: an extended meeting usually held on a college campus for lectures, debates, and discussions to raise awareness of or express a position on a social or political issue
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Stand Up for Science, a new nonprofit, is planning a series of demonstrations at state fairs and farmers markets, along with teach-ins at churches and open lab days this summer.
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Or hosting a teach-in on an area of your own expertise in your living room or even on your social media platform?
Small axes like these and more chip away at falling big trees of oppression.
—Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
The senator from Wisconsin organized nationwide college teach-ins with the help of a young activist named Denis Hayes.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Then in 1969, after visiting the site of the then-largest oil spill in U.S. history off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, Nelson read an article on his flight back to Washington about how anti-war teach-ins at colleges and universities were changing the conversation about the Vietnam War.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Working with Republican Representative Pete McCloskey and activist Denis Hayes, Nelson organized the first nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.
—Sandy Tolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Events will range from rallies and protests to teach-ins, digital actions, and community gatherings.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Where your shallower classmates have hookups, your dates would be teach-ins.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 2025
Or hosting a teach-in on an area of your own expertise in your living room or even on your social media platform?
Small axes like these and more chip away at falling big trees of oppression.
—Karida L. Brown, Essence, 21 May 2025
The senator from Wisconsin organized nationwide college teach-ins with the help of a young activist named Denis Hayes.
—Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Then in 1969, after visiting the site of the then-largest oil spill in U.S. history off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, Nelson read an article on his flight back to Washington about how anti-war teach-ins at colleges and universities were changing the conversation about the Vietnam War.
—Nicole Brown Chau, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Working with Republican Representative Pete McCloskey and activist Denis Hayes, Nelson organized the first nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.
—Sandy Tolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Events will range from rallies and protests to teach-ins, digital actions, and community gatherings.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
Where your shallower classmates have hookups, your dates would be teach-ins.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Teach-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teach-in. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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