Homepage

Latest News

RJN! names new Executive Director

January 26, 2020 RJNAdmin 4734 0

RJN! Co-founder featured in Rethinking Schools story titled: “I Can’t Make a Teacher Love My Son

A Black parent’s journey to racial justice organizing By Zakiya Sankara-Jabar “The preschool scheduled a meeting with me, during which they presented paperwork that was all ready for me to sign. I was told that if Amir had a disability or was identified as having something wrong with him,...More

August 12, 2019 RJNAdmin 4561 0

Racial Justice NOW! January – March 2019 Newsletter

...More

August 9, 2019 RJNAdmin 4384 0

Racial Justice NOW! Statement on KKK rally in Dayton May 25, 2019

...More

May 23, 2019 RJNAdmin 0 0

The No Justice No Peace Podcast: Episode 1 What is Education Justice? What is the Education Justice Movement?

The wait is over! Listen to Episode 1 of The No Justice No Peace Podcast with Racial Justice NOW! Director H.A. Jabar. Episode 1 is titled “What is Education Justice? What is the Education Justice Movement?” Click HERE to Listen...More

March 27, 2019 RJNAdmin 3834 0

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to testify at 10:15 a.m. ET on the department’s budget request for fiscal 2020

Department of Education Budget Request for FY 2020 Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will testify today at 10:15 a.m. ET on the department’s budget request for fiscal 2020 before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies. You can use the link to find the livestream. Date: Tuesday, March...More

March 26, 2019 RJNAdmin 3761 0

Our co-founder talks education on HBO’s ‘Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas’

Zakiya Sankara-Jabar is the co-founder of Racial Justice NOW! dayton.com A local woman who helped found an organization dedicated to dismantling racism will appear next month on a popular HBO late-night series. Zakiya Sankara-Jabar, co-founder of Racial Justice NOW!, will be featured throughout the second season of “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem...More

March 26, 2019 RJNAdmin 3760 0

TheRoot.com publishes our op-ed: The Sad Connection Between Slavery and Police Presence in Schools

This year marks 400 “documented” years since enslaved Africans were brought to American shores. Centuries later, and we are still grappling with the ramifications of slavery. While African descendants are free in theory, a host of policies continue to criminalize black and brown people. Sadly, that criminalization begins in grade...More

March 21, 2019 RJNAdmin 3570 0

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- March 21, 2019

2019 Theme: Mitigating and countering rising nationalist populism and extreme supremacist ideologies Racist extremist movements based on ideologies that seek to promote populist, nationalist agendas are spreading in various parts of the world, fueling racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, often targeting migrants and refugees as well...More

March 21, 2019 RJNAdmin 22664 0

Confronting the Education Debt and Failing Brown v Board: The Crisis in Public Education Legislative Briefing in Washington, D.C.

On January 24, 2019 Our Director, Hashim Jabar attended a legislative briefing in Washington, D.C. at the Rayburn House Office Building hosted by Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Representative Bobby Scott of Virginia. We were invited by national partners, the Journey 4 Justice Alliance (J4J) based in Chicago, Illinois....More

March 14, 2019 RJNAdmin 3212 0

News From the Web

Schools need to step up to fight a rise in suicides among black children

Read the original article from the original source Nine-year old McKenzie Adams was “a real sweet girl,” a “straight-A student” who wanted to be a...More

December 18, 2018 Andre Perry 4056 0

OPINION: Are colleges failing first-generation students?

Read the original article from the original source First-generation college students are less likely than their peers whose parents graduated from college to have...More

December 18, 2018 Andrew Geant 3566 0

Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

Read the original article from the original source Striking Tacoma Teachers walk a picket line, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, in front of Lincoln High School...More

September 12, 2018 Andre Perry 3581 0

Mike Kirst, Renowned Policy Influencer, to Visit California State University Sacramento

Read the original article from the original source Dear Mike Kirst, Thanks for hiring me as your Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) Research...More

September 11, 2018 Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 3655 0

Kids struggle to read when schools leave phonics out

Read the original article from the original source Teachers in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, use a curriculum that mixes teacher-directed whole-class phonics lessons with small-group activities. Emily...More

September 11, 2018 Emily Hanford 5044 0

This Mississippi district says these four strategies are helping their struggling readers

Read the original article from the original source Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’...More

September 11, 2018 Jackie Mader 3426 0

OPINION: ‘Our student loan policy has been corrupted by the powerful companies that profit from it’

Read the original article from the original source The recent resignation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CPFB) top student loan official, Seth Frotman,...More

September 11, 2018 Julie Margetta Morgan 3737 0