PEACE

To my friends and professional peers working in education, as we aim to inform and empower our students, let’s do our due diligence and ensure that the information we share is accurate, and tells the whole story.

I will leave this article here about Claudette Colvin, who was the FIRST to refuse to give up her seat during the Civil Rights era.

Because colorism, light skin favor and White adjacence has always been “a thing”, Rosa Parks was placed in history as the first… share this truth with your students this month.

Black History’s Heroes Series: Claudette Colvin, the first woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus Claudette Colvin was the first black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus. Yet she never received widespread recognition for it.

Celebrate the right way today & encourage your teams to do the same
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Indigenous Peoples Day: Previously known as Columbus Day, the holiday was transitioned to acknowledge the deep, and diverse histories of the native peoples of the Americas. This is not observed by all states, but the popularity of this holiday is spreading. It is also seen as a rejection of celebrating Columbus Day because of the violent history created by him and other colonizers.

(Mural by Reno artist Sana Sana in the multicultural center | photo per )

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