Category: Student protest

Announcing The 2018 “Black Education Matters Student Activist Award” Winners

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This year's Black Education Matters Student Activist Award winners have received their prizes! Starting an award for young racial justice activists has been one of the best things I have ever done. Getting to give each young changemaker $1,000, public recognition, networking with their peers, and the opportunity to collaborate with four time NFL Pro …

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#ArmMeWith Solidarity Against the NRA & Militarizing Schools

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A new student movement has risen up to challenge gun violence and the political power of the NRA.  As the students prepare for school walkouts  around the country, Jesse Hagopian, an Ethnic Studies teacher in Seattle and co-editor of the forthcoming book Teaching for Black Lives, and Jessie Muldoon a special education teacher in Portland, …

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