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DR.ABC

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4 years

Check out my website - what can I assist with? #OISEBlackFacultyConvo

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2 years

So this happened today!!!!!! OISE Faculty Appointments 2021/22 I am very pleased to announce that six of our 2021-22 faculty searches have successfully concluded and that six exceptional individuals will soon be joining OISE or returning to OISE in continuing faculty positions.

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What are your plans for building your own capacity in Equity? I mean after the workshop is over. I mean when no one is looking. I mean when the action is not connected to some personal gain. I mean when _______.

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I never get tired of seeing the amazing little things happening in schools that are actually a MAJOR part of creating healthy school culture and climate - one where students honestly feel a sense of belonging. Hats of Rouge Park P.S ( YRDSB)

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It is hard to explain to those who do not know my journey what this means to me – IT MEANS A WHOLE LOT! As a Black, gay, immigrant who is bold and brave and walks into his fullness, I have had to constantly navigate this world to BECOME! (full post-FB, IG and LinkedIn, check it.

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What would it be like if all our students were given the space, grace, love , empathy, kindness and care to #FLOURISH in all their identities? What if they never had to #survive school but #thrive because they were treated with the dignity they deserve? #affirmation #action

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🖤🏳️‍🌈🖤🏳️‍🌈🖤🏳️‍🌈🖤🏳️‍🌈🖤🏳️‍🌈

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I am about join with some ELDERS and respected colleagues to engage community on the topic “ADDRESSING ANTI- BLACK RACISM IN EDUCATION” I am prepared and ready to pour. Thankful for this another opportunity to Inspire #ACTION and #ADVOCACY .

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

1 year

They: , do do you leave a conference on a Friday evening when you just spoke about being Unapologetically Black? @ETFOeducators Me:

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DR.ABC

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2 years

I am full. What an amazing start to my morning at TD Bank. Thanks for having me again to share with amazing leaders in the work Next stop is my office at OISE to find my award waiting on my desk!!!!! Allow me Peeps to just enjoy and rest in #BlackBoyJoy please.

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DR.ABC

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2 years

There is only ONE word to describe this moment of celebration today from the Master of Teaching Program here at OISE. #BlackJOY I was able to capture a few of those moments that our ancestors wanted and needed and I will bottle these moments for the little ones coming behind us

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4 years

It is my birthday!!!!!! #thankful #blessed #gratefulheart 🎼 All of my good days outweigh my bad days and I won’t complain🎼 🎼Morning by morning new mercies I see.🎼

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One teacher can make a difference!

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4 years

Today As I reflect in preparation for my work I am reminded that resistance is heavy work. Resistance is brave work. Resistance is consequential work. Happy my ancestors did the work. There is work for me to do and I am mindful of how power reacts to this work in many spaces.

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3 years

How do you spell RELAXATION? How do yo spell SELFCARE How do you spell REJUVENATION?

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DR.ABC

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3 years

Good morning wonderful educators 👨🏾‍🏫 🧑‍🏫 👨🏾‍🏫 👩‍🏫 just a reminder that we are the one who will need fo create that space where our students and parents and communities feel safe to share and engage. The lack of trust for us is real. Build trust. Create spaces. Brave spaces. #ACTION

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

28 days of #BlackJoy Day # 3 “The Future of Education for Black Students.” This evening I have the pleasure of being the moderator of an amazing panel talking about what we must do to act now in securing quality education for our children. #BlackMagic #BlackisBold #Blackjoy365

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

All I have for you my Peeps today is a simple Good Morning and sending you positive vibes and love. You don’t need a cape to be a super Hero - begin with kindness, compassion, and empathy.🖤🌹🙏🏿

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DR.ABC

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4 years

Chatting with students at Castle Oaks PS about their super power of #KINDNESS . Today we especially want to talk about 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @2SLGBTQI + students!! The Day of Pink is the International Day against Bullying, Discrimination, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Transmisogyny across the world.

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DR.ABC

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4 years

Way too many of us are saying we are crippled by “fear” when doing the work on inclusion and equity and Anti- Black racism. Fear of what? There must be brave conversations about that fear.

