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We condemn white supremacy
Whiteness allowed terrorists to exit the steps and return back unharmed and carrying souvenirs.
We The People
We know that Black hopes are endangered when their non-Black neighbors, friends, co-workers, and peers, remain silently complicit in the racist systems they inhabit every moment of each and every day.
Why the 1776 Commission is Harmful
Our children need to know the truth about our founding, every ugly detail of it. Only once the truth comes to light will we be able to grapple with the depth of pain racism has borne out, generation after generation.
I’m Speaking!
We must call this what it is. Teach our children as well as our students to recognize these behaviors and privileges, and work to actively interrupt them wherever possible, even with a simple “I’m speaking”.
Don’t worry says President Trump
Seven words, and he made clear that not only will he not condemn white supremacy, he will promote it.
Our Response To Jacob Blake Shooting
Racism is a tangible thread woven into the founding of this country, with pervasive ties to all of our major institutions even now, four hundred years after the first Black body arrived here in chains at the hands of white settlers.
Culturally Relevant Teaching By Jazmin K.
Culturally relevant teaching has the ability to break chains and eliminate barriers for all students; not just Black and brown ones. If done right and practiced with fidelity, more students can have access to different perspectives and ultimately change the...
Inclusion Vs General Education by Shaka X
There is a resurgent and fervent debate in the United States among parents, teachers, administrators and policy makers, as to whether children with disabilities should receive their daily academic instruction in the same learning environment with general...
Top 5 reasons to teach at Home by Majidah M.
We often hear that parents are the first teachers. Parents are in the best position to provide the kind of education you want to your child. Not just at an early age, but throughout their lives. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “The function of education is to teach...
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