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Teens embrace AP class featuring Black history, a subject under attack
The new Advanced Placement class on African American Studies comes amid new state laws restricting how historical racism is taught.
The Advanced Placement class on African American Studies – the first new offering from the College Board since 2014 – comes amid new state laws restricting how historical racism is taught.
Florida Explains Why It Blocked Black History Class
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe Florida Department of Education says it banned AP African American History because it teaches students about activism, intersectionality and encourages “ending the war on Black trans, q***r, gender non-conforming, and intersex people,” ac...
Kwanzaa is an important cultural holiday because it can be part of the solution for the inner pandemic crisis. Kwanzaa honors generational unity. Elders are respected, like the ancestors they will become, for their long life of service to the community, for their achievements, for providing an ethical model, and for the richness of their experience and wisdom this has produced. It is they who hear cases of conflict and problems and offer solutions.
In school, students do not learn the true African American history, past or present. Kwanzaa, therefore, becomes an integral tradition to teach our true history.
The activities of Kwanzaa are informed by ancient views and values which affirm and reinforce family, community and culture.
From Slavery to Freedom: The 13th Amendment
Freedom came in 1865, and four million Black people emerged from bo***ge. Yet the fight for citizenship and rights continued.
The Legacy of Audley "Queen Mother" Moore and Her Battlecry for Reparations | The New York Public Library
The recently digitized pamphlet “Why Reparations” embodies her efforts to seek reparative justice for the descendants of enslaved peoples.
‘1619 Project’ adapted for docuseries to air on Hulu
https://thegrio.com/2022/12/16/1619-project-adapted-for-docuseries-to-air-on-hulu/?fbclid=IwAR2aY7VyfAgqIOGhasi5tJPZc8Cdhv4Zl98hDRuYabPZlpALsEs-L2QfRTA
"The 1619 Project," created by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones, has been adapted to a docuseries premiering Jan. 26 on Hulu.
Why is Black History important??!!
Why is Madrassa important??!!
How to Raise Kids Who Won’t Be Racist
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/15/opinion/raise-non-racist-children.html
Research shows that talking openly about race makes children more empathetic and raises their self-esteem.
Advance your Relationship with our Ancestors through Study of our Classical African Language
Advance your Relationship with our Ancestors through Study of our Classical African Language
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kemetic-literature-let-the-ancestors-speak-tickets-152777510647
European American's want to erase Black History. Why are they so afraid...A MUST LISTEN!!
'We Can And Should Teach This History': New Bills Limit How Teachers Talk About Race. LaGarrett King, Tony Burroughs Armstead Allen, Lionel Kimble
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/1000273981/we-can-and-should-teach-this-history-new-bills-limit-how-teachers-talk-about-rac
Republican state lawmakers across the country are advancing bills that limit how public school teachers can talk about race in the classroom.
Conscious Conversations: Systemic Racism for Middle School – SAAACAM
Join the conversation as we discuss Systemic Racism with Dr. Sunita Punjabi, founder and owner of Braincoach LLC; Dr. Charles Gentry, UTSA professor and Dr. Katherine Kuehler-Walters, historian and professor at University of Texas Austin. The conversation is open to the public and free of charge. Re...
Register for the next event in our virtual Literary and Social Justice Series, Champions of Literacy: The 1619 Project. This will be an hour-long discussion featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project and well-known distinguished investigative reporter for The New York Times. Joining the conversation will be co-founder and Executive Director of African American Policy Forum Kimberlé Crenshaw, President of the Ford Foundation Darren Walker, and more. Register for free access!
Celebrate Black History with Nikole Hannah-Jones, Kimberlé Crenshaw and Darren Walker
🧵 Republican lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning 1619 Project.
It previews new battles in states over control of civics education.
https://19thnews.org/2021/02/anti-1619-project-state-bills/?utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&&__twitter_impression=true
Lawmakers in at least five states have introduced legislation that threatens to cut funding to schools that share curriculum about the award-winning project.
