Happy last day of Kwanzaa to all who celebrated! :)

The In-person Brookline Educators for Educator Diversity (BEED) Recruiting & Networking Event scheduled for tonight at Golden Temple has been postponed to February 5th, 6-7:30pm. Mark your calendars and more news soon!

**Correction: We are looking at WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 2020 for the re-scheduled Educators of Color Recruiting Event at Golden Temple, Brookline.

“Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude.”- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?'” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Of Thich Nhat Hanh, Martin Luther King Jr., his friend, said: "He is an Apostle of Peace and Nonviolence." So grateful for the gifts and messages of both poet warriors for peace.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is tomorrow, January 27th. Here are some resources to learn more: ushmm.org/remember/inter…

Happy Lunar New Year!! Wishing everyone good health, prosperity & happiness. #YearOfTheTiger

UNTITLED a James Baldwin poem Lord, when you send the rain think about it, please, a little? Do not get carried away by the sound of falling water, the marvelous light on the falling water. I am beneath that water. It falls with great force and the light Blinds me to the light.

Educators of Color Recruiting and Networking Night TONIGHT at Golden Temple, Brookline!! Thank you for your efforts, amazing BEED team! Tell anyone you know -- we look forward to seeing prospective colleagues of color at 6pm!

Sybrina Fulton: Cultivating Justice Toward Racial Equality, Thursday, February 24, 7pm. Trayvon Martin's mother has become an inspiring spokesperson for parents and concerned citizens across the county. Register here for her webinar: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

“No matter what our intentions, everything we say and do in the pursuit of justice will one day be outdated, ineffective, and yes, probably wrong. That is the way progress works. What we do now is important and helpful so long as what we do now is what is needed now.” Ijeoma Oluo

The Brookline Educators of Color (BEED) Team is holding another recruiting/ networking event for educator of color candidates tomorrow night (5/11) @ 6pm at Golden Temple. Please attend if interested and spread the word!!

Frederick Douglass: No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man w/o at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck. Juneteenth doesn't mark the emancipation of the enslaved, but emancipation of the US. We should rejoice & work toward our mutual liberation.

“At its best, activism is a form of healing. It is about what we do and how we show up in the world. It is about learning and expressing regard, compassion and love.” ― Resmaa Menakem

Dr. Psyche Williams-Forson: Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America @ 7pm via zoom. Register here: harvard.com/event/virtual_…

Race Reels this Thursday, Sept 9th, at the BHS MLK room! The film is El Canto Del Colibri and the free pizza starts at 5:45. Guest speaker, too. The entire community is invited. Don't miss the Race Reels kick off for 2022-23!!

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"Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations." —Dr. Mae Jemison, first African-American female astronaut