As the spring blossoms appear, including the Kwanzan cherry trees, gifts of the Japanese government, planted along the Tidal Basin in front of the Jefferson Memorial (and on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle!), this article is a in important reminder that politics has always had an ecological context.
David M. Buerge’s new biography is the result of 20 years of research about the man who gave our city its name.
Source: New biography of Chief Seattle is thorough, insightful and, at times, heartbreaking
Sixty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, a B-52 bomber disintegrated over a small Southern town. An eyewitness recalls what happened next.
Source: Remembering the night two atomic bombs fell—on North Carolina
The longest running Martin Luther King, Jr. rally and march on the West Coast.
Source: Sea MLK Jr Coalition
Thanks to Madison for sharing this great comic!
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change
something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
—Buckminster Fuller
Haydée Dohrn Melendez-Morgan paraphrased in Kendel Nash (2019).
by Carolyn Bick A young man is on a ventilator at Harborview Medical Center, following his arrest for alleged property damage outside the East Precinct, during a protest in support of voting rights…
Too often, educators of color are burdened with leading and supporting anti-racist work in schools and districts—perhaps even more so during COVID-19 and this year’s widespread calls for such work. These resources can help white educators and administrators take action now, carry their fair share of this work and ensure they’re in it for the long haul.
Source: Anti-racist Action for White Educators
Teaching Tolerance has been knocking it out of the park with high-quality anti-racist resources that are pretty much classroom-ready for teachers.
