Social Justice
Connecting & Counting Communities Catalyst for Peace is a project that seeks to make sure audiences and communities are recognised, represented and respected by the cultural centres they visit. Everybody Counts. […]
Join us on zoom to learn about Classrooms Without Borders’ Keeping Up With Kindness program and how you can get involved! This event is for high school students only. In […]
What Is Curriculum Violence?
Curriculum violence refers to the subjective curricular choices around lesson planning or learning experiences that cause a student psychological harm, intellectually and/or emotionally. These educational interactions can exacerbate historical or institutional trauma, particularly for historically oppressed and marginalized groups such as people of color, women, people of varying faith, members of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, dual-language learners and people from immigrant populations.
Please join us on Sept 13th at 7pm for Pulling Back the Curtain – Etty Hillesum Classrooms Without Borders is proud to partner with the Greek and Armenian Communities of […]
CWB is proud to partner with Fortify Rights in an event to commemorate Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day: With Dr. Alexis Herr- Moderator Human rights violations happen every day without justice […]
It makes me wonder and sometimes despair about how much I don’t know. It also further instills in me a desire to learn more.
This was not a paradise as the word is defined “an ideal or idealistic state,” but rather a brief moment in time where life was a bit better than before, but still with hardship and hatred
The tomb stones are weathered, and some have been vandalized.
Editor’s note: Since the publication of this article, Juneteenth was declared a federal national holiday in 2021.
Each year around June 19, Black communities across the country unite for a family reunion of sorts. Juneteenth activities feature the sights and sounds of Blackness: People enjoying art, music and food that connect them to a shared ancestry and history. They celebrate being their authentic selves. They celebrate freedom in both solemn and festive ceremonies.
This celebration marks a day in 1865 when enslaved Texans learned they’d be free—two months after Robert E. Lee surrendered and ended the Civil War and two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Initially a uniquely Texan observance, Juneteenth has now been recognized in some form in every corner of the country.