On August 17th Chicago parents embarked on a Journey For Justice, Education Justice. After more than fifteen years of struggle, the people felt determined to secure moral justness. Twelve parents from communities across Chicago launched a hunger strike in front of Dyett High School. Dyett [...]
What If We Treated All Consent Like Society Treats Sexual Consent?
Alli Kirkham2016-11-29T17:39:12-05:00You are staying until it’s done You said I could have it once You said you liked it You said you wanted it You are my wife and it’s your duty You owe me You are asking for it [...]
All Lives Matter*
Keith Knight2016-11-29T17:39:12-05:00Keith Knight is many things to many people–rapper, social activist, father and educator among them. He’s also one of the funniest and most highly regarded cartoonists in America, and the creator of three popular comic strips: the Knight Life, (th)ink, and the K Chronicles. For [...]
Coming Soon: Attack of the 14-Year-Old Black Girl
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:12-05:00Coming soon from McKinney, Texas Police Productions, it’s the next summer horror science fiction cop flick, Attack of the 14-Year-Old Black Girl! A frightening teen girl in a bikini terrorizes the police force of a small Texas suburb, making them respond with excessive force and [...]
40 Acres and a Mule Would Be at Least $6.4 Trillion Today—What the U.S. Really Owes Black America
Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn2016-11-29T17:39:13-05:00[/fusion_builder_column_inner] [/fusion_builder_row_inner] Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn is editorial director of YES! Jeff Neumann and Tracy Loeffelholz Dunn designed this infographic for Make It Right, the Summer 2015 issue of YES. This piece was reprinted by EmpathyEducates with permission or license. We thank Jeff Neumann, Tracy [...]
Baltimore Resident Visually Documents Amidst the Blaze and Pain Peace was Always Present
Devin Allen2016-11-29T17:39:13-05:00Baltimore Mourns Fighting for the Future ::::: #ripfreddiegray #blacklivesmatter #Baltimore ::: #DVNLLN A photo posted by KnownNobody ◼️◾️▪️ (@bydvnlln) on Apr 23, 2015 at 2:53pm PDT Would you lay down for the Cause :::: don't talk my head off I'm just just playing my [...]
National Poetry Month 2015: “A poem should not mean/But be”
Paul L Thomas EdD2016-11-29T17:39:13-05:00By Paul L. Thomas, Ed.D. | Originally Published at The Becoming Radical. April 1, 2015 Spring semester 1980, I was a first-year student at Spartanburg Methodist College and the class was Public Speaking 101, taught by Steve Brannon. At that point in my redneck life, I was [...]
Closed For Good
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:17-05:00Closed for Good — The Story Letty and Angel live with their four children in Humboldt Park. Their youngest son, Christopher, is “learning to be a regular kindergartener” and receives special education at Lafayette Elementary’s renowned program. Janiquia is in 4th grade, and [...]
Our Purpose Is To Love
David Krieger2016-11-29T17:39:17-05:00Our purpose is to love and love some more. To fail to love would be a mortal crime. We don’t know what the future holds in store, but surely this: we will each run out of time. So we are charged to love beneath the sun [...]