Greetings Social Responsibility Interest Section!

We are Riah Werner and Anastasia Khawaja the editors of the SRIS newsletter, TESOLers for Social Responsibility. We are excited to announce that the theme for our September issue is Allyship. For this issue, we’re looking for articles that explore what it means to be an ally, both within our communities and to our students.

Let's face it. Many of us are exhausted by the constant barrage of breaking news regarding the violation of human rights around the world, yet we in SRIS continue to fight the injustice. We reaffirm the truth that our roles as educators, researchers, and activists have become more important than ever, in the face of the disheartening state of the world. Therefore, let’s share empowering stories of how we support one another. In this issue, we focus on the following questions: What are best practices to keep in mind when advocating with and for others? How can we focus on allyship as an ongoing practice? How can we balance our advocacy and our teaching in a sustainable way, to avoid the burnout that is common to both teachers and activists?

As always, we would love to share a wide range of voices and perspectives on this topic and particularly encourage international submissions.

We are looking for

• Feature articles: Share your presentations, research projects, or classroom practices.

• Lesson descriptions: Describe a lesson plan you’ve created about a social justice topic so that other teachers can use it with their students as well!

• Anecdotes and stories: Do you have a story or personal reflection on incorporating social issues into your classes? If so, we’d love to hear it!

• Lists of useful resources: Share resources that you use in your work, along with an explanation of how you use them or why you find them helpful.

• Reviews: Write about a book or an article that has inspired you as a teacher or researcher.

• Interviews: Is there a member of the TESOL community you would like to interview? Send the interview our way!

• Calls to action: Overviews of pressing issues around the world, and suggestions on how TESOLers can get involved.

• Responses to articles published in the newsletter: We welcome submissions in dialogue with articles we have already published. Continue the conversations started in this issue!

Your submission can be between 500 to 1,750 words. Please keep this word count in mind as you draft your piece. It includes the title, byline, teaser and references, so the actual body of the article should be less than the limit of 1,750 words. If you have an idea but need some guidance on how to develop it more fully, please email us at ajkhawaja@usf.edu or riah.werner@gmail.com, and we will brainstorm together!

Please send your articles to Riah Werner at riah.werner@gmail.com with the subject line "SRIS Newsletter Submission.”

The deadline for submissions is 1 September 2018.

General Submission Quick Guide

Articles should

• have the title in ALL CAPS;

• list a byline (author’s name with hyperlinked email, affiliation, city, country);

• include a 2- to 3-sentence teaser, written in the third person;

• be no longer than 1,750 words (including bylines, teasers, main text, tables, references and author bios);

• include a 2- to 3-sentence author biography, written in the third person;

• contain no more than 5 references;

• follow the style guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th Edition (APA style); and

• include an author photo (120 pixels wide by 160 pixels tall) and any other photos (up to 400 pixels wide, no limit on height) as separate files (do not embed them into your word document).

The SRIS newsletter is a great venue to share your innovative work and ideas with our community. We look forward to receiving your submissions soon!

Kind Regards,

Riah and Anastasia