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We all have a personal history, a story we pass on. Perhaps, we were rejected, neglected, abandoned or hidden. Could it be that we were loved, but too much, or were we lost either, each, or neither? Author June Cross has experienced as most of us have, [...]

John Lewis; March: Book One – The Book Reviewed Reviewed By Robert Kirby | Originally Published at The Comics Journal October 23, 2013 March: Book One is the memoir of Congressman John Lewis (District 5, Georgia) who has had a long and distinguished political [...]

You were there. If perchance you were not physically present at the actual 1963 Boycott of the Chicago Public Schools you can be there at the 50th Anniversary event,Lessons From the 1963 Boycott Then and Now. [See the Program [pdf]. View videos of the [...]

Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. Raynard Sanders, Ed.D has over thirty years of experience in teaching, educational administration, and economic and community development. As a principal of a New Orleans high school, he developed the first high school DNA lab in the state of Louisiana [...]

Diane E. Levin Diane E. Levin, Ph.D. is Professor of Education at Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts where she has been training early childhood professionals for over twenty-five years. She teaches courses on play, violence prevention, action research and a summer institute on [...]

Nancy Carlsson Paige Nancy Carlsson Paige is Professor Emerita at Lesley University where she taught teachers for more than 30 years and was a founder of the University's Center for Peaceable Schools. Nancy has written and spoken extensively about the impact of media [...]

Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin Geralyn Bywater McLaughlin, M.Ed. is a founding teacher of the Mission Hill K-8 School. She serves as the Director of Defending the Early Years and Empowered by Play, which she also founded in 2009. Ms Bywater McLaughlin, a teacher-turned-activist, became [...]

Jitu Brown Jitu Brown, married and father of one child, is the National Director of the Journey For Justice Alliance. Jitu also serves as the Education Organizer for the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (KOCO). Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, [...]

Amy Valens Amy Valens began her teaching career in 1968 in the public schools of Dayton Ohio. After a brief stint teaching in an independent Summerhill based school in Los Angeles, she returned to public school teaching in Northern California. She joined the [...]