Guest Blogger
Becoming a Man (BAM) Program Counselor, Youth Guidance
Chicago, Illinois
Matthew White works with Youth Guidance as the Becoming a Man (BAM) program counselor stationed at Tilden Career Community Academy High School, a public school located in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. He is a member of Educators 4 Excellence-Chicago.
When I look back on my own youth in Chicago—a city that is notoriously plagued with gun violence—I can think…
I swear I wasn’t trying to end Black History Month with white people and skinfolk that ain’t kinfolk foolery but … Yesterday my homie, Dr.…
We know all too well Black and brown students in marginalized communities are now bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s effect on schools—with inadequate technology,…
A month ago, as Amanda Gorman shared her beautiful prose during President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ inauguration, students at KIPP Rise Academy in Newark had…
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