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The Election is Over, Time for a Marshall Plan and Educational Reparations for Black People. But, The Plans Must Be White-Proof.

December 14, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
7 min read
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America is turning a corner.  Or so it hopes; so it claims. We have just elected a rational adult to the Presidency, thanks in no small part to the turnout of Black Americans in places like Philadelphia, Atlanta...

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To All the White Allies Seeking to Become Co-Conspirators, Here Are Things to Think About

July 14, 2020
by Kim Smith
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George Floyd, gasping for air, uttered a desperate final plea that was heard around the world: “I can’t breathe.” The image of a black man dying under the knee of a white cop is horrific — and symbolic of the racism...

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An Open Letter to Teachers Who Began Teaching During the American Spring

June 23, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Dear Freedom School Literacy Team 2020, Across the nation, we started the summer of 2020, lighting up the streets with rage. We rage for George Floyd’s senseless strangulation. We rage for Ahmaud Arbery, who was hunted...

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Don’t Act Like You “Care” About School Reform, But Ignore the Life and Death Issues Black People in America Face

February 10, 2019
by Citizen Stewart
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In recent months, notable people within school reform circles have locked horns over a trifling question: Does the inclusion of social justice activists, people derided as “warriors,” in education reform threaten the...

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The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) Does NOT Support Black Lives

February 3, 2019
by Caucus Working Educators
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According to James Baldwin, “The obligation of anyone who thinks of himself as responsible is to examine society and try to change it and to fight it no matter what risk. This is the only hope society has. This is the only way...

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Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action 2019

January 31, 2019
by Tamara Anderson
6 min read
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In 2013 after George Zimmerman was acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin a hashtag erupted into a movement. Alica Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tomati created #BlackLivesMatter. A way for local organizers to pull...

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If the Constitution Can’t Guarantee a Quality Education for All, Amend It or Just Burn It

July 15, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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In the spring of 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, reminded the world that, Blacks were not and could never become citizens of the United States. Taney used the United States Constitution as the basis for his evil assertion...

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In Its Second Year, Black Lives Matter Week of Action Goes National

January 7, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
4 min read
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My school community, The Fellowship: Black Male Educators for Social Justice, and I are proud to partner with organizations across the city and country for the National Black Lives Matter Week of Action (2/5/18-2/10/18). Last...

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