LEA's Week of Action for Black Lives Matter at School by Emerson Hoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter Lawrence Education Association's Racial and Social Justice Committee calls on members to take this week to start or continue their learning of Racial Equity and the Black Lives Matters at School's demands that were adopted in January 2021. Each day is dedicated to a focus from NEA EdJustice's daily themes for this year's Black Lives Matters at Schools' Week of Action. Tag @LawrenceEdAssoc @BLMAtSchool #LEAStrongForBLM #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool *The LEA Racial and Social Justice Committee will be adding and growing our list of resources throughout the week to continue to foster our learning for racial literacy and understanding of racial equity.* en-us 2021-01-26 23:45:08 UTC 2023-07-09 10:32:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Kid Friendly Language for BLM Guiding Principles catstella https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129395662 2021-01-26 23:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129395662 mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129396390 2021-01-26 23:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129396390 Resources from NEA EdJustice mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129396827 2021-01-26 23:49:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129396827 NEA EdJustice mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129397183 2021-01-26 23:50:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129397183 Checklist for Safe and Just Schools during COVID https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129397904 2021-01-26 23:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129397904 Community Organizing Event mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129398538 The LEA Racial & Social Justice Committee wants to focus on community organizing and engagement to work together to promote safe and just schools while supporting our community needs.

The groups we will be connecting with are below. We will be actively seeking out other organizations who would like to work with us. 
  • USD 497 - Staff of Color
  • USD 497 - Black Student Alliances (LHS)
  • USD 497 - Native American Student Services & Inter-tribal Club
  • USD 497 - Gender & Sexuality Alliances (K-12)
  • BLM-LFK
  • BLM Topeka
  • PAL-CWA
  • Lawrence Education Justice Collective
  • Sunrise Project
  • Sanctuary Alliance
  • POOCH - People’s Owned and Operated Collective Housing
  • Lawrence Mutual Aid Network
  • Black Student Union - KU
  • Black Student Alliance - LHS
  • BLACK Lawrence 
]]> 2021-01-26 23:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129398538 mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129400167 2021-01-26 23:51:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129400167 Accountability Through Data-Taking https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129401648 How does your actions affect Black, Indigenous, and Students of color? 

Members, take data on your praise and correction ratios in the classroom and reflect on the following questions:
Which groups are you praising the most?
What kinds of praise and correction are given to certain groups?
To build upon that, what trends can you see in academic data?

Look at trends at your school.]]> 2021-01-26 23:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129401648 Guiding Principles mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129402062 2021-01-26 23:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129402062 Start a Make & Take Group https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129405497 Select a rich text that celebrates and honors Black lives; build a collaborative lesson with your colleagues that can be used across grade levels.]]> 2021-01-26 23:55:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129405497 Diverse books for kids https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129406787 2021-01-26 23:55:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129406787 Elementary Social Justice Books-Black History catstella https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129407621 2021-01-26 23:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129407621 Diverse book finder https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129413399 2021-01-26 23:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129413399 Scholarships for Aspiring BIPOC teachers https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129429531 Designate/fundraise a scholarship for a graduate of USD 497]]> 2021-01-27 00:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129429531 Questions to Guide Inquiry melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129429679 This is a great list of questions to ask yourself as you think about how to make Black Lives Matter at School. Additionally, consider addressing these questions with your teammates and other staff members. ]]> 2021-01-27 00:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129429679 Social Media Action mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430183 Share your response on Flipgrid:
  • What are you going to do differently this year to further the movement for Black lives in our school? 
  • How will you support and elevate Black educators and Black students within your building and within your classroom? 
  • How will you continue to grow your racial consciousness to further interrogate your personal bias and grow your practices to support Black students and Black educators within your personal and professional spaces?
  • How will you continue to show that Black lives matter in your classroom today and everyday? What specific actions will you take?
  • How will you hold yourself accountable to these actions? Do you need an accountability partner to ensure the work is done? How can the LEA Racial and Social Justice Committee support you on your journey?

