Edges Education

I have just watched one of my favorite groups, Step Afrika, dance in the virtual world premiere of Stono inspired by the Stono rebellion of September 9,1739. Not only is the performance absolutely riveting, it is also an incredible tool for teaching about essential African and black history, dance, music, and the connections between past rebellions, resistance, and protests for black emancipation and freedom and how they are related to our more current protests in the Black Lives Matter movement. The performance itself is half hour.

There is a panel discussion afterwords that is eye opening, incredibly informative and helps to draw the connections necessary for all of us to better understand these links and this essential history. It will be available for only one more week. I forward this to you for yourselves and also for the possibility that it could be used in school classes too. It would spark amazing conversations.

I cannot speak more highly of this and offer this to you with all of my respect, passion and excitement.

Here is a link to StepAfrika’s description of the show: https://www.stepafrika.org/events/step-afrika-virtual-premiere-stono/

Stono Virtual Premiere

On this July 4th, please listen to the decendants of Frederick Douglass read some of his 4th of July Speech.

VIDEO: Frederick Douglass' Descendants Deliver His 'Fourth Of July' Speech The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid calls for systemic reform. In this film, five descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts of his speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Such big news for DACA and Dreamers!!!!

Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending DACA in big win for Dreamers Chief Justice John Roberts was the swing vote in the 5-4 decision, dealing a big legal defeat to President Trump on the issue of immigration.