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David and Me, pt. 2
David and Me is a three part Blog series by Doug Barber.

Doug Barber
Mar 13, 20214 min read
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Beyond Black History Month
Today is the last day of the "shortest, coldest month of the year." So what does that mean for your self-education and work around Black...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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Reflection on "Black History / White Memory"
Last week I attended "Black History / White Memory," a webinar and dialogue hosted by the CRCNA (Christian Reformed Church in North...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 26, 20213 min read
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Nora Maxwell: Social Justice (and Social Media) Activist
Today we'd like to highlight one of our favorite Instagram activists, Nora Maxwell. Through her posts and stories, she teaches us how to...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 25, 20211 min read
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Why Black and not black?
Recently, many large news networks, companies, and other organizations have adopted a new policy: capitalize the "B" in "Black." Have...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 24, 20211 min read
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Happy birthday, W.E.B. Du Bois.
The first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard. Expert on economics, history, languages and literature, and sociology....

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 23, 20211 min read
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We love a good resource resource! Thanks Maine Department of Education!
We're checking in with you today to share a great collection of resources put together by the Maine Department of Education. Over the...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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White Supremacy in History: a Learning Opportunity
There are so many ways to honor and celebrate Black History Month, from seeking out movies and literature that center Black joy to...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 21, 20212 min read
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Tell Me The Truth: a Learning Opportunity
Today we want to pass along this opportunity to you; it's called "Tell Me the Truth: Exploring the Heart of Cross-Racial Conversations."...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 20, 20211 min read
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Buy Black Art: Jade Purple Brown
"Jade Purple Brown is an artist living in New York City. Her work uses strong figures, vibrant colors, and messages of optimism to create...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 19, 20211 min read
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Happy Birthday, Toni Morrison.
Today would have been Toni Morrison's 90th birthday. She is the only African American writer and one of the few women to have received...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 18, 20212 min read
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The Queen of Drag: William Dorsey Swann
Most of us are familiar with the Stonewall riots of 1969. Some of us have probably heard that Black trans women threw the first stones at...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 17, 20212 min read
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The Black Church: PBS Premiere
​ "The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a moving four-hour, two-part series from executive producer, host and writer...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Black. Gay. Advocate. Quaker. Bayard Rustin.
Michelle and Barack Obama's Higher Ground production company is bringing an exciting new biopic to Netflix. Its subject is Bayard Rustin,...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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Black Love Songs
My top favorite feel-good tunes by Black artists about loving. For Valentine's Day and every day. - Adelaide Fuller

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 14, 20211 min read
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The Black National Anthem
The Super Bowl stirs up controversy about the official American national anthem every year. Athletes kneel, networks discuss, fans get...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 13, 20212 min read
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White Parents, Raising Black Children
A white River Valley grandma told me some years ago that her daughter, who grew up here and graduated from a River Valley high school,...
Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Feb 12, 20211 min read
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Center Black Joy in Your Reading
People are reading about racism and anti-racism more than ever before. Books like How to Be An Anti-Racist, A People's History of the...

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 11, 20211 min read
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Unlearning a false narrative
Often those of us who live in the North grew up with the idea that slavery was something that happened in the South, and that we fought a...

Chris Ford
Feb 10, 20211 min read
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Black Lives Matter as a Curriculum
This Friday, February 12th, hop on Zoom for a discussion about the Black Lives Matter syllabus with its creator, Dr. Frank Leon Roberts....

Adelaide Fuller
Feb 9, 20211 min read
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