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The Rhythm of Resilience
Following Hurricane Maria, these educators looked to tradition to help colleagues and students mourn what was lost—and celebrate what remains.
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Returning to the Place of Origin
Educator Gerardo Muñoz on the critical importance of centering community—this school year more than ever.
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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Survival, Resistance and Resilience
Honoring the lives of enslaved people, the Whitney Plantation’s learning tour deepens our understanding of slavery in the United States, the people who survived it and their legacies.
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Expanding Democracy
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn contends that “The treatment of children from communities experiencing systemic oppressions—those at the intersection of race, gender, poverty and geography—will determine the fate of our democracy.”
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Civil Rights March in Selma
This news segment from 2000 recalls the march that took place in Selma, Ala. on March 7, 1965. This day, known as Bloody Sunday, was marked by violent attacks by state and local police upon protesters as they reached the end of Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.
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Teaching Toward Liberation With Love: Q&A With Author Jamilah Pitts
Centering liberation in the practices educators already engage with is an essential aspect to achieve a just world.
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Post Election: Don’t Neglect Those Emotions
Empowering students and teachers with the skills of emotional intelligence can help create a more compassionate and just society.
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Beyond 'Things Fall Apart': Texts for Young Adults
What comes to your students’ minds when they hear the word Africa? If it’s mostly civil war and famine, you’ll like the diversity of these recommended texts.
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Rochester, NY: “Black Lives Matter at School”
In this district, students, educators, support staff, administrators and community partners are coming together to affirm that black lives matter.