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#diversifyournarrative is a student-led initiative that targets CA school boards to expand curriculum with diverse & anti-racist texts. Join us! 📚

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It's official. All students enrolled at all 23 CSU schools will take a 3-unit class in Native American, African American, Asian American or Latina and Latino studies. https://t.co/IUBvCrhnMO

Catch our episode about the history of Ethnic Studies: https://t.co/vOswJaYPoa

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We demand representation in our history classes!

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Art by Kevin Banuleos, created back in July!

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Current High School students!! We are looking for Student Ambassadors to help with our outreach to teachers and other faculty, students, neighboring school districts! If you’re interested follow the link in our bio! DM us if you have any questions 🌟💜

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Some Community Testimonials —

We need your voices! Send in your your experiences regarding the BIPOC narrative that was taught to you within the San Marcos Unified School District (positive or negative) before tomorrow, July 17th. Thank you! 🌟

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Student/Alumni/Teacher/Parent testimonials are essential in communicating that this is something our community finds important and essential. Please reply or DM us your experiences regarding the BIPOC narrative that was taught to you within the SMUSD — positive or negative!

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This Friday, on July 17th, @shaniamartinn and @nataliemansfie will be meeting with the board to discuss Diversify Our Narrative and how we can get the ball rolling — but we need your help!

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Sharing stories about joy, friendship, romance, ANYTHING is so important. BIPOC and POC experiences are not just stories of the past filled with anguish and struggles - they are real people with real experiences that are happening now and in the present.

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There is no excuse to not integrate texts by Black and Brown authors into the current curriculum. Many of these books are classics, but when will there be a time when more modern books and texts will be offered the same accolades?

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The same analyzation done with Jane Eyre can be extended to more diverse texts; at the same time, it is necessary to recognize that all texts integrated into the curriculum do not always have to be about minorities pain.

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Help us reach 200 signatures by signing the petition in our bio AND sharing it with your friends in SMUSD! We only need 17 more!

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Representation is key! Though it is extremely important to learn about the the discrimination and racism in BIPOC history and experiences, it’s also crucial for young BIPOC to see themselves represented in literature and texts without being just represented as “the oppressed”

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Multicultural education is an educational strategy that assists educators when responding to the MANY demographics of their students...which keeps changing! In Sonia Nieto and Patty Bode’s book “Affirming Diversity,” exploring the meaning & importance of multicultural education.

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Hey everybody this is the SMUSD chapter for the Diversify Our Narrative Campaign. However, our district is in need of signatures in order convince the school board to mandate our demands. Wondering what those are or want to get involved? Click the link in our bio to learn more!