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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Tạ Xuân Hải | CURSED (2)

Tạ Xuân Hải, the Vietnamese poet and YouTuber is a native of Mã Thành commune, Yên Thành district, Nghệ An province, A master student in linguistic …

Tạ Xuân Hải | CURSED (2)

Stefanik says NY schools are forcing a ‘radical and racist’ agenda on children. The false claim fits a pattern | NCPR News

The State Education Department says that claim is “patently false.” And political observers say it fits a pattern for Stefanik: importing far-right, national issues into the North Country.

The pattern has been underway for a long time. Stefanik amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. In 2021 she posted campaign ads, accusing Democrats of colluding with immigrants to stage an insurrection. She falsely claimed New York’s school mask mandate was illegal. And in April and May, she made claims about critical race theory.

What do people mean when they talk about “critical race theory”?

For the conservative movement, CRT has become a catch-all for any educational materials related to race and bias. But it’s actually a pretty obscure legal and academic concept that doesn’t have a place in K-12 schools, according to Gloria Ladson-Billings, who helped bring CRT to the field of education. She tried to clear up some misconceptions in a video last year.

“I don’t expect teachers to do anything around critical race theory in grades kindergarten through 12. In fact, I don’t actually introduce the notion of critical race theory to undergraduates. They have no use for it. The theory is important at the graduate level,” Ladson-Billings said.

 

Source: Stefanik says NY schools are forcing a ‘radical and racist’ agenda on children. The false claim fits a pattern | NCPR News

Service Adulthood Began Early, With Compassion In Oakland

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

     Volunteering can take many forms, whether by helping, as the CCC did (and does, in California), with nature and infrastructure maintenance, or by helping to keep others safe, as this new organization is doing in response to recent hate crimes.   This is part of what Phase II will work toward on a larger scale,  Escorts starting about 15-20 years from now as Phase I draws to a close, by building a cadre of Serving Adults: 

“…700 people of all races and backgrounds have volunteered to work with Compassion in Oakland.

     So, I continue to work on Project Do Better’s manifesto, now re-writing Part II.

     I look forward to hearing your opinions, Thoughtful Readers.

We can really  Do Better.

-Shira   

 

Action Prompts:

    Share your thoughts on how to build buy-in create a more equal, or at least less inequitable, society, please…

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Uvalde shooting: President Joe Biden vows to meet with Congress on gun policy – UPI.com

President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised to meet with members of Congress on gun policy, one week after a shooting at a Texas elementary school left 21 people dead.

His comment came after a bilateral meeting with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the White House. Biden didn’t elaborate on when a meeting would take place or with whom.

 

Source: Uvalde shooting: President Joe Biden vows to meet with Congress on gun policy – UPI.com