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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

That must change now that the field has been given a tremendous opportunity: training our next generation of social justice leaders. The number of students expressing interest in fields associated with social justice has seen a monumental increase since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial. Workshops and More Events More Social Justice Education Events The post Teach Truth Day of Action 2024 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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Does Solving Inequality in Education Mean Embracing ‘Birth Equity’?

ED Surge

Advocates for reproductive and birth justice, social-justice approaches to these problems, have helped to spotlight the role of health inequities in our society, says Crystal Tyler, the chief health officer for Rhia Ventures, which invests into birth equity-related companies. So absolutely, all this stuff is related,” she adds.

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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations

The Hechinger Report

based advocacy group Excelencia in Education, said universities need to go beyond that sort of passive outreach, especially for students who may be hesitant to seek out help. “We Anel Chavez, a recent graduate of Indiana University Northwest, picks up an application for the school’s business and economics graduate program.

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A ‘civil rights camp’ teaches kids a history they’re not learning in school

The Hechinger Report

So when they heard about a week-long program in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills that would teach them about the Civil Rights Movement of the past and how it connects to the social justice struggle of today, they were eager to attend. They get a deeper understanding of advocacy,” she said.

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Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice

The Hechinger Report

That’s because few funders are serious about social justice. What makes an organization serious about social justice? One of the planks of NCPR’s framework is to increase the number of serious social justice funders. “A There are other ways to see if a foundation is serious about social justice.

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

The Hechinger Report

My support for vouchers,” he said, “didn’t have a damn thing to do with free-market principles … it was a social justice issue to me.”. Fuller launched his chief advocacy arm for school choice, the Institute for the Transformation of Learning, housed at Marquette University, more than two decades ago. The trade-off.