2. My alma mater University of Pennsylvania honored me w/ an Early Career Award. Definitely taken aback. I never need an excuse to return to Philly, but getting to see some of my favorite faces made my 22 hour excursion all the better.

4/ Collaborated on a paper, “Evading Race: A Critical Race Analysis of Vocation/Career and Technical Education,” that calls out the blatant ways programs for some of the most vulnerable groups continue to ignore the importance of race in determining who needs crucial funding.

5/ Published a short piece for practitioners in which I discuss how we have seen before a version of the political moment we are in so it’s important to focus on serving Black learners and take to heart the lessons our ancestors have left for us to leave Black learners.

For the folks that are confused about consent

Did you know @NYTimes described Zinn Ed Project and Learning for Justice as "unacceptably left-leaning by critics" and didn't name the "critics?" That means you should check out their history ed. resources for yourself (I appreciate their quality and depth!). zinnedproject.org/news/nyt-on-ah…

Join us Wednesday, October 16 from 1:30-3:30 CT for a lecture by Dr. Linda Perkins on her new book; a panel of TAMU faculty with research expertise in Black women’s studies will comment on her talk before an open Q&A. REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE AT: tx.ag/PerkinsVirtual

Happy Gullah Geechee Heritage Month and Hoodoo Heritage Month. Today is a good day to get into one of the many legacies the ancestors gifted to the Gullah Geechee—stories about the Flying Africans—folktales of spiritual comfort and resistance.

- Maxine Shaw FOREVER! Erika Alexander

HAPPENING TOMORROW! It’s not too late to register!

First up is Arkansas. To pay for its segregation scholarship program, AR took money out of the operating budget of what was then called Arkansas AM&N, present-day UAPB Official. Robbing Peter to Pay Paul. uncpress.org/book/978146967…

— James Baldwin

Baltimore got them a Real One 😭😭

I beg of you … please learn the difference between the STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION and the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Thank you. Bye.

This is everything. My their spirit and will to get what they are owed guide all of us trying to do the Lord’s work in the face of so much evil. Ashé and amen