May 24, 2022

Where Do We Go From Here?

In this new Perspectives article, Learning for Justice Director Jalaya Liles Dunn calls for engaging with a broader community to realize the goal of advancing “the values of democracy and movement building, using the lens of justice and education.” In this contentious time, public education is an essential “lever for promoting democratic values and claiming an inclusive national identity, one centered on justice.” Read the full statement here.

Podcast: Premeditation and Resilience: Tulsa, Red Summer and the Great Migration

Recovering and Teaching Local History

Why Teaching Black Lives Matter Matters, Part 1
Racist Violence Is Why We Need to Know Hard History
“Acts of violence against Black people and other historically marginalized groups continue because we have yet, as a nation, to be honest with ourselves about the source of such suffering … racism.” We must clarify the context within which the recent massacre in Buffalo, New York, took place. Understanding this nation’s long history of violence perpetrated against Black and other communities of color in the name of white supremacy is imperative. The resources in this LFJ Moment can help.

Teach Local History: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Making connections between the past and the present helps us to understand current events like the recent attack in Buffalo, New York, and the history of anti-Black violence in the United States. Engaging with this history allows us to create a different path toward an inclusive society. LFJ Senior Writer Coshandra Dillard highlights the way educators in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have incorporated local history—particularly the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921—into their curriculum to help put present-day Tulsa in context. Read more here. 

(NEW) Podcast: Criminalizing Blackness: Prisons, Police and Jim Crow

Episode 15 of Season 4 focuses on the Jim Crow era highlighting the connections between early practices of policing Black presence and the more familiar apparatuses of today’s justice system. In this episode, historian Robert T. Chase outlines the evolution of convict leasing in the prison system and historian Brandon T. Jett explores the commercial factors behind the transition from extra-legal lynchings to police enforcement of the color line. 

Webinar: Trauma-responsive Education: Supporting Students and Yourself

Co-hosted by former LFJ Advisory Board members Kinette Richards, Ph.D., school psychologist, and Barbie Garayúa Tudryn, school counselor, this webinar will help you gain a common understanding of trauma and how it affects both learning and relationships at school—for students and educators alike. It will also examine ways to recognize trauma in students and address it, both virtually and in person. Finally, you’ll learn about tools to build strong relationships and address trauma in your school and community.

Check Out What We’re Reading

“In the first few days after the shooting, many residents here saw the horrific act of racial violence as one of many injustices threaded through their lives, and sometimes across generations.”  — The Washington Post

“Two years after George Floyd’s murder, the street art created during that summer’s uprising—and the hope it inspired—is fading away.”  — The New York Times

“This became known as Haiti’s “double debt”—the ransom and the loan to pay it—a stunning load that boosted the fledgling Parisian international banking system and helped cement Haiti’s path into poverty and underdevelopment.” — The New York Times

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