Bending The Arc

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators It’s in this spirit of controlling our own narratives and creating a community of our voices that we’ve launched #31DaysIBPOC. It is our hope that we can write in solidarity about the ways we define ourselves, our practices, and our lives.” – Tricia Ebarvia and Dr. Kim Parker The…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators How are we doing? April is here, as is spring, but so much else is missing. These are tough days even for the most robust among us. I’ve been thinking hard about what this month’s newsletter can offer us. I’m pretty sure you don’t need 3, 5 or 10…

“Since students may be exposed to racist posts on social media or racist comments about the coronavirus, you might hear some of this discourse in your classroom or throughout the school building. It is imperative that you interrupt it every time it occurs.”  – Coshandra Dillard, Teaching Tolerance There’s a lot of talk about COVID-19!…

View this email in your browser How much of this truth can I bear to see and still liveunblinded?How much of this paincan I use?– Audre Lorde, from “Need: A Choral of Black Women’s Voices” in Chosen Poems, Old and New, 1982. Welcome to 2020! Imagine, we get this auspicious number 2020, how will we make…

Rethinking holidays, great books for kids and oh, the climate! Hi friends, It is already December! For many of us this means a long awaited break from school. A chance to spend time with family and friends and to celebrate the arrival of a new year. It is also a time of year associated with well…

Without wind stories cannot blowinto existence. – Byron F. Aspaas, from poem “Bear Creek Park (for Janice)” It’s November, a great time to decolonize! In order to reach a state where all students’ heritages and histories are acknowledged and valued, schools and the adults who run them must be clear about their role in delivering on the…

A (delayed) Introduction Hello and thank you for subscribing to this new project: Bending The Arc – A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators! Putting out a regular newsletter represents uncharted territory for me and as new sign-ups stream into my mailbox, I’ve been feeling a little odd. First of all, you are entrusting me (and…

A Social Justice Newsletter for Educators View this email in your browser “Read critically,write consciously,speak clearly,tell your truth.”  – Clint Smith III, 4 core principles displayed in his classroom, described in “The Danger of Silence” And we’re back!  Thank you for subscribing to Bending The Arc which promises to deliver three (plus) social justice resources for educators…

I had an idea. I shared the idea with my colleagues and then told my Twitter friends about it. And I promised to share the product once I got it out to my colleagues. So here’s the first edition: “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my…