At the end of July, a group of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School came through Montgomery on a regional March for Our Lives tour. Before they left Florida, they had visited every congressional district to
Rusul Alrubail is a writer on education, teaching and learning. She is also the editor of Medium’s The Synapse publication on learning, teaching and education. Her work focuses on teacher development and training, English language learners and pedagogical practices in and out of the classroom. Before taking up freelance writing, Alrubail was a professor at Seneca College in Ontario for five years. She taught college English and Literature to domestic and international students. Alrubail is an educator who is passionate about using social media as a digital learning tool to build networks and
How do you teach current events in a highly politicized climate in which facts have alternate versions and newspaper editors have worn out the thesaurus looking up synonyms for lie?
Peter J. Elliott has worked with adolescents for almost 20 years as an English teacher and social justice educator. After completing a bachelor’s degree in English at Amherst College, he obtained a master’s degree in education from Harvard University. A fan of fairy tales in all their forms, he loves sharing good stories with his two children at home.
Andrea has worked for over 20 years reporting on issues such as reducing health disparities, infant mortality, prevention of chronic disease, end-of-life care, childhood obesity, men’s health, women’s health and HIV/AIDS. Her writing on heath has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Essence, More, Heart & Soul, the Washington Post, the Lansing State Journal, Huffington Post, Salon.com, NBC BLK, The Root, The Griot, Yahoo and others. She is the author of two health-related books: Still With Me…A Daughter’s Journey of Love and Loss and The Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health. Twitter: