Since 2003, The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) has been the premier civil rights organization for the the Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) community. It is an organization dedicated to empowerment, advocacy, and the...
A few months ago, on the eve of my twentieth birthday, I set goals for myself. These goals – ranging from becoming fluent in Spanish to gaining my PhD before I turn 30 – will be my guiding principles for...
Atlanta is a city in transition. As one of the fastest growing cities in America, gentrification and displacement is common. However, one neighborhood in southeast Atlanta is challenging the narrative and creating real, lasting community change. When a group of...
Do you know how to re-engage your students after summer break? We are headed back to school. Well, not quite yet. Summer has just begun. We thought this repost from Ayodele Harrison, Senior Partner, would give you some good tips...
What is the black card and how can we have stronger ally relationships? As part of our A New Way to Thrive Facebook Live Series, Natasha Harrison, CommunityBuild Ventures President & CEO invites Jen Willsea, CBV network consultant, to explore...
Emotional self care is anything you deliberately do to take care of your emotional health and well being. Ayodele Harrison, Senior Partner, was invited onto the Marvin Byrd Show podcast to talk more in detail about his onramp into teaching,...
“..institutions commonly and unconsciously assume POC [People of Color] who are invited into the institution should not only be grateful but should also want to be like the white people who invited them.”
“Change culture and you change lives. You can also change the course of history...When strategy competes with culture, culture wins every time. This is one of the reasons why the most brilliant anti-white supremacy strategies in the world have failed to dislodge white-body supremacy from our culture...But we can never belong to a strategy. We can never belong to a movement, either, though we can be part of it. We can only belong to a culture.”
"There is a common misconception that equity and equality mean the same thing — and that they can be used interchangeably, especially when talking about education. But the truth is they do not — and cannot."
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