Showing results for "Equity" in Children's Audiobooks

Jackie Robinson was the first Black player in Major League Baseball. Arthur Ashe was the first Black man to win several pro tennis titles. Listeners will learn about these athletes and others who have fought for and spoken out for racial equity in sports and the greater society.

From tennis legend Billie Jean King to the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team, athletes have fought for equity and fairness for women in professional sports. Discover the pro athletes who have used their platform to speak out and affect change for all women.

“We have to do better”… That’s Dr. Almitra Berry’s heart-felt answer when asked about educating children from diverse cultural and language backgrounds.Dr. Berry has a strong message for educators and school system leaders who don’t understand that cultural differences can profoundly affect the quality of education these children experience…“You have children with failing test scores. You have teachers who want to teach but aren’t given the freedom or allowed to use the tools and strategies they need. You have teachers leaving the profession in droves.And you have tax-paying ...

Black families love and affirm their LGBTQ kids. This isn’t a narrative we hear often. But those of us who know, know that love is Black family tradition. While some families are still on a journey to love and affirmation, we know that every Black family, with the right support, has the capacity to show up in the ways their LGBTQ kids need. Affirming Black Families is a program of Blaq Equity Baltimore that seeks to resource and support existing Black LGBTQ families, and create new ones. This includes non-LGBTQ Black parents and caregivers of LGBTQ kids, Black LGBTQ parents of non-LGBTQ ...

The Back to freedom School podcast tackles educational inequities head-on with featured stakeholders from across the state and country, including parents, students, and teachers. The podcast aims to increase awareness of equity issues while co-creating a social and political reality in which the success of Black, indigenous, and children of color, as well as children with learning, social, or economic challenges, becomes central to the cultivation of a robust democracy and to socio-political liberation.