Dear John,
Solidarity is power. Coalitions are essential. It’s a historic truth often denied to our students—and it’s a present reminder that the challenges we face are best faced together.
In our latest magazine issue, Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn, LFJ’s associate director for Learning in Schools underscores, how educators can lift up and take part in movements of solidarity—and in doing so, help students see their roles in working toward justice.
“As educators, we can create more opportunities for students to share stories and hold space for each other’s similarities and differences,” Blackburn writes. “We can share historical and current stories of solidarity and counter narratives of division that we and our students might have encountered. We can show up in solidarity as well, not only in reaction to bad things happening in the world but to proactively strive for a better, more just society.”
Stories of solidarity offer windows of hope in a difficult time. Throughout history and during racial injustices of the past year, coalitions of different communities have joined to demand humanity and justice. Students deserve to learn that history—and we all deserve to feel like a critical part of this critical work.
To learn more about the history of solidarity movements and ways to teach and model solidarity, read this story from our latest magazine.
Thanks for all you do for students.
Jalaya Liles Dunn
Director, Learning for Justice
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