Take a minute to stop and realize 65 million people knew everything we know about Donald Trump and voted for him anyway.
We got big problems in this country.
Looking at Black voters in Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, it's striking that people who have been treated the worst by our democracy consistently do the most to save it.
Stacey Abrams lost Georgia’s top election and instead of resting she created a whole organization to combat the very reason she lost and led Georgia to record voter participation. A BADDIE.
We embrace you, 2019, & everything you brought us.
Every tear. Every hurt. Every hard-fought lesson learned.
And we release you, 2019, & everything you took from us.
The almost-lovers. The fairweather friends. All the beginnings, & all the ends.
You’re not chained to anything or anyone. You are free. Free to move, free to leave, free to go. Free to be honest with yourself about what no longer fits you or inspires you or makes you happy. Free to choose another path. Free to look settling in the eye & walk away. FREE.
Students don’t know you care about them because you teach them… or because you’ve told them that you do. They know you care about them when you go out of your way to care about them.
Stop apologizing for who you are. If you’re doing anything that matters, somebody somewhere is gonna have a problem with it. But their problem doesn’t have to become YOUR problem. Keep doing you. Boldly. And unapologetically. 😎
I love my #HBCU because no other college accepted me. My SAT score was 980 and my GPA was barely a 2.0. Morgan State University gave me a chance to improve as a learner. Here I am, 3 degrees post-high school, heading to get my first doctorate at Johns Hopkins, thanks to my HBCU.
This response to a student survey resonated with me. As we go into the next week, I hope we all can remember to smile! Our students are always watching.