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The urgency of intersectionality

TW: Discussion of murder and Black folks’ deaths, allusions to police brutality, gender-based violence

“Like Kate and Queens-bred rapper Nas, I also believe that when it comes to the story of Black girls in the Americas, ‘it was written.’ However, we diverge radically on the beginning and end of this mythic tale” (Shange 110-1). 

Crenshaw, Kimberlé. “The urgency of intersectionality.” Oct. 2016. Lecture. 

Shange, Savannah. Progressive Dystopia : Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco. Duke University Press Books, 2019.

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Say Their Names   

TW: Discussion of murders, violence, and Black folks’ deaths, allusions to police brutality and policing

@TrevonDLogan (adapted from someone else, author unknown). “Black people are so tired. A Roll Call Repost. We can’t go jogging (#AmaudArbery). We can’t relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemJean and #AtatianaJefferson).  We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #Renisha McBride).  We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark). We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards). We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis). We can’t sell CD's (#AltonSterling). We can’t sleep (#AiyanaJones) We can’t walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown). We can’t play cops and robbers (#TamirRice). We can’t go to church (#Charleston9). We can’t walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin). We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell). We can’t party on New Years (#OscarGrant). We can’t get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland) We can’t lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile) We can't break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones) We can’t shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) We can’t have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher) We can’t read a book in our own car (#KeithScott). We can’t be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover). We can’t decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese). We can’t ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans). We can’t cash our check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).We can’t take out our wallet (#AmadouDiallo). We can’t run (#WalterScott). We can’t breathe (#EricGarner). We can’t live (#FreddieGray). We’re tired. Tired of making hashtags. Tired of trying to convince the world that our #BlackLivesMatter Tired of dying. Tired.” Twitter, 6 May. 2020, 8:39 p.m., https://twitter.com/TrevonDLogan/status/1258194797543723014.

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#WhiteFeels

“Finally, to rationalize her #WhiteFeels and the denial of Black subjectivity, Kate positions Robeson as a colonial settlement in which she has rightful dominion. Rather than a benevolent vision resonant with the ‘Community, Social Justice, Independent Thinkers’ mission of Robeson, Kate here advances a plainly imperial view of the school space: ‘This is not your school—it is our school’ (Shange 79). 

“In the afterlife of slavery, this ubiquity of enforcement has transmogrified into the figure of the white police officer, whose #WhiteFeels, closely related to #WhiteTears, is a hashtag used by race-con-scious social media users to highlight the fragility of white liberal allyship, and to more broadly critique the centering of white people’s emotional experiences at the experience of material costs to Black lives and lives of color. For more on #WhiteFeels, see Damon Young, ‘White Tears, Explained for White People Who Don’t Get It’” (Shange 79).

Article Savannah references: https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/white-tears-explained-for-white-people-who-dont-get-i-1822522689

Shange, Savannah. Progressive Dystopia : Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco. Duke University Press Books, 2019.

Young, Damon. “White Tears, Explained, For White People Who Don't Get It.” Very Smart Brothas, Very Smart Brothas, 29 Jan. 2018, verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/white-tears-explained-for-white-people-who-dont-get-i-1822522689. 

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IntegrateNYC 

IntegrateNYC is a “is a youth-led organization that stands for integration and equity in New York City schools” (IntegrateNYC). Please check out IntegrateNYC’s website: https://www.integratenyc.org/home/#introduction 

“[K]ids should be groomed for college, not prisons” (Shange 135). 

“Robeson Justice Academy pours immense resources into avoiding the school-to-prison pipeline through restorative justice and democratic practices, and yet still reenacts the logics of Black punition and disposability by counseling young people to transfer out of the school and criminalizing the border between the school and the neighborhood" (Shange 15). 

“IntegrateNYC Wins Recognition for Integration, Mik Moore Creates Funny Videos for a Good Cause, and More!” IntegrateNYC Wins Recognition for Integration, Mik Moore Creates Funny Videos for a Good Cause, and More!, mailchi.mp/socialinnovation/we-the-people2-1342489?e=d7fff9b334.

