BLM at School Week of Action, Jan 31st-Feb 4th, 2022 Time to get ready for Black Lives Matter at School's Week of Action! The Black Lives Matter at School annual Week of Action is coming right up and several major events have been organized to help prepare people to join this vital national mobilization. This …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvFE9jv1_Io Announcing The Blue Tide's new single: Right Time (To Sing the Blues)I am excited to announce that today the band I started with my lifelong friend Daniel Rapport--The Blue Tide--is releasing our new single, "Right Time (To Sing the Blues)." The song is part of our Plague Blues album that will drop in early 2022 …
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This is the opt-out letter we wrote for our son. I sent it to the principal of my son's middle school asking that he be dismissed from the Smarter Balanced test, explaining our reasoning, and attempting to build common cause in a struggle for a larger purpose for education. While this letter is deeply personal to me and describes a lot of the very specific reasons why my son won't be taking these tests, I encourage you to meditate on your own children's beautiful qualities and then write your own opt-out letter to your school principal.
As a kickoff to the 2021-2022 "Black Lives Matter at School Year of Purpose," we call on you to join a National Day of Action to #TeachTruth about structural racism and oppression on Thursday, October 14, 2021--George Floyd's birthday.
Dave Zirin’s extraordinary new book is devoted to telling how student athletes across the country joined a historic social movement for Black lives.
I AM AN EDUCATOR 