Top Tweets for #FirstLecture21
In the final lightning round, asked Zoom or in person, @baratunde has us busting up: "Depends on the person." #FirstLecture21
I loved everything about the #FirstLecture21. Fired up to go change the world for the better with our students! Thank you @baratunde! ❤️❤️❤️
Lessons on how to citizen from @baratunde at #FirstLecture21:
-Show up and participate.
-Invest in relationships with yourself and others.
-Understand our power.
-Value the collective.
"Let’s start acting like we’re in this together."
As we acknowledge white privilege, #FirstLecture21 speaker @baratunde reminds us, "Growth hurts. If we’re doing it right, it demands something of us. And we have to feel that. But we push through it and we end up at a higher level, capable of more."
.@Baratunde, we thank you for your vulnerability.
"I cried," he said when asked how he processed the grief of the recent police shootings of Black men and women.
And, he tells jokes. #FirstLecture21
Thank you @baratunde for your inspiring and powerful talk @UHCOE’s 10 year anniversary of #FirstLecture21.
"I want young people to question authority," @baratunde tells @UHCOEDean McPherson at #FirstLecture21.
"I want them to think differently because the thinking we’ve been doing has dug the hole we’re in."
Absolutely incredible. #FirstLecture21
"We’ve been through a lot," comedian and commentator @Bartunde Thurston notes at #FirstLecture21.
Despite the despair, there's hope, he said, as people trade How to Make Sourdough for How to Be an Anti-Racist. #BooksOverBread
Lessons on how to citizen from @baratunde at #FirstLecture21:
-Show up and participate.
-Invest in relationships with yourself and others.
-Understand our power.
-Value the collective.
"Let’s start acting like we’re in this together."
"We’ve been through a lot," comedian and commentator @Bartunde Thurston notes at #FirstLecture21.
Despite the despair, there's hope, he said, as people trade How to Make Sourdough for How to Be an Anti-Racist. #BooksOverBread
#FirstLeture21 speaker and award-winning educator John Hunter shared his key lessons for teachers:
-Be mindful of your biases and work to weed them out.
-Get to know your students and honor their passions.
-Lead with compassion.
#FirstLecture21
“Question authority.” Our keynote #FirstLecture21 speaker @Baratunde Thurston says his mom gave him that sticker for his locker as a kid. He continues to ask important questions today.
Getting inspired by the #firstlecture21 @UHCOE. Words of the Educator John Hunter: “consider your students’ passion and be compassionate.”
Don’t forget! #FirstLecture21 with @baratunde and John Hunter starts at 11 a.m. TODAY (8/20).
Watch here:
https://t.co/4kw1xne9XJ
Get warmed up for #FirstLecture21 this Friday, 8/20! FREE virtual event.
Check out keynote speaker @baratunde on @ConanOBrien:
https://t.co/uZytCqnEg0
Get warmed up for #FirstLecture21 this Friday, 8/20! FREE virtual event.
Check out keynote speaker @baratunde on @ConanOBrien:
https://t.co/uZytCqnEg0
Spread the word! We’re kicking off the semester with wit and wisdom from @Baratunde Thurston!
*Author #HowToBeBlack
*Host #HowToCitizen
*TED Talk views: 5.2M
*Previously, @theonion @thedailyshow
RSVP today!
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