I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my non-Black friends about how to be a better ally to Black people. I suggest unlearning and relearning through literature as just one good jumping off point, and have broken up my anti-racist reading list into sections:

So RIAProud of Ayat & Mpenzi!Selected as RCSD Scholar Athletes-2 out of 20! Both passed all of their Regents exams prior to COVID19 & are graduating! Both have GPAs over 4.0! Both learned English at RIA!! #WeAreRIA RIA Rochester City School District Dr. Lesli Myers-Small Dr. Carmine Peluso Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz GO RIA!!

So proud of all of our RIA Seniors! Especially this sweet boy that I was lucky enough to meet back in 2015 💚🤎 You have all worked SO hard, and we are so excited to see you take your next steps in this journey 🎓 Tina Bianchi Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz Lmbloch

A family of eleven people fled the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the U.S. with nothing but the clothes on their backs in 2013 and now five out of six siblings in the family are pursuing an education at Monroe Community College. specne.ws/EepLj7?cid=twi…

In the @rcsdria library, we unpacked Rudine Sims Bishop ‘s “Mirrors, Windows and Sliding Glass Doors” to empower students with the English vocabulary they can use to articulate / advocate for the books they want to read. How did we make this academic work accessible to our students?1/3

#WeAreRIA Great two days of student/parent/guardian/teacher conferences & Senior reviews with home language support!! All RIA families received a Thanksgiving bin thanks to our RIAAmazing community!! #SaveRIA ⁦Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz⁩ ⁦RIA⁩ ⁦Dr. Carmine Peluso⁩ #RIAFamily

Please, please do your homework before voting on the disastrous proposal from Dr. Lesli Myers-Small that aims to do much more harm to our students than good for the district. @BeatrizLeBron1 Amy Maloy Van Henri White Ricardo Adams Willa Powell Rochester Teachers Association Rochester City School District #saveRIA 2/2

Why is this building important to you? "Because we come from all over the world, but when we are at RIA, we feel like we haven't gone anywhere... it's comfortable and we're family." Please don't remove our students from their school-home. They have already lost too much. 1/

The message from students, community members, and staff was clear - Dr. Lesli Myers-Small plan to harm RIA is 💯 opposed.

Fun with Christina Pelletier and our Speaking Circles to practice speaking English, reinforce ELA content, and learn about each other! The students had so much fun! RIA Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz Dr. Carmine Peluso #EnglishLanguageLearners #RIAfamily #saveRIA

Hassan, I have never seen you shine so bright as you did on that stage today ❤️⭐️ We are all so RIAProud of you, and can’t wait to see where you go next RIA

#WeAreRIA Everyday=World Hijab Day @ RIA! #RIAFamilyEveryday ⁦Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz⁩ ⁦RIA⁩ ⁦jlgrimes⁩ ⁦Dr. Carmine Peluso⁩ ⁦Christina Pelletier⁩ ⁦Samuel Consagra⁩ ⁦Isse Abukar⁩ ⁦Tina Bianchi⁩ ⁦Jenna Socash⁩ ⁦Lauren Kinard (Wesolowski)⁩

#WeAreRIA #itsOkayToNotBeOkay #MattTrabolt🙏🏽🙏🏼 RIAAmazing conversations on Mental Health in many languages! Kudos partners Victoria & Maureen from ⁦Mt. Hope Family Center⁩ Thank you ⁦Primetime585⭕️⁩ ⭕️ ⁦Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz⁩ ⁦RIA⁩ ⁦Dr. Carmine Peluso⁩ ⁦

BREAKING: Boil Water Advisory Issued After Water Main Break in Rochester. If you live within this area - you should boil your water through Saturday. The advisory will be lifted once test show the water is ok to drink. News10NBC City of Rochester NY

RIA students: 1. School is closed on Thursday. 2. There is a problem with water. 3. Boil your water and let it get cold before you drink it. 4. Please tell your friends. 💚🤎

RIA Rochester City School District Ms.Cholach_ENL Refugees Helping Refugees Lauren Kinard (Wesolowski) Julianne Wise LaJuan White @BeatrizLeBron1 Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz No School in RCSD & Water Advisory in Ukrainian.

RIA Rochester City School District Lauren Kinard (Wesolowski) Tina Bianchi Julianne Wise Ms.Cholach_ENL LaJuan White Refugees Helping Refugees @BeatrizLeBron1 No School RCSD & Water Advisory in Dari.

RIA Julianne Wise Ms.Cholach_ENL Lauren Kinard (Wesolowski) Julianne Wise Tina Bianchi Christina Pelletier Debora@Ndachaisaba Katie Sweet

RIA Rochester City School District Mary Andrecolich Montesano Diaz Debora@Ndachaisaba Julianne Wise Lauren Kinard (Wesolowski) Ms.Cholach_ENL Refugees Helping Refugees LaJuan White @BeatrizLeBron1 Tina Bianchi No School RCSD & Water Advisory in Kinyarwanda

RIA Rochester City School District Refugees Helping Refugees Lauren Kinard (Wesolowski) LaJuan White @BeatrizLeBron1 No School RCSD & Water Advisory in Nepali.