Category: Allyship
Back to homeKindness Is Not The Solution to Racism
by Alicia Sprague Growing up white in the U.S., I learned one solution for fighting injustice: if I just treated people well, I could cause a ripple effect of kindness that would spread across the world. That’s how I used …
Addressing Anti-Blackness in Latinx Communities
The NASPA Latinx/a/o Knowledge Community (LKC) hosted Anti-Blackness in the Latinx/a/o Community – A Community Conversation on Friday, June 19. The presentation was hosted by Christopher Busey, PhD, Carolina Dávila, M.S.Ed., Luis Sierra, M.S., and Cecilia Suarez, PhD. In addition …
Helpful Black Lives Matter Illustrations
Source: https://twitter.com/scarecrowbar Illustration by unknown, sourced from Patrice Palmer Featured image illustration by C. Daniela Shapiro (@cds.art)
Celebrating Juneteenth
On June 19th, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform the last enslaved American people of their liberation – two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. The day has become a celebration of Black freedom and joy and is now known as Juneteenth. It is important to recognize Juneteenth as a monumental moment in American history – …