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Archive - March 2020

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Trauma Always Falls Hardest On Our Youngest. So, How Are The Children?

March 30, 2020
by Dr. Katera Moore
4 min read
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For many, school was an escape.  Despite the environmental challenges of lead, mold, and asbestos coupled with inadequate resources, it was a safe place with caring adults and two daily meals.  The covid-19 pandemic has...

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Nine Great Examples of Self-Love During The Time of Coronavirus!

March 26, 2020
by Hilary Beard
9 min read
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Even in places where the new coronavirus isn’t spreading throughout communities, the specter of COVID-19 lingers everywhere—whether in the form of folk touting conspiracy theories, teachers concerned about their safety...

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Does Corona Have You Concerned About Educational Equity And Justice? Bring That Same Energy Tomorrow Too!

March 25, 2020
by Rann Miller
5 min read
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The coronavirus has completely thrown the world as we know it upside down. Movie theaters, restaurants and retail stores are closing around the country as governors wrestle with maintaining a level of normalcy while at...

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Coronavirus Will Impact Black and Brown People. Here Are Some Ideas on How to Protect Yourself and the Ones You Love.

March 23, 2020
by Hilary Beard
8 min read
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The experts are conveying coronavirus warnings as though COVID-19 will impact Americans equally. More likely, this epidemic will hit the poor of all races and communities of color—and of all socioeconomic...

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The Black Women Who Carried Us (And You)

March 17, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
3 min read
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But what of black women?… I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire. – W.E.B DuBois Two of the dopest Black women I know decided to merge Black...

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Educators, You Will Be Ancestors One Day. Act Accordingly.

March 11, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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I reminisce a lot about my childhood. I think about the trajectory that was established for me and my schoolmates by a group of Black families who decided that they were going to take ownership of their Black children’s...

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