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April 26, 2018

Black and brown youth demand racial justice be recognized in the gun violence and school safety debate

“We have come up in the age of the murders of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray and many other youth of color. Calls for an end to gun violence, which low income communities of color have been making for years, must include a demand for an end to police violence.”

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January 26, 2018

Educators want students to know…Black Lives Matter at School

“I think if we educators really want to achieve the goal of supporting youth, we are going to have to figure out how to challenge structures of racism and inequality and work collectively towards that.”

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January 25, 2018

Inspired by national movement, student organizes school name change campaign

“We’ve encountered some adversity, not everyone is for the name change. But we push forward and stay positive. At the end we will prevail and what we are striving for – inclusion – is way more than what they are striving for.”

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January 19, 2018

NEA activists launch series of video “primers” for anti-racist white educators

“It is not the responsibility of people of color to educate us. We can’t rely on colleagues or friends who are people of color to make up for our ignorance.”

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November 9, 2017

OneBlair: Students organize for racial unity and end up winning award

Last week teacher Kevin Shindel found “It’s okay to be white” fliers posted on the doors of Montgomery Blair High School.

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October 6, 2017

As racism rears its ugly head on college campuses, black students fight back by organizing

A steady rise in racist incidents is sending a chilling message across America’s college campuses.

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June 27, 2017

Racism sucks – students of color give educators an earful

One teary-eyed teacher told me she had no idea this is what kids of color were going through.

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April 17, 2017

Educators take bold steps to challenge schools and communities to have a conversation about race

“There isn’t an educator that I know that says the work we do is easy.”

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February 19, 2017

Disciplining girls of color: moving from stereotypes to self-awareness

According to the most recent federal data, Black girls’ 12% suspension rate is much higher than girls of any other race and most boys, and research shows that dark girls are disciplined more harshly than those with lighter skin.

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February 8, 2017

The case for teaching Black Lives Matter in schools

“We wanted to show educators and students that Black Lives Matter is more than a hashtag—and I think we succeeded in that as well.”

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