Christopher Mazura
thewakingdad.bsky.social
Christopher Mazura
@thewakingdad.bsky.social
Dad, big ol’ neurodiverse blended fam. he/him

Educator. Writer. Bridging teacher leader networks. Capital District Writing Project, New York State English Council, NWP & NCTE stan.
Enriching and moving day at the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts — “Transgressing Borders: Reimagining Education and the Role of Learning in Community”. Really too much to put into words, but this is the networking we must be doing to support kids, families, communities. @vassar.bsky.social
April 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Spending this weekend with family and books.

My best friend from deep childhood recommended @blacktopkid.bsky.social to me, and I opened up to this epigraph.

A lot a lot a lot coming through about fatherhood and masculinity these days.

Grateful today for authors, artists, and thinkers. #edusky
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
bell hooks has long been a guide for me — as both an educator and meditator. (Link below)

& sometimes she stops my mind: “They believe that men who are not dominators will not protect them” // “To know love, men must be able to let go the will to dominate. . . . To choose life over death.” #edusky
November 28, 2024 at 4:16 AM
"Sustainable Hope" gave me not only hope, but both inspiration and a path forward for teaching climate fiction and ecocriticism. Vital. 🪴

Get in touch with these teachers. Profoundly powerful and important work. Thanks for leading the way! #NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 7:10 PM
NCTE Affiliates Matter. Please consider attending our session on leadership development and organizational change in #NCTE's New York State affiliate.

11am, Room 258a.
#NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Chelsea v Leicester on the big screen. Thanks, Westin lobby staff for making my morning!

#NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 12:39 PM
What’s up? Joy.

#NCTE24
November 23, 2024 at 12:16 AM
“The days of nebulous stances [in Leadership in the Teaching of English] are over. [Teachers in my school] know where I stand on the critical issues. So there is clarity.”

Catherine Tanis gives me clarity and hope — and helps me dream of possibility.

#NCTE24 #CEL24
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
“History teaches us to be brave.”
Shifa Saltagi Safadi

“History teaches us to resist.”
Mary Frances Barry

“We must learn to hold an ember of hope during these eras.”
Maggie Takuda-Hall

“Hope is a discipline.”
Mariame Kaba

🔥🔥🔥

#NCTE24
November 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Good morning, #NCTE24.

🌈 Here’s the faintest, clearest rainbow in Boston.

❤️ Southie.

Heart, hope, humanity.
November 22, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Morning run, sun and moon. Conference tradition. Get out and see this city! #DorchesterHeights #NCTE24
November 22, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Looking forward to see you, friends, at #NCTE24.

Presenting sessions on early career teacher leadership for humanizing writing instruction and building #NCTE affiliate leadership for equity.

Find me: Insta @thewakingdad, or here. Not the former bird app.
November 15, 2024 at 1:32 AM