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Deslin Chapman

Deslin Chapman (she/her) is the deputy director of curriculum and content for Learning for Justice. An author, editor, educator and democracy advocate, Deslin has extensive leadership experience in nonprofit program management, education and publishing. She is a graduate of Queens College (City University of New York), with Bachelor of Arts degrees in anthropology and English, and holds a Master of Arts in education from the University of Mississippi. Throughout her professional career, Deslin has infused her work with a deep commitment to human rights.
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I Didn't Know There Were Cities in Africa: Challenging Children's-and Adult's-Misperceptions about the African Continent

In her article, Randolph delineates the profound impact of perpetuating stereotypical representations of Africa and its people by arranging them into three levels and then providing recommendations for how to combat them when creating learning experiences for students in the United States.
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History
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September 28, 2018
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Appendix

Survey Questions Where is your school or district located? Which of these best describes your work setting? Elementary school Middle/intermediate school High school Ungraded/Alternative school Comprehensive (K–12) school
April 23, 2019
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It Has Stayed With Me

One Learning for Justice staffer reflects on the harm she experienced when her educators ignored Black History Month—and calls on all educators to uplift the value in Black history all year.
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'The Capacity for Connection'

In this special Q & A, educators Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia G. Ramsey, authors of the book, What If All the Kids are White?, provide early grades educators with practical ideas on preparing white students for a multicultural world.
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June 30, 2017
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Jennifer L. Lieberman

Jennifer L. Lieberman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Florida, and has taught classes to conventional and incarcerated students in subjects ranging from American literature and African-American literature to gender and women studies and the history of science, medicine, and technology. She was the Presidential Diversity and Inclusion Award winner and the Florida Blue Center for Ethics Fellow at her university in 2017, both for her work in ethics and social justice. Her book, Power Lines: Electricity in American Life and Letters, 1882-1952, is available from The MIT
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Sonia Nieto

Sonia Nieto is Professor Emerita of Language, Literacy, and Culture, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Starting as a teacher at P.S. 25 in the Bronx (the first fully bilingual school in the Northeast) Nieto has taught students at all levels from elementary grades through graduate school, and she continues to speak and write on multicultural education, teacher preparation, and the education of Latinos and other culturally and linguistically diverse student populations. Her book Affirming Diversity: The Sociopolitical Context of Multicultural Education, is widely used in