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Educators, Social Justice Is About Consistent Action, Not Simply When It’s Trending On Social Media

January 20, 2021
by Rann Miller
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Since the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, activists and stakeholders of the Black community have done the yeoman’s work of highlighting all murders of Black people at the hands of the state (police) and domestic terrorists...

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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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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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MLK 360: A Children’s Booklist About Dr. King’s Full Legacy

January 20, 2019
by Nosakhere Griffin-El
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As a child, I remember studying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. only from one perspective — the man who had a dream. Without a deep understanding of Dr. King, I lacked the ability to apply some of his profound principles to my...

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It’s Non-Negotiable. We Have to Teach Social Justice in Our Schools.

January 6, 2019
by Zachary Wright
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J. Martin Rochester, a professor of political science at the University of St. Louis-Missouri, once wrote an article raising concerns about teaching social justice in schools. Rochester’s problem with teaching social justice...

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Here’s How We Engage Parents As We Empower Young People to Be Activists and Engaged Citizens

December 11, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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We could not do the work of using education as a platform for liberation without the deep support of our parents. They are our most important and most knowledgeable partners in this work. And, we deeply value the two-way...

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Philly’s Activists Continue to Address and Have an Impact on Social Justice Issues

October 25, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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The #SchoolToActivismPipeline is real. When Nasiha Thompson-King was given a temporary reprieve and allowed to continue playing basketball for Mastery Charter last February, mere days after a referee would not allow her to enter...

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Students of Color Are Still Having Their Innocence Snatched, Slammed, and Shot Out of Them

August 4, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Shanita Hubbard recently wrote a piece in the NY Times that should serve as a further wakeup call for the white folks who don’t see color, avoid raising their kids in a way that teaches them about race and racism, and the Black...

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Why Meek Mill’s Release From Prison Matters More to Your Students Than You Think

June 9, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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This article was originally published by Mike Friedberg on Education Post’s blog page. The enslavement, segregation and brutality of Black communities has been the bloody heirloom to White America for centuries. And...

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I’ve Got Some Extra Teacher Appreciation for Those Teachers Who Are Uplifting Our Black and Brown Students

May 11, 2018
by Sharif El-Mekki
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This week was Teacher Appreciation Week, one of my favorite weeks. After all, it honors a profession that should be considered one of the most important vanguards of our communities. They have one of the hardest and most...

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