ICYMI: Lesson 193 of @InClasswithCarr with Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr) - "When we Learn WE: The Education of Black People!”
Dr. Carr and @KarenHunter explore the idea that when we learn and teach ourselves, the 'We' emerges and connects. This is the necessary precursor to collective action. #InClasswithCarr #AfricanaStudies @Knarrative
For all the my vote doesn’t count. Them people gone put who they want in anyway.
Well, in Shreveport a Black man won the sheriff’s race by 1 vote. Henry Whitehorn will be the first Black sheriff in the 185 year history of Caddo parish.
Now we know this will be challenged, but as it stands one vote it is.
Imagine what we could do if we showed up for real… stopping stop and frisk is a what that vote did. It matters.
It wasn’t all bad… #AlwaysRising
It saddens me to report that Miss Ollie's, one of my very favorite restaurants in Oakland, is closing. 😭💔 I wrote about how this marks the end of a very specific golden age for restaurants in Oakland—one that had Black and brown folks at its center. https://t.co/h1itLvwY0C
Dr. King would have celebrated 93 years on earth today. We can celebrate his life and legacy by carrying his work forward and creating the Beloved Community. Let’s educate, advocate and activate on his birthday and beyond. #MLK#MLKDay
Now ask yourself how many moments of valuation like this - in job interviews, at their job, in raising money for a business, in conversations with their doctors, in interactions with police - exist in every Black life and what the aggregated consequences are across generations.
BIG UPs to our OAK8, RICH4, & LA1 Geniuses on their growth over the past 11 months! 🙌🏿 Yesterday we wrapped up programming for the school year & we're all excited to see them complete their final projects this summer. Keep it up Geniuses, y’all got this! 👏🏾#TheHiddenGeniusProject
Our April #RevealingGenius newsletter is fresh off the digital press! 🙌🏿.
Click the link to read our latest highlights, including our 2020 Annual Report, Genius Founders Showcase, and #GeniusRevealed spotlight story. https://t.co/NbbPElymIz
#TheHiddenGeniusProject
"Love all, because all is you." - Saalih Muhammad
Outside the Pitch and Roots are proud to share Saalih's spoken words on being aware of the injustices in the world.
#OaklandFirstAlways
There's a big moment happening at the Oakland Board of Education. They are voting on a Reparations for Black Students this evening. It's a $10,000,000 resolution targeting Black students ✊🏿
Today Elijah McClain would have turned 25 years old. In August 2019, police officers in Aurora, Colorado, approached Elijah as he walked home from a convenience store. A 911 caller framed him as a "suspicious person." Like Trayvon, like so many, Elijah never made it home.
Today, we celebrate Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler (Feb 8, 1831–March 9, 1895), the 1st Black women to receive a Doctor of Medicine in the United States. She graduated in 1864 from the New England Female Medical College in Boston.
Currently, only 2% of U.S. physicians are Black women.
#BlackHistoryMonth Day 1: A reminder from #CarterGWoodson that February is for showing what has been learned in YEAR ROUND study of African people and NOT for "race problem" talks. Download the entire Woodson lesson from our @PHLschools curriculum here: https://t.co/ibIpj6Tx2B
THE LAB: KOO YOUTH MEDIA TECH AND EQUITY SUMMIT sponsored by @Googleorg with a performance by @AmariChatmon
All BIPOC Bay Area High School Students are welcome to attend!