Newsletter from Learning for Justice

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June 22, 2022


** THE MOMENT
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** Anti-racist Decarceration Begins With School Discipline Reform
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The systemic devaluation of Black people that originated during slavery continues today in punitive practices that disproportionately push Black children and other children of color out of schools and into the criminal legal system. To ensure equitable education for all youth, educators and communities must play a role in decarceration, which begins with school discipline reform. Read and share these articles from The Moment ([link removed]) .
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** From Slavery to School Discipline ([link removed])
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Journalist Anoa J. Changa urges that “It is past time we end the remnants of slavery and approaches to Black children that treat them like a problem to be controlled instead of people to nurture.”


** Toolkit: The Foundations of Restorative Justice ([link removed])
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Podcast: Criminalizing Blackness—Prisons, Police and Jim Crow ([link removed])
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LFJ Teaching Hard History Fall 2022 Cohorts
As participants in one of the Teaching Hard History Professional Learning Cohorts, educators will engage with LFJ’s Teaching Hard History: American Slavery (THH) framework and learn how to use it to enrich their lessons, build students’ civic engagement and critical thinking, and deepen their mindsets around inclusion and empathy. THH Cohorts provide educators the chance to deeply engage with THH, collaborate with LFJ staff and 25 other cohort members across the country, and gain insights and feedback on implementation—all at no cost. Submit your application today ([link removed]) !
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** Professional Development: Self-care for the Summer
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After another year amid a pandemic and numerous assaults on equity and education, educators need to rest and recover. Summer is a time to focus on self-restoration and to enrich your knowledge, pedagogy and practice. This LFJ webinar ([link removed]) highlights recovery techniques from two feature stories: “I thought about quitting today...” and “Healing from Moral Injury.” Participants will gain relaxation strategies, planning tips for next year and ways to fill their “compassion tanks” over the summer. Join us and give back to yourself. You deserve it.


** Check Out What We’re Reading
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“Educators fear conditions will only worsen as lawmakers seek to regulate how teachers talk about any number of issues, including politics, race, history, gender identity and sexuality, creating a new basis to push teachers out.” — The Washington Post ([link removed])

“‘Recent political attacks aimed at transgender and nonbinary youth have not only threatened their access to health care, support systems, and affirming spaces at school, they’ve also negatively impacted their mental health.’” — Teen Vogue ([link removed])

“For students whose only access to music education comes via their public schools, pandemic school closures were especially disruptive. But research also suggests music could help children rebuild what was lost.” — The New York Times ([link removed])
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