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The Part of History You've Always Skipped- "Knowing Better"
Though this is a long video, it is an excellent description of how American History is often taught to minimize the "uncomfortable" parts...

Jeff Bailey
May 1, 20221 min read
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Looking back at Trayvon Martin
"Ten years ago today, Trayvon Martin was killed. Trayvon wasn’t so different from me. I resembled him as a teenager, and as a young...
Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Feb 28, 20222 min read
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Medical Racism
Chidiebere Ibe, a student at the University of Uyo has begun to create medical drawings featuring people of color, which is something...
Carly
Feb 26, 20221 min read
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What not to wear this Halloween
This video from Teen Vogue is entitled "My Culture is Not A Costume". It features the voices of several BIPOC folks explaining why...

Alicia Farmer
Oct 14, 20211 min read
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Podcast Episode: The History of Whiteness and How We Teach about Race
I have been listening to an excellent series of podcasts from Learning for Justice--formerly Teaching Tolerance-- called "Teaching Hard...

Jeff Bailey
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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Banned Books Week
The last week in September is "Banned Book Week" an annual week sponsored by the American Library Association and Amnesty International,...
Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Oct 3, 20211 min read
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The Story of Akiko Kato and Japanese- American Incarceration
When I was a high school student in the 1990's I learned about the horrors of the Holocaust in school. I was aware of the travesties...

Jeff Bailey
Sep 1, 20212 min read
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Let's Talk Vocab!: A Western Maine Community Zoom Conversation
When we talk about inequity, it can sometimes feel like no two people in a room have the same understanding of the words we use. Maybe,...

Adelaide Fuller
May 24, 20211 min read
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Racism is a Public Health Crisis: April 21-23
5 Events Hosted by Stand Against Racism and YWCA Central Maine We were just passed this information about an incredible series of events...

Adelaide Fuller
Apr 19, 20211 min read
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Asian American Hate, pt. 5: Now What?
By: Chandarith Moeun Chandarith Moeun, a Cambodian American who grew up in Mexico, Maine and helped found the Mountain Valley High School...
Chandarith Moeun
Mar 26, 20213 min read
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Asian American Hate, pt. 3: Another Problem
Asian American Hate, pt. 3: Another Problem By: Chandarith Moeun Chandarith Moeun, a Cambodian American who grew up in Mexico, Maine and...
Chandarith Moeun
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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Asian American Hate, pt. 4: In the Past
By: Chandarith Moeun Chandarith Moeun, a Cambodian American who grew up in Mexico, Maine and helped found the Mountain Valley High School...
Chandarith Moeun
Mar 25, 20213 min read
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Asian American Hate, pt. 2: Time and Time Again
Asian American Hate, pt. 2: Time and Time Again By: Chandarith Moeun Chandarith Moeun, a Cambodian American who grew up in Mexico, Maine...
Chandarith Moeun
Mar 24, 20213 min read
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Asian American Hate, pt. 1
By: Chandarith Moeun Chandarith Moeun, a Cambodian American who grew up in Mexico, Maine and helped found the Mountain Valley High School...
Chandarith Moeun
Mar 23, 20214 min read
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Have You Heard of Malaga Island?
We graduate students every year who have never heard of Malaga Island. Why? I attended the 2012 opening exhibit. It was incredible to be...
Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Feb 4, 20212 min read
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On Rosa Parks
Because the telling of the American story has focused on, and been primarily told from an Eurocentric/white view, the African descent...
Adelaide Solomon Jordan
Feb 3, 20211 min read
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My Hero Monday:Eugene Goodman
From protecting the senate from an angry mob during the insurrection at the Capitol to escorting Vice President Kamala Harris at the...

Adelaide Fuller
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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The Story of Martin Luther King Jr. by Kid President
1.15.21 Once upon a time, there was a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. He taught us that things won't always be awesome, but your...

Adelaide Fuller
Jan 15, 20211 min read
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