“Besides, They’ll see how beautiful I am And be ashamed— I, too, am America.“ ~Langston Hughes We remember you, #TrayvonMartin.

Kids will respect you when they feel respected by you. And you need to doubly earn the respect of Black and brown children as a white teacher. You cannot demand their respect. You shouldn't even expect them to automatically respect you just because you are an authority figure.

Cancer sucks. That's it. That's all I came here to say.

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You owe it to yourself to go where you’ll be appreciated, where they’ll tell you “thank you,” where kind gestures toward you are frequent, where you’ll be lovingly challenged to grow, and where your work will be acknowledged and honored.

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You cannot love your neighbor while supporting or accepting systems that crush, exploit, and dehumanize them. You cannot love your neighbor while accepting less for them and their family than you do for you and your own.

Op-Ed: $1 billion for private school vouchers will be “devastating” for rural schools ow.ly/1rUw30svMR5 #nced #ncpol #voucherfail #ncga #ncpublicschools

Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE

Senate Bill 90, which was a pretty innocuous bill on student searches that passed the Senate in March, was gutted yesterday, completely rewritten, and there are a lot of people talking about it. 🧵

PSA: If someone doesn’t genuinely cheer for your wins, you don’t need them in your life.

THIS IS GOING VIRAL SO I WANTED TO SHARE IT HERE TOO: A bit from my past: My first job after getting my PhD was working as a therapist for people from low socioeconomic backgrounds. Almost all of them were diagnosed with depression, GAD, bipolar, or BPD. Most were highly

Our culture isn’t the cause of Christianity’s decline. Christians drifting into nationalism and authoritarianism is the cause of Christianity’s decline. Christianity declines whenever it follows after demagogues rather than Jesus.

The Wake County school system has seen an 88% increase in the number of homeless students since the 2014-15 school year. There were 5,143 students in transition last school year. The number is expected to rise this school year. #wcpss #nced assistive.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attac… #wcpss

Just because this isn’t Instagram doesn’t mean I can’t post a picture for inspiration. This is on my walk this morning. It’s the road to my house. I just want to say to some of you, Keep on going, sweetheart. That sun’s shining ahead. Bright as the Son. The Light of the World.

One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the lie that that single mom on welfare or the kid getting free food at school is the problem instead of the ultra rich hoarding more wealth than billions of people have combined and getting tax breaks for doing so.

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

“Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed, making widows their prey and robbing the orphan.” -Isaiah 10:1-2

Barbara Kingsolver shows what it means to love thy neighbor as an Appalachian. Today, she announced that she used proceeds from her bestselling book “Demon Copperhead” to open “Higher Ground” - a women’s recovery center in Lee Co, VA to help people struggling with addiction.