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In a new Bellwether blog post, Carrie Hahnel discusses how lawmakers and advocates can dismantle segregation in our schools and communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSRcwhBV
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This is an excellent article, succinctly describing one of the biggest ongoing issues in education. When we speak about #systemicracism in #education, it's outdated policies like this we're talking about. Love the innovative solutions they mention here - would love to see more!
In a new Bellwether blog post, Carrie Hahnel discusses how lawmakers and advocates can dismantle segregation in our schools and communities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSRcwhBV
Education and Housing Advocates Must Work Together to Dismantle the Segregation of Our Schools and Communities | Bellwether
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Middle schools in Brooklyn's District 15 are showing promising results in desegregation efforts without sparking a major exodus from public schools. Here's how 👇 1. Lottery-based Admissions, prioritizing low-income students: "Selective admissions were scrapped. Every child got a lottery number instead. Schools adopted targets to admit certain numbers of disadvantaged children." 2. Focusing desegregation efforts on socioeconomic divides: "Instead of using race, the district employed other categories to diversify student bodies. Specifically, schools prioritized students who are homeless, learning English or from low-income families - factors that are often correlated to race but that do not face the same legal challenges." Meaningful change is possible when districts come together to embrace diversity and equity in education! https://lnkd.in/gHSshbyc
What Happened When Brooklyn Tried to Integrate Its Middle Schools
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Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. In alignment with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, we will close our offices on Monday, October 2nd to observe the holiday and will resume normal operating hours on Tuesday, October 3rd. #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation #everychildmatters #truthandreconciliation
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If you are interested in learning more about this, I read an interesting book called The Color of Law by father/ daughter team Leah and Richard Rothstein that talks about the creation of segregated White suburbia with government FHA loans. Let that sink in for a moment … created with government sanction and with government money.
🏠🚫 Did you know about the whites-only policy that prevailed in the first suburb in the United States? William J. Levitt, the renowned developer behind the iconic Levittown homes, was responsible for the creation of the first suburb in the United States. Levittown, located on Long Island, New York, was built to provide post-war housing for the growing American middle class. However, this community became synonymous with racial exclusion due to its strict whites-only policy. The first five Levittown suburbs were Levittown, New York (1947), Levittown, Pennsylvania (1952), Willingboro Township, New Jersey (1958), Levittown, Puerto Rico (1963), and Levittown, Puerto Rico (1965). Each of these Levittowns implemented the whites-only policy. Levittown was developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s when discriminatory housing practices were still prevalent in society. Levitt and his team employed a series of tactics to enforce racial segregation within their community. They relied on racially restrictive covenants, which were legal agreements that prevented homeowners from selling their properties to African Americans. Understanding this history is crucial to recognizing the systemic barriers that have shaped our society and communities. Racially restrictive housing policies like those in Levittown have had long-lasting effects on segregation, wealth inequality, and educational opportunities. It is essential that we continue to address the policy that made these suburbs possible. My mission is to educate the masses on these policies to get public support for creating new policies Let's keep the conversation going! Share your thoughts and insights on this important part of American history. #civicengagement #policychange
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SEEKING TO FILL 2 POSITIONS FOR POLK BROS FOUNDATION – I am delighted to be supporting the Polk Bros Foundation in their efforts to fill 2 positions: 1) PROGRAM OFFICER and a 2) SR PROGRAM OFFICER. We encourage interested parties to apply early as the Foundation anticipates filling the 2 positions in late July. We seek subject-matter experts, for these 2 Chicago-based opportunities, in one or more of the following three areas: Housing Affordability, including knowledge of community-led and innovative programs, practices, and policies that can increase the supply of and access to affordable rental housing and home ownership in disinvested communities and communities of color, and decrease barriers that perpetuate racial and ethnic gaps. (Note: knowledge of approaches to addressing homelessness is a plus, but another, current Foundation program officer will be primarily responsible for this area.) Education, including knowledge of proven methods and policies to accelerate student learning especially for students from historically or currently marginalized groups, foster connectedness to school, and improve school climate and school leadership in the K-12 system and/or approaches and policies to improve college and post-secondary affordability, access, success, and connections to pathways into jobs with career progression. Community Violence Prevention, including knowledge of community-led and innovative solutions to reducing gun violence and gun violence involvement, especially by those at highest risk; increasing community safety; and cross-sector approaches that can address cycles of violence within families and communities. https://lnkd.in/gbEDs-MN Applications NOT accepted via LinkedIn #philanthropy #affordablehousing #violenceprevention #education
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Let's make a difference together! Did you know that by increasing the graduation rates of teenagers, we can significantly reduce juvenile crime rates over time? It's true! And not only that, but by accomplishing this, we can ultimately see a decrease in adult crime rates as well. Our School Justice Partnership (SJP) is dedicated to making this vision a reality. Our mission is clear: to increase graduation rates in communities and foster safer, more prosperous futures for our youth. Interested in taking part in this crucial initiative? Learn more about our SJP and how you can get involved today! Learn more about SJP here: https://lnkd.in/g39YYqG8 #SchoolJusticePartnership #GraduationRates #CommunityImpact #YouthEmpowerment #CrimePrevention
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Far too many people struggle to find and stay in decent, affordable homes. Evictions destabilize families. Unsafe conditions disrupt people’s lives and health. Tenants struggle to assert their rights. These harms disproportionately impact women of color and their children, the product of racial injustice in housing policy. Often compounding these historical injustices is the power imbalance between landlords and tenants in housing court. In our housing resource hubs, we help residents get the crucial public benefits, and services, and information on their rights that they need and guide them through the process of navigating the housing court system. Learn more about our housing work here: https://lnkd.in/etiscCdv
"Knowledge is power": Housing at the Center for Justice Innovation
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Alum Spotlight - we recently had the chance to visit with alum Danny Parker who shared his fond memories of being a Sequoyah student from 1964-68, and also discussed the vital work he is doing as Chair of the Pasadena Reconnecting Communities 710 Advisory Group. The 710 North was constructed in the early 1970s and displaced at least 4,000 residents and resulted in the demolition of some 1,500 homes and commercial and institutional buildings. A majority of the homes were owned or rented by low-income residents and people of color. The goal of the 710 project is to document the displacement of the community formerly located within the relinquished area – and also seeks to document the laws, practices, cultural environment, and other influences that existed at the time that may have resulted in racial discrimination and segregation in Pasadena. The project also seeks to include an oral history of this time as may be told from many vantage points: people who were displaced or family members of displaced residents; people who lost community connections as businesses they patronized, schools they attended and/or places they worshiped were displaced; people who may have had knowledge of the displacement but were not directly impacted; or other oral history that may be relevant to this time period and the impacts associated with it. Follow this link to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gQ_RJ7xJ #sequoyahalums #sequoyahinthecommunity #reconnectingcommunities
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