BLM at School Year of Purpose: Day of Action
/Sacajawea’s Parent Racial Equity Team wants to share resources with you and your family to take action to support the work of educators to #TeachTruth. With the passage of laws in 11 states that require teachers to lie to students about the reality and history of racism in this country, and its ongoing structural inequities, the call to action is urgent. #TeachTruth Day of Action took place on George Floyd’s birthday, Thursday, October 14.
Use the following self-reflection questions from BLM at School to help inspire action:
Is our school a place that believes in the mission of Black community organizing? Do we serve as a place to connect with local families?
How are school-wide policies and practices, especially disciplinary practices, applied across racial categories?
Do problematic patterns emerge when we look at how policies are applied to Black students, and when we consider the intersection of gender, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability with race?
Do our practices erase the histories of our students and prevent them from bringing their whole selves into the learning environment?
How do local or state laws and policies, regulations, and practices harm Black students and families?
What can you do and how can you learn more?
Tell the Seattle School Board why you want your children to be taught authentic U.S. history in school. Learn more about how to give public testimony at School Board and City Council meetings.
Create a poem, drawing or video to share what learning authentic history means to you.
Plan a virtual field trip with your family:
If you have eight minutes, listen to or read Talking to Children About Racial Bias
If you have ten minutes, read What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why is It Under Attack
Dig deeper with these resources and books:
Explore Historical Foundations of Race from the National Museum of African American History of Culture
Listen to Racism -- And Anti-Racism -- In Vermont (48:54 minutes)