Black Lives Matter Week of Action, born in Philly, goes national
As they did last year, students in classrooms around Philadelphia are participating in lessons about the Black Lives Matter movement this week — second graders coloring pictures, high schoolers having frank conversations about social justice.
But this time, the movement has spread outside of the city in a major way. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other school systems across the country — about 25 in all — and a local suburban district are all participating in some way. Beginning last summer, Philadelphia organizers connected with teachers around the U.S. to devise “the National Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Our Schools.” Thousands of teachers have signed on; organizers estimate 80 schools locally are participating.
“I think this gives students a platform and the language that they need to talk about the injustices in society,” said Clarice Brazas, an English teacher at the U School, a public high school in North Philadelphia.
As they did last year, students in classrooms around Philadelphia are participating in lessons about the Black Lives Matter movement this week — second graders coloring pictures, high schoolers having frank conversations about social justice. But this time, the movement has spread outside of the city in a major way. New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other school systems across the country — about 25 in all — and a local suburban district are all participating in some way. Beginning last summer, Philadelphia organizers connected with teachers around the U.S. to devise “the National Black Lives Matter Week of Action in Our Schools.” Thousands of teachers have signed on; organizers estimate 80 schools locally are participating. “I think this gives students a platform and the language that they need to talk about the injustices in society,” said Clarice Brazas, an English teacher at the U School, a public high school in North Philadelphia.