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The Center for Racial Justice in Education is grateful for the financial support of the following foundations and government institutions:

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Boone Family Foundation
Johanna A. Favrot Fund
NYC City Council Member Brad Lander
Deutsche Bank Foundation
Langeloth Foundation
Ananda Fund
A&A Fund
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George and Fay Family Foundation
Impact Assets Fund
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Leopold R. Gellert Family
Communities Foundation of Texas

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What would freedom in our schools look like? As we

What would freedom in our schools look like? As we grapple with an ongoing pandemic and civil rights uprisings nationwide against the murder of Black people, we are faced with the reality that the future of schooling will not and cannot look the same. How do we as educators foster spaces and create institutions that allow our Black and brown children to be free? How do we move towards an abolitionist future where our communities are fully invested in, and not towards the police system that further perpetuates the school to prison pipeline? Imagining this future has always been urgent, and now more than ever as people have been empowered to take to the streets and demand justice at such a large, sustained scale. We encourage our community to tune into @haymarketbooks online webinar on “Abolitionist Teaching and the Future of Our Schools” and their teach-in tonight. Learn more about #8ToAbolition (from @criticalresistance) and how these demands can create a liberated future and schooling for our children. RSVP link available in our bio link, along with the webinar recording link!

Hello to our community and all of our new supporte

Hello to our community and all of our new supporters in racial justice. We’ve seen the flood of new followers, messages, re-shares, tags, and donations that have come our way this past week. We are extremely grateful for you all and your fierce commitment to racial justice wherever children learn. Below is a message, the first of many to come, from our Executive Director, Michelle Wonsley-Ford. .
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Beloved Community, I am writing this to you after days of silence, days of opting out of the social media crush of news, and triggering images. I have written and rewritten this email several times at this point. I worry that there is something to say that CRJE hasn’t been sharing, or that you’ve not seen elsewhere by now. However, if you’ve not seen CRJE’s resource guide recently, engage with it again. Send it to people in your life who are struggling with how to have ‘the conversation.’ Beyond that, as a queer black woman Executive Director, I don’t have my usual capacity to write ‘the email’ that I am obligated to send ‘in times like these.’ Instead, I’ve chosen to write a letter to the only person to whom I feel compelled to provide support and understanding right now - my six-year-old son: .
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#racialjustice #racialequity #equity #dismantleracism #blacklivesmatter #blackchildrenmatter #blackkidsmatter

Thank you to our community for giving to CRJE duri

Thank you to our community for giving to CRJE during our #GivingTuesdayNow campaign, and joining us to champion the humanity of all children and teachers. Your contribution will mean that we can continue to disrupt acts of racism and xenophobia, and create spaces for healing and restoration for our shared community. If you are still interested in supporting our work, there’s still time to donate today! Click the link in our bio to support a racially just future today.
#CRJE #Thankyou #GivingTuesdayNow #RacialJustice

One of our long-standing CRJE trainers and former

One of our long-standing CRJE trainers and former DOE educator, Steve, has this to say about why he does this work:
. “...I was an early childhood educator for thirty years, and am passionate about reading children's literature with other educators through a critical antiracist lens, so that we can ensure that our all of our young people, black, white, Latinx, Asian, indigenous, and multiracial, have access to many books in their classrooms that provide a mirror of their own lived experience, and a window into the experiences of others.
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Giving Tuesday may have passed, but it’s still not too late to support the work of CRJE. Please consider making a generous gift through the link in our bio to disrupt racism and create a future worthy of our children! .
#givingTuesday #GivingTuesdayNow #racialJustice #teacherAppreciationWeek

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! . We wanted to c

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! .
We wanted to continue our gratitude and appreciation for our teachers this week with a CRJE Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway! One winner will be announced this Friday and will win: a paid subscription to Rethinking Schools (@rethinkingschools), 10% applicable to a future CRJE training, and a CRJE Mug! .
To enter, like this post, comment below about how you disrupt racism as an educator, tag two people, and make sure you’re following us! DM us if you have any questions. .
#teacherAppreciationWeek #teachers #educators #giveaway #racialjustice #disruptRacism

Our CRJE trainer Purvi has a vision for a future w

Our CRJE trainer Purvi has a vision for a future where all of us are working in partnership:
. “I see seeds of possibility: increased cross-racial solidarity and mutual aid, redefining wellness and the structures that support it, centering care and the labors of nurturing, and more, and more. May we together plant seeds —making possible transformations that bring forth equity, care, justice, community, and love.” .
CRJE is leading the effort to engage educators and parents in critical analysis to facilitate important conversations and provide online tools to promote equity in all its forms. Together, we will lead with compassionate accountability and rigorous love to envision a new future.
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Please consider making a generous gift through the link in our bio to disrupt racism and create a future worthy of our children.
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#givingTuesday #GivingTuesdayNow #racialJustice

“How do we create a world reflective of our high

“How do we create a world reflective of our highest values?” At the Center for Racial Justice in Education (CRJE), we are grappling with this question as we try to reimagine what life after COVID-19 will be like for students in our communities. Arundhati Roy’s words about the status quo from her recent piece, “The Pandemic is the Portal” speaks to the ways in which we are obligated to move with urgency from this moment into the future.Now is the time to think critically, and to actively disrupt what our society has normalized: racism, systemic oppression, lack of access to resources, and disempowerment.We can’t return to that world, and if we’re committed to a racially equitable future for all children, we shouldn’t want to.Instead, with your help, we will dismantle patterns of injustice by equipping educators, parents, and community members with the tools to disrupt racism wherever children learn. CRJE is leading the effort to engage educators and parents in critical analysis to facilitate important conversations and provide online tools to promote equity in all its forms. Together, we will lead with compassionate accountability and rigorous love to envision a new future.Please make a generous gift now through the link in our bio to disrupt racism and create a future worthy of our children.#givingtuesdaynow #givingtuesdaynow2020

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We want to extend

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We want to extend our gratitude to our teachers who help shape the minds and futures of our children. We know how challenging being a teacher is and all the tasks to juggle, even more so given our current reality with COVID-19. -
To our teachers: we see you, we appreciate you, we’re grateful for you, and we’re here to support you. -
Do you have a teacher in your life that you love/respect/are grateful for? Tag them here and show them your love! -
Stay tuned throughout the week, we’ll be featuring teacher stories, and giveaways to show our gratitude for our teachers! -
#teacherappreciationweek #educators #racialjustice #giveaway #teachers

We’re grateful for play time, zoom’s drawing f

We’re grateful for play time, zoom’s drawing functions, joy and laughter, and for each other today. What are a few things you’re grateful for?

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