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From Haymarket Books - Black Lives Matter at School connects thousands of educators around the country who are fighting racial and economoic inequality in schools.
After a powerful webinar that included educators from ten cities explaining the many incredible actions they took in support of the national Black Lives Matter at School week of action, Denisha Jones, contacted Jesse Hagopian to propose that they collect these stories in a book. Black Lives Matter at School sucinctly generalizes lessons from successful challenges to institutional racism that have been won through the BLM at School movement. This is a book that can inspire many hundreds or thousands of more educators to join the BLM at School movement.
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We offer this to acknowledge and support the efforts of The Electoral Justice Project (EJP). EJP is a project of the Movement4BlackLives which seeks to continue a long legacy of social movements fighting for the advancement of the rights of black folks through electoral strategy. They recognize that voting alone will not change the conditions plaguing black communities, but understand that with strategic political actions we can make immediate interventions that move conditions toward ensuring that all black people live full, safe and healthy lives. This is an opportunity for educators to engage their classrooms in a civic-minded curriculum that will encourage our students to engage with a critical lens in American government systems in regard to voting and all that it entails. We know, reading alongside scholar Carol Anderson, the long history of voter suppression in this country. From photo ID requirements to gerrymandering and poll closures, we know it must be explored throughout ALL our classrooms the ways that racist political maneuverings work to limit voting rights. Yet, these practices can never have the final word as we provide the tools and wisdom to the next generation of civic actors to utilize the vote and many other bold forms of civic protest to demand change. We offer this to acknowledge and support the efforts of The Electoral Justice Project (EJP). EJP is a project of the Movement4BlackLives which seeks to continue a long legacy of social movements fighting for the advancement of the rights of black folks through electoral strategy. They recognize that voting alone will not change the conditions plaguing black communities, but understand that with strategic political actions we can make immediate interventions that move conditions toward ensuring that all black people live full, safe and healthy lives. This is an opportunity for educators to engage their classrooms in a civic-minded curriculum that will encourage our students to engage with a critical lens in American government systems in regard to voting and all that it entails. We know, reading alongside scholar Carol Anderson, the long history of voter suppression in this country. From photo ID requirements to gerrymandering and poll closures, we know it must be explored throughout ALL our classrooms the ways that racist political maneuverings work to limit voting rights. Yet, these practices can never have the final word as we provide the tools and wisdom to the next generation of civic actors to utilize the vote and many other bold forms of civic protest to demand change. You can access the toolkit here |
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