OF NOTE A Monthly Update from The Nellie Mae Education Foundation Photo taken by Chona Kasinger from the Disabled And Here project This month we celebrate Immigration Month and Pride Month as well as Juneteenth, which was signed into law as a Federal holiday! Although we're about to close out this month, let us continuously hold ourselves and one another accountable in continuing to create an education ecosystem where all of our young people are provided access and opportunities for the kind of quality and critical learning that helps them succeed, feel safe, cared for, and valued. Intersectionality in Action: A Conversation with Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw Did you miss out on our last #EdEquityTalks event? Check out the recording. Watch Recording Culturally Responsive Teaching Our grantees at Teaching Lab reflect on their learnings to 'bring a more explicit focus' of Culturally Responsive Teaching to their work. Read Article White Supremacy is Killing Us All Nellie Mae's Interim President and CEO, Dr. Gislaine N. Ngounou writes a letter to funders on the necessity of supporting healing and rest during these times of a global pandemic and anti-Black racism. Read Blog In This Issue Is Critical Race Theory (CRT) Anti-White? Our grantees at Prism Reports take a deep dive into the inequities the education ecosystem has long been cultivating and how CRT fits into it all. Read article! CRT Messaging Guide Getting a lot of questions around CRT and its place in the classroom? Check out this messaging guide from Partnership for the Future of Learning. Review this guide! History Censored Our grantees at the African American Policy Forum released a statement identifying the juxtaposition of Juneteenth being declared a federal holiday under the backdrop of a movement seeking to ban the teaching of America's racist history in schools. Read statement! Summer Learning Here's a toolkit from NEA to support the young people in your life in extending their learning through the summer. Check out this summer learning toolkit! Juneteenth is now a federal holiday but Black people are still not liberated and anti-Blackness continues to plague our education ecosystem. Read Kwame Sarfo-Mensah's, founder of Identity Talk Consulting, LLC., reminder on what true liberation means for us all. Read Reminder As we celebrate Pride Month, we want to re-highlight the good work of our grantees at Outright Vermont as they are "building a Vermont where all LGBTQ+ youth have hope, equity, and power." Read Article About Us Grants Resources Contact Us 1250 Hancock Street Suite 701N Quincy MA 02169 (781) 348-4200 ‌ ‌ ‌ Nellie Mae Education Foundation | 1250 Hancock St., Sutie 701N, Quincy, MA 02169 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!