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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives Provide Excellent Cover To Do Nothing

February 18, 2021
by Dr. Katera Moore
3 min read
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After the protests… “The Battle for the Soul of the Nation” was the tagline of the Biden-Harris campaign. In many ways it was a battle between the status quo of structural inequality and the promise of a new beginning...

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I Can’t Breathe, But You’re Breathing Fine. We Need to Confront This!

July 26, 2020
by Marquis Taylor
4 min read
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June 08, 2020 Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, I, like many black children, was raised by my single mother. Our fathers weren’t there for us; some by choice, and others in prison or dead. Since childhood, I have...

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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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Philly Hero, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Talks About How Race, Class, & Privilege Plays Out In Our Schools & Classrooms

September 3, 2019
by Laura Fay
31 min read
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Gloria Ladson-Billings remembers that there was a difference between the black and white teachers she had growing up in Philadelphia. African-American teachers could give the students “the talk,” she recalls, referring to...

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I’m Not Black. I’m O.J.: How Understanding Privilege Can Help To Disrupt Inequity

July 2, 2018
by Kelli Seaton
11 min read
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If you have ever done a privilege walk, you know it can be a very moving, and sometimes emotional, visual of how some of us have been given opportunities and head starts and others of us have not. In the video above, the...

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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay a College Entrance Fee to Live the American Dream

January 20, 2018
by Zachary Wright
6 min read
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I never thought about how my college was going to be paid for. None of my friends wondered about how their colleges would be paid for. College payment was just as assumed as college attendance. And that’s the problem. Our...

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