By Jolie Radunich
May 12 , 2020
NEWS
After racism claims, Museum of Fine Arts creates a diversity fund
UN chief asks for inclusion of people with disabilities in COVID-19 response
Google Diversity Report Shows Little Progress For Women And People Of Color
MOTIVATION
Master’s candidate at Harvard University Donovan Livingston delivers a convocation speech in the form of spoken word poetry. He explains the experience of education from the slavery period to Livingston’s personal experiences in the education system.
WHAT TO WATCH – FREEDOM WRITERS
Two years after the L.A. Riots, a new teacher is faced with a racially divided classroom of at-risk students, deemed incapable of learning. She encourages them to journal their life experiences as gang members, children of prisoners, and freshmen unsure of their futures. Based on a true story, Erin Gruwell helps her students connect their experiences with The Diary of Anne Frank, and take an interest in their own education. Available on Netflix and also as a published diary filled with the real students’ journal entries?
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