Researcher; Former h.s. English & AVID teacher in Los Angeles; Co-author of the book Critical Media Pedagogies: Teaching for Achievement in City Schools.
@JoiASpencer It was a pleasure to have worked with you Dr. Spencer. Your vision, expertise- you are just amazing. You will be greatly missed! Congratulations!
COVID-19 exposes “long-standing neglect of people who clean homes, care for the elderly and people with disabilities, sort and deliver packages and prepare, cook and serve the food we eat.” https://t.co/Maad3vq2tl
As the inauguration looms, here are 10 notable political books by Black women published during the history-making year of 2020. Let’s recognize all that made the election of Kamala Harris to the vice presidency possible.
My latest @TheAtlantic. 1/2
https://t.co/3uwP88JJ67
The Keystone pipeline is & always has been a disaster. I'm delighted that Joe Biden will cancel the Keystone permit on his first day in office. With all of the major crises facing America, we must never lose sight of the most existential threat facing our planet: climate change.
Join us at the @UCDEducation for our upcoming talk featuring @Nicole_Mirra and @anterobot titled "I Hesitate but I Do Have Hope:" Speculative Civic Literacies for Troubled Times, 1/26 at 4pm. Register Now! https://t.co/Gpo4XghKqB
While today’s terrible display of terror and meanness shakes us, let’s remember: @ossoff, Jewish son of an immigrant & @ReverendWarnock, first Black Senator from Georgia, will join a Catholic POTUS & the first woman, Black + Indian VP in our nation’s capital. God bless America.
The NAACP called out President Donald Trump over his yearslong attack on Colin Kaepernick for peacefully protesting racism, after his supporters stormed the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/NpZHl2BVON
My editorial on racial wealth inequality and K-20 outcomes: Education's racial and wealth inequality should be a priority for the new Education Secretary (opinion) @nyusteinhardt @insidehighered https://t.co/OpOwElo8lQ
The idea that people with grad degrees shouldn't get student debt relief bc "they can make a lot of $" is over-generalized & misconceived. I’m making a documentary on student debt. There are true disaster cases & national problems bc of grad school debt. Here’s a fuller picture:
A voice like mine has never been a Cabinet secretary or at the head of the Department of Interior.
Growing up in my mother’s Pueblo household made me fierce. I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land.
I am honored and ready to serve.
“The death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill?”
― Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption