Was honored to join Kentucky Senator Gerald Neal and talk about recent attempts across the United States to ban Critical Race Theory and the implications of “cancel culture” on discussions about historical and modern events in social studies, democracy and education. https://fb.watch/5OipjHPeGO/
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The first thing I thought about when I heard the news was that mi abuelitas (my grandmothers) Maria Ygnacia Vasquez and Herminia Ovalle Vasquez would be proud hearing this news today. Adapted from Maya Angelou, Leaving behind nights of terror and fearI riseInto a daybreak that’s wondrously clearI riseBringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,I am the dream and the
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You should know this is happening: Richard Corcoran, the Florida Dept of Education Commissioner, said he fired a teacher for #BlackLivesMatter Here is what the Florida Times-Union said about the situation A Duval County teacher who hung a Black Lives Matter flag in her classroom says she heard she was fired through a YouTube video. On Monday, Amy Donofrio’s legal
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Talk with National Leaders and Experts! Register now for this can’t-miss virtual conference hosted by the University of Kentucky’s Education & Civil Rights Initiative May 7-8, 2021 Register here by Thursday, May 6, for Education & Civil Rights for the New Decade! Explore some of the most pressing issues of our time in this two-day, virtual conference. You’ll have the opportunity
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Cloaking Inequity 