More Wednesday Stories
On day 3 of #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Week of Action, our student body traveled to West Africa with @KanKouranDance to learn traditional drumming and dance. Their joy and pride was on level 💯 during this combined brotherhood/sisterhood assembly! #WhyAna #BHM pic.twitter.com/rDqeycoCDi
— Anacostia High (@AnacostiaHigh) February 6, 2019
To explore the #BlackLivesMatter 13 guiding principles, of queer and trans affirming, this early childhood educator read ‘Julian’s a Mermaid’ by Jessica Love of @Candlewick and shared photos of the Coney Island Mermaid parade! #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool @BLMAtSchool #ECE pic.twitter.com/55pgFo0Tz2
— Teaching for Change (@teachingchange) February 6, 2019
Students at @CardozoEC are signing petitions to send to @dcpublicschools and @OSSEDC for the National @BLMAtSchool demands:
— Teaching for Change (@teachingchange) February 6, 2019
-End Zero Tolerance
-Mandate Black history and ethnic studies
-Hire more Black teachers
- Fund counselors, not cops! #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool pic.twitter.com/HvfHuwO0VQ
Students drew self portraits while celebrating the beauty of the diversity of skin tones in the class!
— Teaching for Change (@teachingchange) February 6, 2019
‘My skin is brown. Chestnut is the color of my skin.’
‘My skin is light brown. Like toast from a toaster’. @ThomsonES @dcpublicschools @BLMAtSchool #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool pic.twitter.com/d3h7DI5Mb8
#BlackLivesMatterAtSchool Week of Action. Wednesday: Yirusha Eshet Malkiel at Smothers ES @dcpublicschools Representing! T-shirt, Teaching for Black Lives (@rethinkschools), & glorious book display. Send us your D.C. area photos & stories. https://t.co/ATLY0LfWvL pic.twitter.com/7o9l91B5xY
— Teaching for Change (@teachingchange) February 6, 2019