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Case Against Chairman Bobby and Ericka Dismissed
The Black Panther Party’s newspaper article covers the 1971 acquittal on conspiracy charges for fellow members Ericka Huggins and Bobby Seale. In the article, BPP members also address issues like police brutality, urban poverty and political prisoners.
July 18, 2022
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Teach-In for Freedom Call to Action
On Sunday, February 17, educators and immigrant rights advocates, organized by Teachers Against Child Detention, are hosting a Teach-In for Freedom in El Paso, Texas. Use this edition of The Moment to learn about how you can support their work to end child immigrant detention—and how to include your students in these efforts from your own school or classroom.
- Call to Action: All Children Deserve to Be Free
- Teachers Against Child Detention: “We’re Not Gonna Stop”
- Teachers Against Child Detention Book and Letter Drive
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Talk About Mental Illness Year-round—Not Just After a Mass Shooting
The days and weeks following a national tragedy shouldn’t be the only times we talk about mental health with students.
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Supporting Students From Immigrant Families
After recent news and photographs from El Paso—of asylum-seeking families held in chain-link, barbed-wire pens—your immigrant students may be feeling afraid, and you may feel unsure how to support them. These resources recommend steps you can take inside and outside your classroom to address injustice and insist on the human dignity of all people, no matter where they're born.
- Call to Action: All Children Deserve to Be Free
- This Is Not a Drill
- Toolkit for "Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff"
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Responding to the Mississippi ICE Raid
Yesterday, students were pulled from their first day of classes to say goodbye to undocumented parents and guardians arrested by ICE. Our thoughts are with educators and families across Mississippi and with those dealing with this trauma in the aftermath of anti-immigrant violence in El Paso. Yesterday’s raid was the largest single-state raid in U.S. history, but we know that these raids will continue. We hope these resources help you support your students and their families.
- This Is Not a Drill
- Toolkit for "This Is Not a Drill"
- Educators Resist East Tennessee ICE Raid
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Si Se Puede
“In response to legislation that would have criminalized immigrants, thousands of high school students from across the country walked out of their classrooms and into history.”
August 9, 2017
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Teaching Between Worlds
A couple of years ago a student approached me after history class. Avoiding eye contact, he trembled a bit before speaking. His voice was shaking. “I am sorry, teacher,” Armando began. “I could not finish my project. My parents were killed a couple days ago.”
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From Mourning to Action
After this weekend’s shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we ask: How do educators keep tragedy and terror from overwhelming them as they fight for justice?
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