Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

What began as a one-day act of solidarity in Seattle, grew into the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. In this symposium, we share our stories as participants igniting an uprising for educational justice. Contributor's from an edited book that documents the history of the Black Lives Matter at School movement will share the pedagogical, curricular, and practical implications from their commitment to affirm Black lives in schools. We will provide a historical overview of this movement, examine curriculum as resistance and liberation, explore the Black Lives Matter at School pedagogy, and analyze the challenges and possibilities for organizing this movement in higher education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice

Chair

• Awo Okaikor M. Aryee-Price, Education for Liberation Network

Papers

• Exploring the Challenges and Possibilities of the #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool National Week of Action in Higher Education - Kiersten Greene, SUNY - College at New Paltz; Dana Morrison, West Chester University of Pennsylvania; Anthony Dandridge, SUNY - College at New Paltz

• The National BLM@School Curriculum: Curricular Strikes, Radical Study, and Otherwise Possibility - Christopher Rogers, University of Pennsylvania

• Black Lives Matter at School Pedagogy as Cultural Citizenship for Black Liberation - Denisha Jones, Sarah Lawrence College