#DecolonizeYourCurriculm was the hashtag that I saw added online when my piece, “It’s Time to Revise the Curriculum; Let’s Start by Adding Juneteenth” was shared across social media. I was glad I put something into the world to make people think. It’s easy to share a call to action, but harder to see how you…
5-Star Basketball Recruit Makur Maker Makes History and Commits to HBCU, Howard
Educator Barnes offers a response and steps of action to the community members who are outraged by her teaching experience in Brownsburg Community School Corporation.
Recently, I wrote that the revolution must take place in the places where we are located. This means anti-racist, diversity, equity, and inclusion work should be happening because you are present. If it is not, real change will not come. A true revolution turns everything, everywhere, on its head. How do you actually do this…
COVID-19 is still going strong and things are still closed. However, political will seems to be moving towards opening things back up. Seeing as how the rest of the country cannot open up with kids at home, schools will have to find a way to open, too. This is where a place like Indianapolis faces…
The social upheaval following the killing of George Floyd is not going away. As days have morphed into weeks, the event has triggered a tidal wave of emotion, and conversation. In the days since the protests began one thing has become abundantly clear: As a country, we are collectively bad at talking about race. Our…
During my senior year at Purdue University, I decided to join Haraka Writers. It was a spoken word performing arts ensemble of the Black Cultural Center. Khari Bowden, as known as Khari B. or the Discopoet, was and still is the Artist in Residence that led the group. He decided to update Gil Scott-Heron’s poem…
Why would a teacher submit her resignation for her first teaching job out of college in February of that school year? The answer is racism, mistreatment, and oppression. I was the only Black teacher in my building when I was employed by Brownsburg Community School Corporation. It was one of the worst years of my…
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has shut down or stifled almost every aspect of everyday life. Schools were the first to go. Because of this, the nation was forced to engage in a nationwide homeschool experiment. As it turns out, some parents and students have enjoyed the result. While some parents and students have undoubtedly struggled…
In a now viral video, activist Gary Chambers, Jr. made it clear that the behavior of East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard was unacceptable, and he demanded her resignation. He started his speech with these words. “I had intended to get up here and talk about how racist Robert E. Lee was,…