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The Torch Is in Your Hands: A Conversation With Helen Sims
Helen Sims, aka the Old Storyteller of Belzoni, Mississippi, encourages us to accept the torch that is being passed to us.
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Listening and Learning: A Conversation With Valda Harris Montgomery
Valda Harris Montgomery, who witnessed pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement in Montgomery, Alabama, emphasizes the importance of learning the honest history of the movement.
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History and the Power of Place
Video and Q&A conversations with Civil Rights Movement activists and witnesses to history: Jo Ann Bland of Selma, Alabama; Charles Person of Atlanta, Georgia; Valda Harris Montgomery of Montgomery, Alabama; and Helen Sims of Belzoni, Mississippi.
October 21, 2024
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Dialogue Across Difference and the Promise of Building Bridges
Dialogue creates opportunities to reach across differences and to engage with and understand one another, without losing the integrity of our work for equity and justice. In the new Fall 2024 Issue of Learning for Justice magazine, the first two features, “Dialogue Across Difference” by Brandon Haas and “The Promise of Building Bridges” by Maia Ferdman and Felicia Graham, examine how dialogue is foundational for civic engagement and democratic collective action and offer a model to foster a culture of meaningful exchange, empathy and critical thinking.
- Dialogue Across Difference
- The Promise of Building Bridges
- The Strength of Ordinary People: A Conversation With Jo Ann Bland
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In Plain Sight: Special Education Outcomes and Challenges in Mississippi
[2024] This report provides an in-depth assessment of the challenges and inequities in the special education system and how they adversely affect the educational rights of disabled children in Mississippi.
October 18, 2024
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Transforming School Culture To Address Antisemitism and Islamophobia
Resources and recommendations for being intentional about constructing supportive and inclusive learning spaces to address antisemitism and Islamophobia. (Part 2 of a 2-part series)
October 17, 2024
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Understanding Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Education
To address antisemitism and Islamophobia in schools, we need to understand these forms of hate and how these forms of hate show up in education spaces. (Part 1 of a 2-part series)
October 17, 2024
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Children Are a Rainforest of Potential
A conversation with Georgia educator Katie Rinderle, who was fired for reading a children’s book about acceptance.