]]> 2021-01-27 00:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430183 Social Media Action mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430337 Black Educators (certified and classified) please share your response to "What should white colleagues be mindful of in their professional and personal spaces with you to show that they support you?"

Share your thoughts via FlipGrid.

White and non-black educators, listen for action during today's Social Media Action. Reflect on:
  • What actions have been taken at the district, building, PLC team, and individual level that support Black teachers?"
  • How are members of privileged groups in USD 497 leveraging their privilege to ensure that Black educators are recruited and retained in our district?

Then, begin to plan for action on how you will support Black educators in professional and personal spaces.
]]> 2021-01-27 00:10:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430337 Social Media Action mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430500 Share via your social media platforms:
  • How do you ensure that Black stories are being brought into your classroom more than one month of the year? 
  • What lenses and questioning do you use to ensure that your Black students are lifted with those stories?
  • What stories and materials are you sharing to your students? Have you taken them through the USD 497's Culturally Sustaining Resource Criteria? 

Tag
@LawrenceEdAssoc
@BLMAtSchool
#LEAStrongForBLM
#blacklivesmatteratschool
]]> 2021-01-27 00:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430500 Event mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430709 Abolitionist Teaching Network Wisdom Fridays

Time: 7 PM CST
Register

]]> 2021-01-27 00:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129430709 Social Media Action mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129439152 Share via your social media platforms: 
  • How do you build lesson plans where Black voices are included and celebrated?
  • Have you considered collecting data to hold yourself accountable for implicit bias? (For example, keeping tally of your praise-correction ratio or disaggregating academic data in your PLC team and in your building)
Tag 
@LawrenceEdAssoc
@BLMAtSchool
#LEAStrongForBLM
#blacklivesmatteratschool
]]> 2021-01-27 00:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129439152 Support BIPOC Educators mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129441589 2021-01-27 00:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129441589 How does your classroom visually represent your students? https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129580150 Resource for Finding Inclusive Clip-Art Images 

I found this website when trying to create content that represented my diverse students.  You can set up a free account and have access to the images.  I have also communicated with the CEO about adding images of people with disabilities.  

]]> 2021-01-27 01:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1129580150 mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143063934 2021-01-30 05:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143063934 EVENT: Educators for Black Lives | BLM in Schools melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143715884 Time: 4 PM CST

Dr. Denisha Jones, and Jesse Hagopian will discuss their newly published book An Uprising for Educational Justice: Black Lives Matter At School published by Haymarket books. Speakers will discuss their organizing around BLM in their school communities alongside colleagues, students, and families. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about Black Lives Matter At School’s National Demands, Year of Purpose, and Week of Action, and resources for educators for organizing with your own school community. This will be a webinar format, open to the public, and time will be left for participant questions. We hope you will join us!]]> 2021-01-30 15:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143715884 Using the CSRC to reflect & interrogate what you are bringing into your classroom mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143775683 For LEA members, use this resource criteria tool to take your lesson, book, video, or other classroom material through to reflect on what you are using within your classroom and how you are using it. Take it further by creating a diverse group with multiple perspectives to engage in reflection for your classroom material and allow the CSRC to guide the discussion while adding recommendations for a more culturally sustaining lesson.]]> 2021-01-30 16:33:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143775683 NEA - Black Lives Matter at School Spotlights Racial Justice in Education mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143845822 Jesse Hagopian is an ethnic studies teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle and a member of the Seattle Education Association (SEA)/Washington Education Association (WEA). As co-editor of Teaching for Black Lives, he helped organize Black Lives Matter at School (BLM at School), a national coalition of educators organizing for racial justice in education. Coalition leaders have encouraged educators, students, parents, union members, community leaders and others to join their annual “week of action,” this year set for February 4-8.

