We mobilize people of faith to act nationally and locally to eliminate education inequity.
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Being discerning about the information is important, especially during elections. Our newest resource, which offers tips for recognizing and resisting disinformation, can help you to spread accurate information, both online and offline.
Learn more: lfj.pub/3Y2uTXQ
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Hi. I don’t know quite how to say this, but the thing that happened in this conversation was so electric and holy, I honestly believe to watch/listen to it is to be altered. It’s an experience you won’t regret, but won’t come back from either. I would go door-to-door to get people to listen to it. No hyperbole, I’ve never had a more important conversation than “Death, disinformation & revival” with Lauren Barnett.
In the wake of the recent loss of her mother (whom I revere), we are invited to consider that the stakes of how we discern/commute/transmit information, may ACTUALLY be life and death. This conversation wanders onto such sacred ground...and yet is somehow, really, really funny!?
She shares from her experience of grief, honoring the legacy of her mother, while calling into question the impact of alt media on mental health and spirituality, the emotional toll of civic engagement, and the role of algorithms in creating division—particularly how they affect our elders. Along the way, we talk about her experience coming up in my youth group (better known now as Steph Curry’s youth group, ha); as well as her crucial work with @expectproject, the challenges facing public education, and the pervasive influence of misinformation and Christian nationalism.
What more could you ask from one conversation? Listen wherever you listen to podcasts or watch on the Zeitcast YouTube channel, let me know what you think (I really want to know!), and if it upends you the way that it did me-please consider sharing this. I can’t help but throw my heart out on this one, because I know that to see & hear these things, is to wake up.
And make sure to follow @expectproject!
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Listening to this song while I reflect on @shamarikreid’s invocation to us @expectproject last night during our Fall School. He invites us to nurture our physical, spiritual and emotional well being. Whew. It was a precious time.
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Join TEP and special guests for a two-session virtual event centered on digging deeper into key issues, building power for a pro-child agenda, and communal encouragement during a critical election season.
REGISTER (free): bit.ly/4djpjpe
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Join TEP and special guests for a two-session virtual event centered on digging deeper into key issues, building power for a pro-child agenda, and communal encouragement during a critical election season.
REGISTER (free): bit.ly/4djpjpe
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As #HispanicHeritageMonth begins, we're grateful for opportunities to help promote, inform, and improve education policy and practice.
In 2020, only 9.3% of the nation’s public school teachers identified as Hispanic or Latino, compared to 28% of students in public schools.
If you're in one of the many communities struggling to attract and retain educators that reflect the diversity of your students, we can help!
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📚✨ Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, celebrating our right to read and access diverse stories without censorship! It also happens to be #HispanicHeritageMonth, the focus of our current DoSomething #Uncensored reading list. In honor of the month, we've compiled some of our "must-read, can't miss" banned or challenged books by Hispanic or Latiné authors: bit.ly/4f6bn4a
#YouthActivism #DoSomething #FreedomToRead
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Educators: Use resources curated by @USLatinoMuseum to celebrate Latino communities & their contributions to America during #HispanicHeritageMonth.
Find virtual exhibits, bilingual resources, stories of Latino achievements, & more! hispanicheritagemonth.gov/Fo… #HHM
ALT Painting of a Latino family cooking together in a large kitchen. Image Credit: Carmen Lomas Garza, Tamalada, 1990, color lithograph, 20 x 27 in. (50.8 x 68.6 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by John B. Turner, 1997.5, (c) 1990, Carmen Lomas Garza
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On Being Haitian and What We Teach Ourselves | @TheJoseVilson | @WordInBlack
As Trump and J.D. Vance spew hatred about Haitians, teachers must advocate for students and a culturally responsive, sustaining curriculum
wordinblack.com/2024/09/bein…
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Book bans are about more than pulling books off library shelves. They're an attack on our children's opportunities to experience diverse stories and grow.
This #BannedBooksWeek, protect the right of ALL children to read and learn without censorship.
bit.ly/47LbKy0
ALT stop book bans
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Read why this professor argues that Project 2025 represents the culmination of a movement to gut public education. #EWOpinion #K12 #Education #Project2025
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"Being able to read stories where we see ourselves reflected, come to understand experiences and identities beyond our own, and value our humanity is crucial to being able to dialogue and work together."
#bannedbooksweek2024
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The decisions local school boards make impact the quality of schools and the well-being of communities. That’s why everyone must engage in local school board elections and make their voice heard.
Read more: americanprogress.org/article…
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What has my Haitian ancestry taught me about America and what our education can do?
In my recent article, I explore these topics and how memes about household pets don't bring us closer to justice.
Let me know what you think. Thanks!
thejosevilson.com/the-haitia…
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The anti-truth movement is mobilized to ban books about communities of color and LGBTQ+ communities.
@BookRiot has 3 clutch tips for starting a convincing conversation.
Watch and learn ahead of #bannedbooksweek!
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Our hearts are with the families, young people and community of Winder, Georgia, where a fatal school shooting has left the community in mourning. We offer this LFJ resource to help as you try to respond to traumatizing events with children and youth.
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We are writing to ask for your help. Children ARE on the 2024 ballot, and their future is at stake. We must do all we can to ensure the public knows all that is at risk for our children on issues such as:
✅ The Child Tax Credit
✅ Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
✅ Vaccinations for children
✅ Children's mental health
✅ Infant and maternal mortality
✅ Gun safety
✅ Public education and the Department of Education
✅ Head Start
✅ Early childhood education
✅ Child care
✅ Protections with respect to child labor
✅ Child hunger
✅ WIC
✅ Child poverty
Kids are often an afterthought in public debates and elections even though they embody all of our future!
We are doing the best we can to educate the public about what is at risk, while simultaneously working to combat disinformation and misinformation that is being spread with respect to children's issues and policies by groups such as Moms for Liberty.
Please consider donating to support our work: buff.ly/2TTOcAL
Also, please consider joining us as an Ambassador for Children: buff.ly/3zlwc7Z
Thank you for your consideration!
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The Barrow County shooting is likely to sound familiar because the overarching themes are similar to other mass shootings. There is no easy solution to the problem of too many guns according to Daniel Nagin of Carnegie Mellon University.
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"Advocates seek grassroots action after #ChildTaxCredit gets ensnared in election year politics" – Article in @The_IN_Citizen on the stalled #CTC expansion featuring David Plasterer of RESULTS: indianacitizen.org/really-fr…
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Election Day is just 2 months away!
@expectproject's comprehensive voter guide helps channel the power of your vote toward candidates dedicated to creating a public education system where kids thrive. 🗳️ ✊🏽
Dive into this resource with your community! expectations.org/voter/
ALT A person wearing a brown jacket with buttons on it that say, "I voted," "Black joy," "Black Lives Matter," Let's make history," "Education is activism," and "Vote," as well as a button with fists in 5 skin tone shades.