Ethnic studies bill 5023 is currently being considered by the state legislature. It Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to develop and periodically update a model ethnic studies curriculum for use in grades 7–12. It requires an advisory committee to oversee the process. Take a look here https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5023&Year=2019&Initiative=false Then, please contact your…
Blackface is a damnable blot on the nation’s history. Today many Americans recognize it, belatedly, as the abomination it always was. Redface, too, is a damnable blot, though so common in our time it is nearly invisible. This contradiction puzzles Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. He is a…
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“Unitarian Universalism’s commitment to trans lives is all too often aspirational rather than true today. According to a recent survey, only 28% of trans UUs feel that their congregation is fully inclusive of them as trans people. We need this to change, because trans lives are at stake.” In this short article, TRUUst provides concrete…
JUUstice Washington was honored to invite Cynthia Good to share her expertise and insights at our inaugural Justice Summit on October 20, 2018. Cynthia Good and her co-presenter Kyana Wheeler conducted a plenary session designed to help participants begin to identify and respond to systems of privilege and oppression in their justice efforts and in…