“The historical contributions of Black people need to be integrated into the curriculum,” said Dionne Grayman, a staff developer at Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility in New York City.
Before the country can move past racial harm, Grayman, who trains schools to have difficult conversations about race, said there needs to be “truth, then accountability and then maybe reconciliation.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/01/28/america-its-time-teach-black-history-black-perspectives/6701892002/
We can talk about this country’s history of racism while also celebrating the social justice work done by so many in the Black community.
Our good friend, Dr. Hasan Jeffries on NPR.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks to historian Hasan Kwame Jeffries about how American school children learn about U.S. history.
The three-year-long project aims to take Black studies research outside of the classroom and into the local community and greater public discourse. Led by Berkeley African American Studies Professors Leigh Raiford and Tianna S. Paschel, the project will organize academic think tanks, provide summer labs for graduate students, and award research grants for African American studies faculty and students that will increase the scope and impact of the department’s scholarship.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/01/15/berkeley-african-american-studies-awarded-2-8-million-grant-to-expand-community-impact/?fbclid=IwAR1XGYvIDDiT2vfbQ8D32fzhaIjUPiBs6zIbQDKQh7WujurxITj8vDqm6Vg
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation “Just Futures” award aims to increase the collective understanding of America’s history
Excited to announce our Black History Month Workshops and panel! You can register at each link below. All events are free for you. See you in a month!
Connecticut will become the first state to require high schools to offer Black and Latino studies in fall 2022
https://www.knbr.com/news/connecticut-will-become-the-first-state-to-require-high-schools-to-offer-black-and-latino-studies-in-fall-2022/
Beginning in fall of 2022, Connecticut will require high schools to offer African-American, Black, Puerto Rican and Latino studies, becoming the first state in the nation to do so.Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont made the announcement Wednesday, after signing the law, Public Act 19-12, last year. The law
McKnight Bill Calling for Accurate Black History to be Taught in Schools Becomes Law
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/jersey-city/sections/education/articles/mcknight-bill-calling-for-accurate-black-history-to-be-taught-in-schools-becomes-law
TRENTON NJ – Efforts to make sure that New Jersey students are learning an accurate history, at least as it comes to the African slave trade, slavery in America, and the many contributions Africans...
Schools nationwide should teach ethnic studies.
Philadelphia became the first major city to require African American history for high school graduation in 2005. It's time to broaden those efforts.
https://fusion.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/ethnic-studies-curriculum-2020-united-states-universities-k-12-20201229.html
Philadelphia became the first major city to require African American history for high school graduation in 2005. It's time to broaden those efforts.
Relationships are critical to keeping kids engaged remotely — that's just one lesson learned from educators in a virtual school year. What is the most important lesson you learned about teaching virtually in 2020? (Via )
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/938050723/5-things-weve-learned-about-virtual-school-in-2020
Most schooling has been offered online this semester. Teachers are working hard to improve that experience, but many students are still left behind.
More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations
There's been a surge of interest in the past year among U.S. religious groups in the area of racism-linked reparations
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-churches-commit-racism-linked-reparations-74701219
There's been a surge of interest in the past year among U.S. religious groups in the area of racism-linked reparations
This semester, the one-credit online course was mandatory for full-time first-year students, but other eligible students could enroll in the course if interested.
First-Year Pitt Students Required To Take Anti-Black Racism Course
Now, anyone can go to Pitt’s website and access the materials used in the Anti-Black Racism course.
https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/12/06/university-of-pittsburgh-anti-black-racism-course-available-online/
The University of Pittsburgh has made the lecture materials from its Anti-Black Racism course publicly available for anyone interested.
When the textbooks lied, Black Alabamians turned to each other for history
https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/education/2020/12/03/blacks-alabama-turned-each-other-history-when-textbooks-lied/3729292001/
Reading school books that ignored or falsified Black history, many Black Alabamians relied on family and friends for history lessons.
