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Addressing Inequities on the Common App Can Support College Access

October 14, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
3 min read
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This is a year unlike any other. I am sure you have heard this over and over again as, over the past seven months, our lives have been completely upended. From the way we work, travel, worship, and teach, nothing is the same. The...

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When Black Boys Aren’t Allowed to Be Boys

September 11, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
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Do you know how it feels to almost drown? I will never forget that feeling. I was 7 years old and knew that I could not swim; still, I just had to dangle my feet into the pool’s deep end. The neighborhood prankster thought it...

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Gianna Was Right, Her Daddy Changed the World

June 26, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
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Four weeks ago, a Black man was lynched. In 2020.  I remind myself of that fact each day so that I do not forget what we saw, what happened—that we witnessed a man take his last breath. In the days following, we watched...

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Juneteenth Is My Independence Day

June 19, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
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As I look at the world right now, I see a lot of belief statements and acknowledgment of past hurts—a reckoning to finally accept that we have much work to do as a nation where it pertains to racism and social justice. Some of...

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Educators, There Isn’t A Flaw In The System, These Injustices Are The System. How Will You Respond?

June 9, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
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I am finding it difficult to get through most days without crying, without feeling like water is rising above my head, without feeling a great sense of despair. I feel a heaviness in my chest. Watching 400 years of abuse...

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Why Does It Take A Pandemic For People To Address Students’ Food Insecurities?!

May 7, 2020
by Kelisa Wing
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Kasserianingera, this is a greeting of the Masai people of east Africa, simply translated as, “And how are the children?” Because the Masai place their children’s well-being in high esteem, the response back is always the...

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She Doesn’t Want ‘Well-Behaved’ Students, She Wants Students Who Will Challenge the Status Quo

April 8, 2019
by Kelisa Wing
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“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” I have pondered over this Laurel Ulrich quote for several years after hearing it, and especially during Women’s History Month. I hope during this month, and beyond, we teach our...

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If You’re Still Wondering Why We Have to Teach Social Justice, Here’s Your Answer

February 16, 2019
by Kelisa Wing
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If you’re not already aware, right before the new year a Black man was arrested at a Huntington Bank in Cleveland, Ohio, for cashing his check. Let that sink in. For cashing a check he earned, he was arrested. Over the course...

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This Teacher Just Made History by Becoming Connecticut’s First Black Woman Elected to Congress

November 9, 2018
by Kelisa Wing
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From the moment I first heard Jahana Hayes speak, I knew that she was special. Riding back from a track meet, I came across her 2016 National Teacher of the Year YouTube video. I was feeling overwhelmed as I was preparing for an...

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