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Yolo Akili Robinson is an author and founder of Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM). 

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Yolo Akili Robinson is an author and founder of Black Emotional and Mental Health (BEAM). 

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"Our children did not get their wounds alone. They were created by the actions of our family, our communities and our world. They were created by the things we choose to believe in, the causes we chose to champion and the despair we chose to neglect.

We didn't get them from individuals and we cannot heal them operating as individuals. This healing work is communal... It needs to be present along with the ongoing work that the village must do to heal itself,"
Yolo Robinson.

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In this video, Nina Turner encourages others to be Every Day Citizen Leaders.  I aspire to have her drive and determination to organize change.

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SJL: Leading through Practice and Action

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SJL: Leading through Practice and Action

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Social Justice Leaders must prepare students to be critical citizens by encouraging participation in the democratic process.  These leaders encourage and share lesser known stories and histories, giving voices to those silenced.

According to Dantley and Tillman (2010), “Schools [Museums] can become the arenas of struggle among multiple points of view, ideologies, and teleology, and social justice leaders facilitate an environment where these perspectives are welcomed and given free course to be voiced” (p. 22).

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Outdoor groups traditionally serve white, middle-upper class, often excluding minority groups from recreating on public lands.  Latino Outdoors is a Latino-led organization with a mission to "...inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities in the outdoors and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented."

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No More Deaths • No Más Muertes: Serving Migrants in Search of Better Lives

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No More Deaths • No Más Muertes: Serving Migrants in Search of Better Lives

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Young volunteers for No More Deaths • No Más Muertes left food and water for migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border and faced jail time.  They are servant leaders, fighting for human rights and justice.

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The poem, Still I Rise, is about determination and perseverance of the human spirit and struggles faced by Black women. This video is of Angelou reading her poem with iconic images of civilization, historic moments, and genocide created for the  2017 Skoll World Forum. Her compelling words motivates me to persevere.

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Still I Rise by Maya Angelou -- Creating Common Ground #SkollWF 2017

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Sergiovanni (2000) refers to leadership as stewardship which harmonizes with my Unitarian Universalism’s (UU) creed that I strive to follow.  UUs are guided by seven principles and the first principle relates to stewardship: the inherent worth and dignity of every person.  Steward leaders are caring and trusting individuals that lead to serve.  They build trust with members of their community, including parents and community leaders, in order to work together, not to dominate.  They lead the community not for their own self-interest, but for the good of the group (Peters, 2003).  Although they are servant leaders, they expect a lot out of their community, not accepting failure.

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Chad Brown is a US Navy veteran and founder of Soul River Inc, an non-profit organization that helps heal both veterans and at-risk youth through fly-fishing.

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Chad Brown is a US Navy veteran and founder of Soul River Inc, an non-profit organization that helps heal both veterans and at-risk youth through fly-fishing.

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"We are committed to serve our youth and help them overcome their inner-struggles by normalizing their situations in wild spaces, finding love in conversation," Chad Brown.

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The song and music video, This is America, is a powerful commentary about the inequalities faced by Black men and women in America. Their realities are often dismissed by the mainstream media and public education.

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Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video)

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This women-led grassroots organization works to end U.S. wars and to redirect money into education and other social programs.  Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, offers alternatives to war and works relentlessly to provide dissenting viewpoints to the powerful.

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Eastern State Penitentiary Exhibits: Mass Incarceration Isn't Working 

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Eastern State Penitentiary Exhibits: Mass Incarceration Isn't Working 

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Once the most famous prison in the world, now is a crumbling building that houses exhibits questioning the purpose of incarceration.  It confronts the failing prison system and encourages reflection.  If you can't visit, you can still explore the virtual tour. Museums are powerful and have an obligation to tell whole stories with multiple perspectives.

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Because of its continued inequalities and marginalization, social justice leaders must disrupt the traditional white, middle-upper class core instruction. They must strive to provide fair educational opportunities and end deficit thinking. This change can’t happen alone.  Backing from parents and the community adds to the scaffolds of support needed within the system (Scanlan & Theoharis, 2015).

Not only should the leader provide encouragement to others, they will find support from them too, which in turn fosters future leaders.  Changing this system will cause dissension as those with power resist losing any authority. The leader must be bold and have courage. They must rise to any occasion.

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Dantley, M, E., & Tillman, L, C. (2010). Social justice and moral transformative leadership.  In C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.), Leadership for Social Justice: Making Revolution in Education (2nd ed.) (pp. 19-34). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Peters, A. (2003). Rethinking transformational leadership in schools: the influence of people, place, and process of leadership practice.  In S.D. Horsford (Ed.), New Perspectives in Educational Leadership: Exploring Social, Political, and Community Context and Meaning (pp. 29-46). New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Scanlan, M., & Theoharis, G. (2015). Intersectionality in educational leadership. In G. Theoharis & M. Scanlan (Eds.), Leadership for increasingly diverse schools (pp. 1-10). New York: NY: Routledge.

Sergiovanni, T. J. (2000). Leadership as stewardship: "Who’s serving who?" (pp. 269-286). In The Jossey-Bass reader on educational leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey- Bass.