Feb 11, 2021 / 06:25 AM EST
FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) Families in the Hamilton Southeastern Schools district said Wednesday they will not back down until Superintendent Allen Bourff steps down.
Concern continues to grow across the district. Thousands have signed petitions disagreeing with the way Bourff suggested teachers discuss the Black Lives Matter Movement in the classroom.
On Wednesday night, nearly 20 people stood holding signs in subfreezing temperatures and snow to send a message to the school board members meeting inside. The group says they were blocked from entering and speaking.
Aaron Ferris said he was in communication with the superintendent’s assistant who told him there would be limited capacity at the meeting due to COVID-19 and he would need to sign up early. Ferris did and was told he would get in, but that changed when he filled out the public comment section of his request.
Black Lives Matter: The killing of George Floyd tore Minneapolis apart. Now comes the trial
In a country whose criminal justice system rarely holds police officers accountable for killing on the job not in Ferguson, Missouri, not in the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, not in the case of Eric Garner in New York the trial of officer Derek Chauvin is seen as a test of whether anything has changed New York Times February 11, 2021 / 02:08 PM IST
A sign counts down the days until the trial of Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed George Floyd, at a Speedway gas station in Minneapolis, Feb. 8, 2021. With Chauvin’s trial a month away, there is great uncertainty in Minneapolis about the outcome, and whether the proceedings could provoke more violence. (Nina Robinson/The New York Times)
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Tonderai Munyevu
Mugabe, My Dad & Me debuts as an Audible play February 11.
While exploring Munyevuâs personal story and his relationship with his father, the solo show charts the rise and fall of one of the most controversial politicians of the 20th century. Weaving monologue and original music,
Mugabe, My Dad & Me also examines connection, familial love, and what it means to return home.
âI knew that the story of Zimbabwe was as important as that of my family,â says Munyevu of the play. âThe pain of colonization and its effect on generations and generations of people can never be overstated. Since starting to write this story, the world has been awakened to some of the themes I found so compelled to write about. From the blistering repositioning of the Black Lives Matter Movement, to our current challenges with the pandemic and our complicated relationship with our political leaders, I feel all this has made this story more universal than I