'Public schools are really the places our lives and our identities take shape.'

Policy and Advocacy Director Jerry Wilson makes perfectly clear why protecting public schools is so important. Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED)

#OnThisDay in 1903, W.E.B. Du Bois called for active resistance to racist policies in his book, “The Souls of Black Folk”: “We have no right to sit silently by while the inevitable seeds are sown for a harvest of disaster to our children, black and white.”

He described the…

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Happy 97th Birthday, Mom! Your legacy of love, courage, and commitment to justice inspire us every day. Your light shines in our hearts. Love you forever! ❤️🎉 #CorettaScottKing #HappyBirthday

🛠️ Honoring #WorkersMemorialDay : This week, we remember the workers who have lost their lives on the job, including in the Baltimore bridge collapse, and we lift up our partnership with OSHA_DOL: osha.gov/workers-memori…

A budget that invests in North Carolina’s future.

NEW: Governor Roy Cooper releases FY24-25 budget to secure NC’s bright future, including:

📚$1B in public ed instead of more taxpayer-funded private school vouchers
👩🏻‍🏫 8.5% teacher pay raise
🧸$745M in child care & early childhood ed
🌲major funding for conservation & resilience #ncpol

⏰ Reminder: The E.E. Smith High School town hall meeting is tonight at 5:30 p.m. We look forward to hearing from alumni, parents, students, and community members about the future of our school. See you there!

Today marks 3 years since 16yo Ma’Khia Bryant was killed by police in Columbus, OH. Ma’Khia called the police for help, & an officer killed her. As we have seen again & again, interactions with police are devastating, traumatizing, & sometimes deadly for Black girls. #sayhername

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LFG UAW! ORGANIZE THE SOUTH!

“The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being... None of this is necessary. There will always be one more thing”.- Toni Morrison

Do the work anyway. #nced

Big sigh because all the things....

The rollback of the work to ensure that every campus is representative and inclusive in the UNC system harms the very students the Board of Governors claims to serve.

School lunches should be free at every publicly funded school in the country.

Mo Green for NC has a heart for public education and a wealth of leadership experience including serving as superintendent of NC’s third largest school district, Guilford Co. Schools. He will be an excellent choice in November. #nced #ncpol

So proud of my fellow Governor's School friend and alumna!

Nick Covington Deborah Meier knows - 'You can't prepare kids for democracy unless they experience living in a democracy.'

We can't wait to hear from these great presenters during the #TeachinginColor Summit breakout sessions!

Don't miss your chance to learn from the experts, register today: eventbrite.com/e/829029699147…

We learn so much from each other in community when we work to understand our diversity.