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Parent Picks: IPS Board Candidates

Aug 29, 202401 min read
Parent Picks: IPS Board Candidates
Today, parents went to social media to announce the candidates they are endorsing for the IPS school board. Check out their posts below:

I asked IPS to partner with parent like me

Jul 30, 202403 min read
I asked IPS to partner with parent like me
Watch my speech to IPS leaders at the July Action Session:

IPS passed resolution #8020

Jul 3, 202402 min read
IPS passed resolution #8020
Last week, the IPS Board of Commissioners passed resolution #8020, which calls on the district administration to deliver a plan in August for cultivating schools with a track record of success. While parents and supporters pushed for additional changes to the resolution to focus on improving results for Black and Brown students specifically, the board […]

Ignorance, hurtful rhetoric by white parents aim to shut down Black parents’ pleas for help

Jun 6, 202406 min read
Ignorance, hurtful rhetoric by white parents aim to shut down Black parents’ pleas for help
Advocates like LaToya Tahirou won’t let that happen.  Her voice cracked and I could hear the emotion pouring through the phone. LaToya Tahirou, one of the strongest parent leaders I’ve ever had the privilege of working with at Stand for Children, was trying to find the words to describe her experience at a recent IPS […]

Standing for Children since 1996

Jun 1, 202401 min read
Standing for Children since 1996
On June 1, 1996, over 300,000 people rallied in the Nation’s capital for Stand for Children Day.  Joined by movement leaders like Rosa Parks and Marian Wright Edelman, thousands of people took to the street to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the rights of children and demand our political leaders work to ensure and expand those […]

Parent Picks: IPS Board Candidates

Aug 29, 202401 min read
Parent Picks: IPS Board Candidates
Today, parents went to social media to announce the candidates they are endorsing for the IPS school board. Check out their posts below:

I asked IPS to partner with parent like me

Jul 30, 202403 min read
I asked IPS to partner with parent like me
Watch my speech to IPS leaders at the July Action Session:

IPS passed resolution #8020

Jul 3, 202402 min read
IPS passed resolution #8020
Last week, the IPS Board of Commissioners passed resolution #8020, which calls on the district administration to deliver a plan in August for cultivating schools with a track record of success. While parents and supporters pushed for additional changes to the resolution to focus on improving results for Black and Brown students specifically, the board […]

Ignorance, hurtful rhetoric by white parents aim to shut down Black parents’ pleas for help

Jun 6, 202406 min read
Ignorance, hurtful rhetoric by white parents aim to shut down Black parents’ pleas for help
Advocates like LaToya Tahirou won’t let that happen.  Her voice cracked and I could hear the emotion pouring through the phone. LaToya Tahirou, one of the strongest parent leaders I’ve ever had the privilege of working with at Stand for Children, was trying to find the words to describe her experience at a recent IPS […]

Standing for Children since 1996

Jun 1, 202401 min read
Standing for Children since 1996
On June 1, 1996, over 300,000 people rallied in the Nation’s capital for Stand for Children Day.  Joined by movement leaders like Rosa Parks and Marian Wright Edelman, thousands of people took to the street to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the rights of children and demand our political leaders work to ensure and expand those […]
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