How can educators help destroy entrenched inequalities and enact the values of Black Lives Matter in their classrooms, schools, and communities? Join two educators who discuss this question: Seattle Garfield High School teacher Jesse Hagopian and graduate instructor at Sarah Lawrence College Denisha Jones, both members of the Black Lives Matter at School movement. They believe that the United States is in the midst of an urgent moral and legal crisis over the safety, liberty, and well-being of Black young people. In an edited collection, Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice, they have gathered essential essays, interviews, poems, resolutions, and more from educators, students, and activists who have been building the Black Lives Matter Movement across the country. Hagopian and Jones lay bare the institutional racism inherent in our educational system, and present a critical call to radically re-shape learning environments to make them safe, supportive, and transformative for all students. More info: Jesse Hagopian and Denisha Jones (livestream) (2/24) – Town Hall Seattle
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