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teach-in

noun

: 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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Participants coordinated through Reddit, Mastodon, QR codes, and peer-to-peer channels to stage marches, teach-ins, and community clean-ups opposing Trump-era policies, including aggressive immigration enforcement and federal workforce reductions. Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Nov. 2025 Portfolia engages its community LPs, including them in optional monthly pitch calls to question founders, hands-on diligence and voting, as well as teach-ins and events that unpack women’s health dynamics. Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025 DarkSky International, a nonprofit that tries to protect the night sky from light pollution, will hold a public teach-in Saturday in Julian followed by an evening of stargazing. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025 Their Radical Hood Library, which opened in 2021 in Jefferson Park, LA, serves as an event hub for teach-ins, readings, and a prison book program. Essence, 5 Aug. 2025 Student groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Committee, which is on interim suspension at UT, have held teach-ins there, and other students and volunteers have led first aid trainings and documentary screenings. Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 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. Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 June 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

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teach-in was in 1965

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“Teach-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teach-in. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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