Over the weekend, Politics & Prose, a DC bookstore, inaugurated a new series of “teach-ins” to educate the public on issues surrounding Donald Trump’s impending presidency.

 “LEARN, TALK, ACT: Teach-Ins” will differ from the usual readings or events by authors of new books, said Bradley Graham, co-owner at P&P, in an email to AWP’s Publications Assistant. “Teach-ins are different in that they aren’t tied to specific books. While many of the teach-in panelists are published writers, the discussions themselves are focused on a particular topic, such as women’s rights or climate change. The closest thing to a teach-in that we’ve sponsored recently has been an ongoing series of panel events entitled ‘Race in America.’ But with these teach-ins we intend to address a broader range of issues expected to factor in the coming Trump years.”

These teach-ins are a throwback to the sixties, Peter Clark of Melville House Books writes. “Teach-ins go back to the Vietnam War. The initial concept was simple: discuss and protest simultaneously. By combining education with anger, student movements gained momentum in the spring of 1965.”

Likewise, Graham hopes the teach-ins will stimulate attendees to act. “A phrase we’ve been using when promoting these teach-ins is ‘Learn, Talk, Act,’ which sums up our intentions. Especially in the wake of the November election, we’ve heard from many customers a desire for respectful, meaningful discussions about the urgent challenges that America faces. We’re grateful to have some very qualified individuals willing to lead these conversations.”

Politics & Prose’s first teach-in took place on January 8, and featured David Cole, national legal director of ACLU; Todd A. Cox, director of policy at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; and Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. It’s viewable on Politics & Prose’s Facebook page, where all teach-ins will be live-streamed. People can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #TeachIn.

Related reading: On the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.—Sunday, January 15—writers across the country and the world are organizing Writers Resist events “in a united show of resistance to the incoming administration.”