Kate wants to hear from you! The next question of the week, straight from Kate, is: WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH? To get your voice heard, simply hit the Comment link and tell her what you think! No registration is necessary, and you can post anonymously if you want.
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February 8, 2011 @ 12:18 am
En France et en Suisse, nous rendons hommage et célébrons le BHM 2011 en MUSIQUE ! http://www.soulbag.presse.fr/index.php?page=nouveautes/news
February 8, 2011 @ 12:25 am
Sorry Kate… I didn’t say Hello-Thanks-Bye on my last message… Forgive me ! Emotion I think :))
February 8, 2011 @ 2:04 am
GLSEN is celebrating Black History Month by profiling African American heroes of the LGBT and Safe Schools Movements and spreading the word about their stories to tens of thousands of students nationwide.
We want to know who your heroes are! If you want to share the story of an African American hero who has contributed to the LGBT and/or safe schools movements, please post about them on the Gay-Straight Alliances Facebook page. You can also tweet your heroes to @DayofSilence using the #GLSENBHM hash tag.
February 8, 2011 @ 3:02 am
Creating Food for Thought videos about Black history and slowing incorporating facts about Black Lesbian and Gay historical figures!
February 8, 2011 @ 10:47 pm
Re-reading ALL of Maya Angelou’s books, poems, lectures, everything I can locate that I don’t already have in my library. That’s what this self-proclaimed somewhat ignorant white girl is doing.
February 9, 2011 @ 3:08 am
I describe people in a respectful manner without using the color of their skin. I also am remembering my former boss and a good friend who was the principal at my children’s school. Lovie Bradley is her name she worked at the Jackson Prison in Michigan and then became a teacher who believed in the “open classroom” and in the Ann Arbor public school system their were many “open classrooms” around the Ann Arbor School district. Later she became the principal of Bach Open which eventually ended up at Mack School which was renamed Ann Arbor Open@Mack. Lovie retired when my daughter was in 7th grade and also the Co-Chair of the National Group COLAGE and my son was in 5th grade. We had 450 students from K-8 who were all crying because they did not want to leave. The staff most of us cried because you felt appreciated. She sees the best in everyone and says it is all about love. While I worked with her with special needs kids, she described each of them by what their interest were. I learned a great deal from her and every night she would say, “I love you, McPhee!” I had an encounter with a woman I worked with who told me it would be ashamed that her daughter would not be able to be friends with my daughter She said, “Because of who I am. And that our whole family was going to hell.” I told her to leave the kids out of it and she wanted to fight but I walked away. While saying I would lose my job. I went Lovie and I just started crying. She said, “Who is messing with my baby?” I told her. The next day this woman went to Lovie and said you really need to fire McPhee because she is sick. She is a homosexual. Lovie told her, “I have been hated because of the color of my skin and now you want me to fire McPhee based on who she loves? You are fired.” When they stepped out of Lovie’s office she sat down and went back to work. Lovie age 64 picked up a box of 10 reams of paper and threw it across the room. Lovie told her to leave and she did. I am very fortunate to have Lovie in my life. I was saved by Lovie. I feel I can earn more but as Lovie says, “Remember the love it is a great tool!”