Hagopian explains the beginnings, objectives, and ever-widening scope of BLM at School.
]]> 2021-01-30 17:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143845822 Fund Counselors Not Cops mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143973926 2021-01-30 18:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143973926 Lesson Plans & Other Resources melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143994733 Here are lesson plans and other resources that our local association can start taking through the CSRC.]]> 2021-01-30 18:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143994733 Education-Centered Suggested Reading melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143997408 As you think about how you are going to do things differently during  our year of purpose, it's important we continue to educate ourselves. Here is a great list of books for educators. We encourage you to pick a book and discuss with fellow educators using the CSRC.]]> 2021-01-30 18:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1143997408 Dignity in Schools Interactive melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144005970 This is a nice visual website that explains why Black Lives Matter at School supports ending the regular presence of law enforcement in schools. ]]> 2021-01-30 18:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144005970 Why Counselors, Not Cops? melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144014323 An explanation from Dignity in Schools explaining the reasoning for counselors, not cops. If you are feeling uncomfortable around this demand, read additional information HERE.]]> 2021-01-30 19:04:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144014323 Advocating for our BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ Members mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144422498 Reaching out to our BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ members to hear how our committee can support them and advocate for them with affinity spaces for collaboration and support.]]> 2021-01-31 03:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144422498 Social Media Action melindanickles https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144423406 Finish the sentence: "In schools where Black Lives Matter..."

What would schools look, sound, or feel like if we lived by the 13 Black Lives Matter guiding principles?

Post your response in your Black Lives Matter Shirt on social media with #LEAStrongForBLM and #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool. Tag @LawrenceEdAssoc and @BLMAtSchool

[Thank you to NYC Public Schools for the media action idea!]

Purchase a shirt if you do not have one by supporting Black-owned businesses, ordering from Black Lives Matter at School, or the NEA Hispanic Caucus. Shirt profits from the NEA Hispanic Caucus from the sale of their Educators/Latinos for Black Lives Matter items will be used to fund scholarships for NEA Aspiring Educators of color with a percentage of the profit earmarked as a donation to the NEA Black Caucus Reg Weaver Scholarship.]]> 2021-01-31 03:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144423406 NEA EdJustice - SHARE ART FOR ACTION mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144431488 2021-01-31 03:25:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144431488 KNEA - Just Imagine Justice mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144431963 2021-01-31 03:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144431963 Black Lives Matter at Schools Reflection Question mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144452806 "How are the voices, accomplishments, and successes of Black folx uplifted in my lessons, units, and curriculum? Rather than focus on singular events or individuals, does my approach highlight the everyday actions and community organizing that will lead to change?"]]> 2021-01-31 03:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144452806 Black Lives Matter at Schools Reflection Question mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144453798 "What is our school’s relationship to Black community organizing? Do we have relationships with local movement organizers? Do they see our school as a place that believes in their mission? Do they see our school as a place to connect with local families?"]]> 2021-01-31 03:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144453798 Black Lives Matter at Schools Reflection Question mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144454846 "How are school-wide policies and practices – especially disciplinary practices – applied across categories of race? Do problematic patterns emerge when we look at how policies are applied to Black students and when we also consider the intersections of gender, sexual orientation, and (dis)ability with Blackness?"

]]> 2021-01-31 03:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144454846 Black Lives Matter at Schools Reflection Question mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144455245 "How do I understand the role that local/state laws and policies have on the educational experiences of my students? What is my role in working to change policies, regulations, and practices that harm Black students and families?"

]]> 2021-01-31 03:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144455245 Black Lives Matter at Schools Reflection Question mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144456190 "In what ways do our practices erase the histories of our students and prevent them from bringing their whole selves into the learning environment?"

]]> 2021-01-31 04:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144456190 Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144603002 Here are curriculum resources that our local association can start taking through the CSRC.]]> 2021-01-31 05:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144603002 mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144635394 2021-01-31 06:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1144635394 NEA - "What Our Students Need Now: Virtual School Culture That Is Healthy, Just and Strong" mxhoffzales https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1160994184 How can I support the students within my classroom? ]]> 2021-02-03 20:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mxhoffzales/LEA_BlackLivesMatter/wish/1160994184