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Claudette Colvin is as important as Rosa Parks

Feb 16, 2021
**Who really started the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?***
 
You've heard of Rosa Parks. Although Rosa Parks was incredible in her own right, you've
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Black Realstory Series: Harriet Tubman had a Disability and more

Feb 14, 2021
Harriet Tubman was a force. Not only that, she was the family member you wanted, the friend you dreamed of, and the type of human we would all want
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Happy Douglass Day

Feb 13, 2021

Before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, there was Frederick Douglass. He was the most famous Black American man of his time. (More famous than even Abraham...

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The History of the Black Cowboy

Feb 11, 2021
***Happy Black History Month***
 
I celebrate Black History year-round. But, I also honor the month of February as the official month of celeb
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Do you have a healthy friendship or trauma bond

Feb 09, 2021
Last Spring, while the world was still open and I was traveling, I asked Teens in each country I went to what they really wished schools taught them
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The Inspiring Conversation I had with My students about the Inauguration

Feb 07, 2021
I recently had a conversation about the inauguration with a group of teen students, that had some of us in tears.
 
You see, a lot of teens an
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Parenting Triggers: Why You are Angry with your Child

Feb 04, 2021
***Do you ever feel jealous of your child?***
 
Last week, my friends Genie,Nyota and I had conversations about experiences that parents often
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Educational Trauma Caused by Racism

Feb 02, 2021

I've learned to say my name first in introductions to avoid the awkward pause that comes from someone trying to pronounce my name. Now, this may be so...

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Educational Trauma Black Students Face

Jan 31, 2021

Are we ready to discuss the Trauma caused by White Supremacy in Education?

Using a Curriculum that centers Whiteness is harmful. When are we going to...

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What is Educational Trauma and How are we Causing it?

Jan 30, 2021
I always ask for an aisle seat when I fly.
Always.
Yes, I would prefer to look out the window. But, not as much as it gives me anxiety to ask
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