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Clark Atlanta University and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Launch Institute, to Host Convening

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Institute for Leadership, Civic Engagement, Economic Empowerment and Social Justice (NCBCP TWD Jr. By uniting the power of the ballot, the book, and the buck, we are laser focused on rebuilding hope, justice, equity, and equality in Black America." Dortch, Jr., Institute) at CAU.

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Civil Rights Leaders Declare The Freedom To Learn at Rally in Washington D.C.

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Leaders will speak on the connection between book bans, anti-CRT or “anti-woke” laws, and the suppression of other civil liberties and social justice values as part of a coordinated far-right effort to extinguish civil rights at all levels of federal government.

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Former K-12 Teacher Voted AERA President-Elect

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She has served on the Social Justice Action, Review of Research Award, and Minority Fellowship Selection Committees, and is a member of AERA Divisions K and G. She is co-founder and co-director of the Transformative Justice in Education Center at the University of California, Davis.

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An Activist-Scholar

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Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. And that’s in part because she sees herself as an activist — someone looking to challenge society’s prevailing injustices. “I

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Using the Law to Help Shape Public Policy - Jamelia N. Morgan

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I think the more immediate goal is to write the book,” says Morgan. There’s been a book in my head for years, and I want to sit down and write it on the other side of tenure as the demands to publish every year is somewhat lessened.”

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Dr. Derrick Brooms Appointed Executive Director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College

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He has authored several books, including Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences , Empowering Men of Color on Campus: Building Student Community in Higher Education and Stakes is High: Trials, Lessons, and Triumphs in Young Black Men's Educational Journeys. “As

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Jennifer Jones Austin Appointed Visiting Scholar at New York University Silver School of Social Work

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Jennifer Jones Austin has been appointed a visiting scholar at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. I’m trained in the law, but have worked throughout my career with social workers,” Jones Austin said. She is the author of the book Consider it Pure Joy. Lindsey, dean of the NYU Silver School. “As