Black History Month events in the Bridgeport area go virtual
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The Wexler Grant Community School hosts a community dinner to celebrate the close of Black History Month in New Haven, Conn., on Thursday Jan. 28, 2019.. The dinner, sponsored by the Family Resource Center and Title I, is called A Night of Soul. The evening featured student entertainment by the Wexler Grant Dance Team and the Wexler Grant Drum Line. Other highlights included poetry readings, a step dance team and music by Wexler Grant alumni Derrick Gaskins.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
We’re more than a week into Black History Month and events are still being planned throughout the region to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the Black community.
FABIOLA QUIÑONES | 2/11/2021, midnight School/education Pixabay photo
Wednesday, January 6, 2021 is a day that will live in infamy: the day in which insurrectionists attempted a coup at the U.S. Capitol to stop a democratic and constitutional election. The events that transpired came as a surprise for many, but not for some mainly, people of color because many of us are regularly engaged in conversations about race, power and privilege. As an educator, I believe we can begin to address this by teaching the next generation the true value of citizenship and diversity, which can happen if we do the following: train teachers in Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT); ensure that teachers are committed to teaching with a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) lens; and teach honest, authentic historical narratives in our classrooms.
Targeting vulnerable ZIP codes is one way San Francisco and other U.S. cities and counties are trying to ensure they vaccinate people in largely Black, Latino and working-class communities that have borne the brunt of the pandemic.