Bending The Arc

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Now seems like a good time to listen. Not gonna lie. These are trying times. As I said probably a year ago and probably 6 months before that: Trying times. Which for me means that I’m not sure what to say anymore. Because talk is cheap. I keep saying…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Black History Month 2022 It has taken me a bit longer to pull this newsletter together, in my mind at least. Of course, on an American calendar, February is the designated month to celebrate and commemorate Black History in multiple forms. It’s not a surprise. It’s an annual fixture…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Easing Into 2022 I hope you had a good break. “Good” defined as you choose, in whatever composition that might be of excitement and calm, action and rest, recovery and celebration, extroversion and introspection. I hope you had time to spare for all the things that felt important and…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators “Let me tell you bout journeys and destinations… Sometimes it’s all about la llegada, having found yourself in a place you meant to go. A veces se trata del camino, the llegando, the going, the moving, the flow. Both And Always there is the truth of arrival in each…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators “For me, the question is, how do we live under conditions of market totalitarianism? There is no one rubric that explains the whole world, but the idea that we live in a situation where money-making comes before all else is a pretty helpful rubric for understanding some of the…

A Social Justice Newsletter For Educators “I can never understand how someone can profess how important it is that my voice is heard while also doing everything in their power to silence it.” – Cole Sorenson, “No Place for Disability In Special Education” A Culture That’s Responsive I had the opportunity to co-facilitate a small…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Hello, September! First off, please note that early and mid-September mark two high holy days in the Jewish faith, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rosh Hashanah takes place from sundown September 6th until 8th at nightfall and celebrates the Jewish New Year. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, begins on…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators “normalize being open to learning from those younger than you” – Tao Leigh Goffe, PhD, Tweet from July 24th, 2021 Is it time to design the future? Here in my hemisphere, it’s time to ring in a brand new school year. One of the things I have always appreciated about teaching…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators “You know what’s right and what’s wrong and if you see something wrong within your community, especially if you’re a student who’s affected by it, you have to feel like you can do something…” – Isabel Iino, class of 2022, AIS Vienna It’s June, it’s Pride and it’s a wrap!…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators Blooming and Blossoming in May I can tell that the end of the school year is approaching. On some days, I look at my students and I can’t quite believe that these are the same young humans I met back in August. For one, they are taller. They talk…