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Network for A Cause: Child Abuse Prevention Month Connect with community leaders while supporting a good cause at this month's Network for a Cause hosted by Essence of Progress. Network for a Cause is a monthly mixer that aims to connect charitable organizations with young professionals, public servants and social do-gooders living in the Atlanta area. This month will be highlighting Child Abuse Prevention month and supporting Prevent Child Abuse Georgia as they spread awareness about the issue of child abuse. This event is free to attend. Donations are optional but encouraged. Space is limited so RSVP today at eopn4c.eventbrite.com. Address: Studio 7, 393 Marietta Street NW Date & Time: Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 pm - 9:00pm For more information email [email protected]. #N4C

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Marcus Garvey - The History of the UNIA (full documentary)

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- Didn’t Malcolm X preach that violence and he got it, didn’t he? - Martin Luther King didn’t preach no violence and he got it too! A whole lot of people get violence that don’t preach no violence. It just shows that you don’t know what you talkin’ about. It just shows that people be tryin’ to change things and fix things and they need change and they need fixin’.

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Bush Mama (Haile Gerima - 1979)

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Teaching to Transgress author - bell hooks

In Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual--writes about a new kind of education, education as the practice of freedom. Teaching students to "transgress" against racial, sexual, and class boundaries in order to achieve the gift of freedom is, for hooks, the teacher's most important goal.

bell hooks speakes to the heart of education today: how can we rethink teaching practices in the age of multiculturalism? What do we do about teachers who do not want to teach, and students who do not want to learn? How should we deal with racism and sexism in the classroom?

Full of passion and politics, Teaching to Transgress combines a practical knowledge of the classroom with a deeply felt connection to the world of emotions and feelings.  This is the rare book about teachers and students that dares to raise questions about eros and rage, grief and reconciliation, and the future of teaching itself.

"To educate is the practice of freedom," writes bell hooks, "is a way of teaching anyone can learn." Teaching to Transgress is the record of one gifted teacher's struggle to make classrooms work. (Summary from amazon.com)

More info on her views in this article:

http://infed.org/mobi/bell-hooks-on-education/

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The Book of Negroes Author - Lawrence Hill (2007) BET Miniseries (2015) starring Aunjanue Ellis, Lyric Bent, Lou Gossett, Jr, and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.

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Acts of Faith: Daily Meditations for People of Color Author - Iyanla Vanzant

Motivating resource for daily reflection, entries can be used for workshop facilitation and discussion

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Malcolm X - Message To The Grassroots (speech)

text here -

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/message-to-grassroots/

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Very interesting film to critique:

Burn (1969) starring Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez, Renato Salvatori The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade.

Trailer here, full film can be found on Youtube (if you search)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd_WPdc2Mgg

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Aida (children’s book, 1997) author - Leontyne Price, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon 

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The Angry Eye - Brown Eye / Blue Eye Experiment conducted by Ms. Jane Elliot

Overall great intro for discussing institutionalized racism vs. prejudice, the effects and white privilege.

Part Two here --> rest on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mp5Hs4eafU

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Najee Carter

“I remember hearing stories of a proverbial table that had my name on it as long as I dedicated my life to proving I was worthy of a seat. I played my role correctly, abiding by the politics of respectability, in order to earn what inherently was my birthright. Through my academic success I was frequently able to get a glance at this table that was so frequently spoken of. There was something missing. I didn’t see many faces that looked like mine or the boys and girls I knew growing up in Newark, NJ. The faces I did see, whose hue matched mine, wore an uncanny sorrow. It was from those glances that I realized Black and Brown boys and girls deserve a greater dream. They don’t deserve to live their lives in pursuit of occupying a seat at a table they weren’t invited to. They deserve the knowledge and self-assurance of knowing that they don’t need a seat, they can own the venue. Our children deserve the pursuit of creating their own spaces where they can be just as black and beautiful as they want without apologizing for who they are. This is why I teach. 

I teach for the love of children who have been denied access to their own dreams. Whatever those dreams may be, I teach because I believe they are valid. For me, there is a supreme power in teaching and providing children with something they have been so strategically deprived of. I marvel at the idea of pushing critical thought in the classroom and beam at the sight of my kids attacking rigorous mathematical concepts with such sophistication. I am filled with joy as they bring words to life through their writing. This for me is the revolution that will not be televised. These are the minds that will rewrite the narrative and redefine their stories. I am simply humbled and thankful for being able to provide the pen.”

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Check blackmanteach.tumblr.com frequently for updates, this tumblr presents inspiring and informative narratives and perspectives of Black male teachers in our communities across the nation.

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Ida B. Wells-Barnett, journalist, anti-lynching activist, speaker, mother, teacher…she was awesome!

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CHARLOTTE FORTEN GRIMKÉ (1837-1914)

Charlotte Forten Grimké was born to a wealthy Free Black family in Philadelphia. Many of her relatives were active abolitionists and belonged to anti-slavery groups that helped escaped slaves. She studied literature and teaching in Salem, Massachusetts, and had a great love of reading. She also joined the Salem Female Anti-Slavery Society, and raised money, wrote and published poetry, spoke for the abolitionists, and arranged lectures. (from mychurchtoolbox.org)

More great info here: http://mychurchtoolbox.org/blog/black-history-spotlight-2-charlotte-forten-grimke/

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Sarafina, film (1992) 

Sarafina (Leleti Khumalo) is a young black South African struggling for freedom during the apartheid. While she has remained relatively silent in her opposition of the racist government in her country, the movement to make the language of Afrikaans the official language in her school leads her to protest in the streets with her fellow students. Her anti-government views become even more intense when her favorite teacher (Whoopi Goldberg) is arrested for protesting.

More info here: http://www.amazon.com/Sarafina-Whoopi-Goldberg/dp/B00006472P