NYC’s Homeless: The Original Occupiers of Wall Street
I made a brief visit a few weekends ago to Zuccotti Park, the original site of the Occupy Wall Street camp outs, assemblies and demonstrations which are still taking place […]
Category Archives: Economic Justice
A Radical Approach to Veterans Day
This past Wednesday morning at all school assembly in the gymnasium, my school’s principle reminded the students that we would not be having classes on Friday because of Veterans Day. […]
Radical Alliances: Police as Working People
One of my uncles, who is currently unemployed, worked as a police officer and security guard for most of my young life. He dropped out of high school to join […]
No Justice, No Peace: Challenging ‘Diversity’ and Embracing Conflict
A teaching program of which I was recently a part held a ‘Diversity Day’ early on in the program’s duration. The goal of the day was to give the community […]
Education, Not Charity: Or; Are More Teachers What We Really Need?
“The struggle for justice does not end when the school bell rings.” – New York Collective of Radical Educators I recently visited a job fair organized for young and aspiring […]
In Solidarity with the Occupation of Wall Street
Let us devise demands. Let us occupy public space. Let us engage true democracy. Let us honor our ancestors, and all struggles for justice which precede us. Let us come […]
Burning Out: Demanding a Sustainable Teaching Model
A close friend of mine recently quit her job with NYC Teaching Fellows after sticking with the program for three full years. Teaching Fellows, which is a national organization, places […]
Multilingual Education as a Radical Venture
Working in the elementary school at which I am currently stationed has caused me to think a great deal about the politics of language in education. In the sixth grade […]
Why College Is Not the Goal of a Progressive Education
As an oppressed student, it was ingrained in me from early on in my educational career that attending college was not only the key to justice, but a revolutionary act. […]
What’s Wrong with Being Militant?
The African American Studies program in which I majored at my university was founded–like countless other Black, Brown and Ethnic Studies Departments–as the result of student, staff and faculty organizing. […]
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