to submit their classroom designs celebrating Black history and culture in the form of classroom decorations, door art, or bulletin boards or student lead programs and performances. To enter for their chance to win, educators posted their artwork to social media tagging @daretoliveright and using the hashtag #DTLRMission1865.

DTLR’s Mission 1865 campaign, inspired by the year that the 13th Amendment was passed and ratified by Congress to abolish slavery, aims to provide opportunities and experiences for communities to learn and celebrate African American history and culture. We are ecstatic with all the submissions we received, and very proud to support the educators that are showing creative ways to engage our youth around Black History. DTLR will reward the winning educators with $500 gift cards where they can purchase necessities for educating the future. We will share the winners’ art on our social platforms, and DTLR.com.