An outstanding first issue of Shadow Doctor comic out this past Wednesday. Check it out. #ShadowDoctorComic

Many congratulations to John Turbitt being named EPHS teacher of the year! Well done!

The @RIBBABZ Advocacy and Policy Committee informs and advocates for change in the state and city policies around issues affecting the minority business community.

Forget everything you ever thought you knew about the word “squaw.” It’s off limits — at least for the federal government — because Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said so. For good reason.

Black men deserve to grow old, few do. I'm grateful for the many yrs Mr. Poitier had with those whom knew him best & loved him most. I'm grateful for the 94 yrs the world had with this supremely talented, handsome, wise and regal Leading Man in cinema, the Movement & our hearts.

Why So Many Black Teachers Are Leaving the Classroom | Time #educolor ⁦The Hechinger Report⁩ time.com/6130991/black-…

“Racism puts enough burdens on educators of color; white colleagues can’t also expect them to end it.” Educators of color report a disproportionate responsibility to improve their schools cultures. White educators can carry more of that weight. learningforjustice.org/magazine/sprin…

A thread worth reading about the character and courage of Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte, who at the height of stardom risked their lives for racial equality.

New EdWeek survey results reveal why teachers consider leaving the profession, and how the pandemic has changed their decisionmaking. #TeacherRetention edweek.org/teaching-learn…

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Just thinking about everyone who voted in that Georgia runoff without whom Republicans would have blocked literally every Supreme Court nominee Biden could muster. Thanks y’all.

I have absolutely no confidence that the party and administration that's been so impotent when it comes prosecuting January 6th insurrectionists and thier allies at the highest level will have the political will to do anything about Clarence or Ginni Thomas

Please stand up. No. Ok, got it. slate.com/news-and-polit…

This man embodies the bad faith at the heart of American politics.

Finally an anti-lynching law! We must bend history toward justice, it does not bend on its own.

When your response to teachers leaving the profession is to make it easier to become a teacher but not stay a teacher, you’re part of the reason why teachers are leaving in the first place.

In 2022 don't drink the water! Damn.

Good luck to all of the educators and students returning to school for another year. Everyone starts all over again, the beauty of a new year. Cheers!

#OTD March 30, 1767, the brig Betsey, financed by Joseph Wanton, departed Newport for Cape Coast Castle in Ghana to purchase 115 enslaved Africans for sale in Barbados. Wanton was RI Governor from 1769-1775. From 1762-1775, he funded 13 voyages, enslaving at least 1,505 Africans.

#OTD April 27, 1767, the brig Royal Charlotte, financed by William Vernon, & captained by Thomas Taylor, departed Newport for Anomabu, Ghana, to purchase 105 enslaved Africans for sale in St. Croix. Vernon is also known (posthumously) as the 1st Secretary of the Navy. #OnThisDay