Collected Item: “Making Us Matter Launches Official Website”
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Making Us Matter Launches Official Website
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website
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Amidst school closures across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic, University of San Francisco doctoral students, Eghosa Obaizamomwan Hamilton and Gertrude Jenkins, founded and launched Making Us Matter Virtual High School in March 2020. While educational equity issues compounded as a result of nation-wide school closures, Hamilton and Jenkins built an educational platform in which a collective of Black educators would create challenging and empowering curriculum focused on social justice and Blackness. Making Us Matter is offered, free of charge, to any student interested in curriculum focused on Black-inclusion. While educational institutions have scrambled in their attempts to serve students during the COVID-19 pandemic, Making Us Matter is a shining example of how educational leaders can disrupt education and build learning experiences that challenge the shortcomings of traditional educational models.
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#sanfranciscobayarea, #education, #children, #socialjustice, #K-12, #distancelearning, #secondaryeducation, #minoritycommunities
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https://makingusmatter.com/
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Making Us Matter, Eghosa Obaizamomwan Hamilton, Gertrude Jenkins
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2020-06-07