The mosque shootings in New Zealand may be far away, but this is an opportunity to help students understand and actively participate in a better tomorrow.
Bao Ong is a freelance writer who lives in New York City. Before becoming a contributing writer at The New York Times, he covered education for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Activists Nikole Parker and Brandon Wolf from Equality Florida emphasize the need for each of us to advocate for safer schools where all young people are valued.
Tom is the school psychologist at Woodstown Middle School in Woodstown, New Jersey. He has served as a school psychologist in New Jersey for 28 years, working primarily with middle school students.
In response to the 1967 Detroit Race Riots (which took place during the “Long, hot summer of 1967”) the Northwest Community Organization worked to address some of the underlying issues that persisted in urban areas, like residential segregation.
Given the controversy around kneeling during the national anthem, studying and discussing two landmark Supreme Court cases can provide students with examples of an oppressed group of people who defied authority and won.
Jamilah Pitts is an educator, writer, social entrepreneur and yoga teacher whose work centers the liberation, healing and holistic development of communities of the global majority. She has served in various roles and spaces to promote racial justice and healing as a teacher, coach, assistant principal and as a dean. She has worked in educational spaces domestically in Massachusetts and New York, and internationally in the Dominican Republic, China and India. As the founder and CEO of Jamilah Pitts Consulting, she partners with schools, universities, organizations and communities to advance