Now that affirmative action has been stripped from the college admission process, how does this change your view on educating #youthOfcolor in the United States?
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We salute teachers and youth-led organizations as you work hard to create safe spaces for youth of color; sending love, light, and positive energy as you start this school year. 🧡🥳✨ #backtoschool#healthyvillageforwardpromise.org
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“BIPOC leaders need rest and restoration in order to heal from multigenerational trauma and years of non-stop working on behalf of their communities, and to recharge for the work ahead.” – Jodi Nishioka, co-founder @bipocedwa for @npquarterlynonprofitquarterly.org/a-gro…
#LeadersOfColor know rest is vital to their overall health and to heal from racial trauma, yet, these leaders are often not granted the time and funds to take that rest.
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In our publication, "Healing Work: Creating Safe Spaces for Rest and Reflection for Leaders of Color," we offer resources backed by data to help #philanthropy acknowledge the sacrifices leaders of color make and provide funding for their healing.
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Empowering young minds for safer communities! Our trainings in Baton Rouge, Baltimore, and Newark brought together inspiring young leaders to learn about CAPS, CU, and the public health approach to violence prevention. Together, we're igniting change. Indianapolis next!
#YPOC are sacred. They possess intellect, curiosity, innovation, and creativity. They also navigate a world that dehumanizes them by questioning their innocence and hampering their futures.
Dive into our #DisruptingDehumanization framework on our website ForwardPromise.org
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Beats Rhymes and Life Mobile Studio bus, today at Castlemont Highschool! We challenge all our youth we work with to get creative with their bars, and use no oppressive language! We’re working with future leaders of our community, so it’s important to set that example!
The recent Supreme Court ruling striking down #AffirmativeAction only renews our commitment to offering a safe space for #LeadersOfColor to heal.
Explore more about our fellowship and the 2023 cohort at forwardpromise.org/fellowshi…
📷 credit: Danielle Miles
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In this episode of our podcast #HealGrowThrive, Dr. Rhonda Tsoi-A-Fatt (@childshining) speaks with Dr. LaNail R. Plummer, Chief Executive Officer of the Onyx Therapy Group.
Our search continues for a program manager who wants to support the healing of #YPOC and their communities! If you know someone searching for an opportunity to collaborate, organize, and move our mission forward, share this job posting with them. bit.ly/CareersTMG
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📢 "Today, less than one in five teachers identify as Black, Hispanic or Asian American amidst an increasingly diverse student population."
‼️ We need to invest in teachers of color y'all! Representation is a powerful thing to see in our schools. #NCEd#Education
Schools can’t afford to lose teachers of color. And with public schools struggling to fill teacher vacancies with qualified educators, district and school leaders can’t afford to lose any more teachers, period.
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📣 Nuestra comunidad ~ We want to remind all of you that you deserve a place in higher education. The fight for edu equity will persist, and we are determined to keep pushing forward.
✉️ Read our response to #SCOTUS decision on #affirmativeaction here: l8r.it/NS3a
Knowledge and experience around understanding, challenging, and changing education systems can often feel overwhelming and complicated. @fflicla created a toolkit to help advocates with easy-to-digest one-pagers.
Join the fight for #EducationJustice at fflic.org/educationtoolkit/
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To commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the first Pride march (then named Christopher Street Liberation Day) was held on June 28, 1970.
Today is now recognized as International LGBT Pride Day around the world.