Shange, Savannah. Progressive Dystopia : Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco. Duke University Press Books, 2019.

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CESJ has been offered a select amount of seats to the exclusive NYC screening of America to Me, a new docu-series on Starz. America to Me is receiving widespread acclaim for how it examines racial and class inequities in a progressive, integrated public high school school in Chicago. ⠀ ⠀ The screening will be at the Schomberg Center for Research on Black Culture on Saturday, September 8th. There is a 3:00 - 3:45pm reception followed by the panel and screening from 4:00pm - 6:30pm. ⠀ ⠀ Those who attend the screening will be invited to attend an exclusive watch leader workshop, led by IntegrateNYC, to be held at The New School University Center next Saturday, September 15th. The workshop will train folks to lead community conversations around the themes that the docu-series tackles. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ RSVP ASAP! LINK IN BIO! You'll receive a follow up confirmation once you do. We will release details on the workshop shortly as well. #langcesj #americatome #screening #exclusive #workshop #integrateNYC⠀ http://bit.ly/2wOOn6o

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Cea mai mare acţiune caritabilă realizată de ziua internaţională a Carităţii – Reuşim împreună – Cam For Charity 2020

CamForCharity împlineste 3 ani de la prima ediţie, campanie iniţiată de echipa Studio20 cu scopul de a se implica activ social, sprijinind prin strângerea de fonduri membrii comunităţii din categoriile dezavantajate. Campania a pornit de la ideea „walk a mile in my shoes„, conform căreia oricine ajută la educarea cuiva ar trebui să se pună in locul acestuia pentru a-l înţelege mai bine.

Ziua Internaţională a carităţii este stabilită sâmbătă pe 5 Septembrie 2020 şi presupune ca întregul personal administrativ, inclusiv manageri, traineri, ingineri, specialişti de marketing, din cele 33 de sedii din România, Cehia, Ungaria, Statele Unite şi Colombia vor intra live pe noua platformă mainstream Stars.Live, timp de o oră. Fiecare membru al staffului decide cum vrea să folosească platforma şi cum doreşte să strângă donaţii, fie oferind sfaturi, acceptând provocări sau răspunzând la întrebări.

“Anul acesta am ales trei campanii, urmând să donăm catre fiecare o treime din sumă:

– Fundacion Patronato Maria Auxiliadora, o fundatie din Colombia care isi propune sa ajute si sa previna violenta domestica in Columbia in timpul Covid-19

– Fundacion ABLE, cu un proiect care isi propune reducerea decalajului digital al copiilor și familiilor lor, oferind acces la conexiunea la internet si la dispozitivele tehnologice pentru a reduce abandonul scolar si pierderea cunostintelor educationale din cauza crizei COVID-19

– Integrate NYC, o organizatie condusa de tinerii din New York, care lupta pentru egalitate si integrarea studentilor de orice culoare

https://secure.givelively.org/donate/integratenyc-inc/1-1-million-dollars-for-1-1-million-students

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/stop-violence-against-women-in-times-of-the-covid/ https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/educatechidrenincolombia/” 

declara PR managerul Studio20, Andra Chirnogeanu.

La sfarsitul campaniei, suma adunata se dubleaza si se imparte in mod egal intre cele 3 campanii de caritate alese.

Ziua Internationala a caritatii a devenit o traditie deja de 3 ani indemnand astfel la implicare si responsabilitate sociala pe toti cei care au vizibilitate in lumea mondena si isi doresc sa contribuie la o viata mai buna.

Studio20 este cea mai mare franciza de videochat din lume reunind in acest an 2020 peste  350 de angajati permamenti si peste 1000 de colaboratori (modele). Isi desfasoara activitatea in 33 locatii, din 6 tari (Romania, Statele Unite, Columbia, Ungaria, Cipru si Cehia), pe 3 continente (Europa, America de Nord si America de Sud). In Romania are locatii in toate orasele mari: Bucuresti, Cluj-Napoca, Oradea, Ploiesti, Brasov, Timisoara si Craiova.

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In 1954 school segregation became unconstitutional. Today, students are even more segregated than before. 65 years is enough. It’ time for us to #RetireSegregation

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