Closed mouths don’t get fed. That’s why fellow Chicago activist, Natasha Dunn, and I recently demanded that Chicago Public Schools adopt our Black Student Achievement Task Force to serve as a liaison between the district and our community—a thought partner and accountability arm in addressing and effectively mitigating obstacles facing our kids in schools. And guess what? After meeting with the Chief…
Tag: social justice
Black Students Are Living through a Pandemic and Poverty
The racial disparities in this country are prevalent in the lives of Black students. Many Black students are living through this pandemic and poverty. As much as we continue to want to ignore systemic racism in 2020, we simply can’t. Racial inequalities in our public education system impact Black students’ ability to survive outside of school. From the early 1900s…
Opening Up Schools for Face to Face Learning is a Death Sentence to Black Students and Teachers!
“Public schools are vastly overcrowded and would be a death trap in an uncontrolled pandemic.” This is a statement I made on our Monday podcast with featured guest, long time Civil Rights and education activist, Dr. Howard Fuller. Reopening schools after the pandemic is under control is still a major concern for fellow teachers and students who are returning to…
We’re Carrying the Torch of Civil Rights in the Next Generation!
I don’t take it lightly growing up in Atlanta which is coined as the home of the Civil Rights Movement. A movement centered on nonviolence demonstrations to eradicate racial prejudices and acts of hatred toward citizens of color. One Civil Rights Activist, W.E.B DuBois, who taught at the University Center (AUC) in the 1930s would also say to his students,…
“Why Do Police Officers Kill Us?’ A Message of Hope from a Black Male Educator.
One of our Profound Gentlemen Cohort Advisers, Courtney Moyer, shares a powerful letter of hope as we are in the mist of civic unrest in America. This letter comes in response to the PG’s Executive Director, Jason Terrell, call for male educators of color to share our stories in such as time as this. I have something to say .…
We Need More Counselors NOT More Cops As We Reopen Schools!
George Floyd’s death ramped up the momentum of what many Civil Rights leaders are calling part II of the movement begun by Dr. King and many leaders of that era. One of the most recent deaths in Atlanta of Rayshard Brooks has made Atlanta parents join together in the call for equity in schools for Black and brown children and…
As Black Educators, Will America Include Us?
During this past school year, I took eight minutes out of each lesson to address social justice and the realities of being Black and brown citizens in America facing an evergoing battle for diversity, equity, and inclusion. They won’t get realistic, real-life messages of struggles Black Americans have faced from the ’80s until now. Most public education systems don’t have…