student in my ELL class was using her phone.When I asked her 2 put it away, she told me she was texting her mom in Mexico.I jokingly told her 2 give me phone so I could send text. She asked me 2 send audio message. When class heard message I sent, EVERYONE asked me 2 do same :)
As a Riverdale Community we are grieving the loss of our 2 students. So many blessing of help and support have been offered. Many have asked how they can contribute. https://t.co/MdwnYeVKnq
Yusef Salaam, one of the members of the ‘Central Park 5,’ who later became known as the ‘Exonerated 5,’ has officially won the City Council District 9 seat in New York, NY. @dr_yusefsalaam ran unopposed in the Harlem district after winning the Democratic primary election earlier this year in a landslide.
In 1989, a then-15-year-old Salaam and 4 other Black and Latine teenagers were wrongfully convicted of raping and beating a white jogger in Central Park. Salaam served almost 7 years in prison before DNA evidence exonerated him and the others.
‘For me, this means that we can really become our ancestors’ wildest dreams,’ Salaam, a Democrat, told the Associated Press prior to the election.
He campaigned on combating the gentrification of Harlem, increasing affordable housing, prioritizing economic development, enriching schools and social services, bolstering public safety measures, and fighting for environmental justice. He says his life story and new political career serve as a symbol of the injustice that Black people in America are fighting against.
‘I am really the ambassador for everyone’s pain,’ he said. ‘In many ways, I went through that for our people so I can now lead them.’