African American history elective proposed to Rockingham schools
https://www.breezejmu.org/news/african-american-history-elective-proposed-to-rockingham-schools/article_b6bbca48-34ef-11eb-ab7a-17b36ce08ac3.html
Rockingham County Public Schools will possibly offer an African American history course.
Black Intellectual shares Black Events highlighting Black Thought, Artists and History. Follow and Share Black Intellectual.org
The national school curriculum in the UK “systematically omits the contribution of Black British history in favour of a dominant white, Eurocentric curriculum,” according to a new report.
https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/51218/1/the-uk-curriculum-systemically-omits-black-british-history
The Black Curriculum report criticises the ‘romanticised, filtered legacy’ of Britannia currently portrayed in schools
Opinion: Inclusivity in the National Curriculum – Teaching Black History in Schools is the Next Step
http://forgetoday.com/2020/11/02/opinion-inclusivity-in-the-national-curriculum-teaching-black-history-in-schools-is-the-next-step/
I never heard about Black History Month at my incredibly dated school. While my school was definitely one of the more diverse in my area, it was one that blatantly denied my classmates to learn about their history that weren’t extremely gruesome or upsetting. I remember being sat in a history less...
Black History Month: What is it and why does it matter?
https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-54522248
First proposed in the US in the 1920s, it began being celebrated in the UK in 1987.
Serena builds schools!!!
Tennis superstar Serena Williams has built a school in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, as well as grade schools in Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.
Ministers taking 'way too long' to bring black history into curriculum
Campaign founder fears that momentum for change in English schools will be wasted.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/oct/02/ministers-taking-way-too-long-to-bring-black-history-into-curriculum
Campaign founder fears that momentum for change in English schools will be wasted
Technology in the New Classroom: Supporting the Whole Child.
Featuring:
Steven Shaw, Community Engagement Director, Verizon
Panelists:
Alex Servello, Manager of Corporate Social Responsibility, Verizon
Carla Adkison-Johnson, Ph.D., LPC, Interim Department Chair and Professor, Western Michigan University
Gwendolyn Lee, School Achievement Coach, Newleaders for New Schools
Thursday, October 8, 2020
3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/technology-in-the-new-classroom-supporting-the-whole-child-tickets-123225882933?cs-from=f09e6cbd-a94c-4c8f-ad50-cb8dd3b1c252
Tech Future Series on Education: Part 1
Rep. is asking the CDC to follow cities across the country and declare racism a public health crisis, putting funding behind research into unequal health outcomes and ending unequal access to healthcare.
Listen to her talk with :
https://www.wgbh.org/news/national-news/2020/09/11/rep-ayanna-pressley-calls-on-cdc-to-declare-racism-a-public-health-crisis?utm_campaign=wgbhnews&utm_content=1599858019&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
Her new anti-racism bill would also create a National Center for Anti-Racism at the CDC.
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Madrassa is dedicated to providing high quality education for every African American child regardless of family background, economic status or religious faith. The Institute’s Programs will involve children in grades K – 8 in a creative, pluralistic exploration of African and African American history, Culture and Civilization, incorporating the African continent, African languages and African Diaspora and how that history has and continues to affect African American’s today.
Madrassa is intended to inspire a greater sense of self-awareness as well as to encourage a sense of greater community in African and African American children. This goal is achieved not only in Madrassa’s unique curriculum but also by how creatively the curriculum will be taught. African American’s have much to be proud of as we have contributed greatly to the success and growth of the United States; however, our successes have been omitted from American history. Blacks must not depend on others to perpetuate African and African American History. This program is imperative to the continued growth of African centered thought and the success of persons of African descent. This program is founded with an eye to the future. These children who will know themselves and the recognize the myths perpetuated in Western Culture concerning people of African descent and will teach their parents and friends Black History, then ultimately teach their own families.
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