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

“Belonging is a manifestation of deep connection.” (Biss, 2019) Opening Keynote today at YCDSB Honoured to be able to Remind, Challenge, and Inspire our Educators that is is our responsibility to create, foster, and sustain #Belonging in our schools.

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How do we foster #belonging in our places and spaces? Who is responsible for creating that space of belonging? How do you know when you belong? CLIP # 3

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3 years

Hi Peeps Thanks for all the birthday messages and love. I appreciate everyone. I will get to reply to every single one soon. One thing I will always invest in is my #selfcare . One thing I wil always protect is my #BlackJoy One word to wrap up this year. #thankful

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DR.ABC

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3 years

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!!! Today I celebrate my Queen. Today I get to give some more roses 🌹. Today I get to tell her thanks one more time. Praying for your continued healing and health. ❤️🙏🏿💐❤️💐🙏🏿💐🙏🏿💐🎂🥳🥳💐❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🎉🎉🎉🇯🇲🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲❤️❤️

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4 years

A quote from the Stephen Lewis 1992 Report on Race Relations in Ontario.

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DR.ABC

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2 years

“Black excellence is not new - you just have not acknowledged it. Black excellence is not reckless - you just have not protected it. Black excellence is not limited - you just have not preserved it.” (, Impact Assessment Agency of Canada BHM Keynote)

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DR.ABC

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3 years

Are we focus on a sticker or a star ⭐️ or are we building RELATIONSHIPS. Documents, frameworks, statements, policies and procedures, all have their place - but do not think for one minute they can replace the work you must do in building relationships. #equity #inclusion #empathy

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So honoured to receive this award #BlackJoy #grateful

ONABSE

@ONABSE

4 years

ONABSE AWARDS In Recognition of Excellence in Education at the ONABSE VIRTUAL PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE AGM Fri., April 23 - 6PM - 7:15PM Honouring: Dr. George Dei @ACHAunity @DRABC14 Janae Knott FREE TO ATTEND Registration: #education #excellenceawards

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2 years

Let just go ahead and call it BLACKMAGIC Black Diamond 💎 Ball 2023

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“You will never build an effective relationship with someone who does not feel safe around you.” (, YRSB Compass Point Conference, August 31, 2022)

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4 years

CLIP # 1 - Listen 🎧 to the Users of the Space

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

#GRATEFUL #BlackJOY Feel really good - like really good to be recognized for my passion and work. I got the email at 9 pm on December 31st!! Began 2022 with this great news and pray that I will continue to work with passion and purpose. #doingthemostin2022

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DR.ABC

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4 years

28 days of #BlackJoy Day # 6 Today as I engaged educators in a workshop on CRRP we talked about the power of #identity and #representation How are we ensuring our Black children see themselves in your curriculum/classroom/school? How are you saying through your work - I SEE YOU!

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

The only way we will mash down DEFICIT THINKING in classrooms is when we are READY to call out these systematic oppressive practices and UNLEARN so we can GROW!!!! Which child is erased? Which child is excluded? Are you using the language of Hope?

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

Five years ago I posted this. I remember the morning and how I was reminded of my calling and passion. SPEAK life. LIVE life. GIVE life. DO life. ENCOURAGE life. Teaching is a higher calling. What a PRIVILEGE it is to impact lives. Don’t ever forget that.

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

2 years

#blackboyjoy The book is here. Got my copies today !!! Thanks #pembrokepublish for the amazing work. Nuff love Larry Swartz for the love care and passion you demonstrated for this work. Dear Daddy- keep telling the taxi man dem - a your bwoy dis! 😁( RIP)

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

Fly all the flags you wish and observe a million moments of silence if you wish. I really don’t care until we see ACTIONS. I am not here for the performances and your cute conversations. Let us start with TRUTHS. The ACCOUNTABILITY. And do the ACTIONS!!

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2 years

Here doing some Saturday morning work - email comes in from publisher and my #BLACKBOYJOY just sings. I am wrapped up and emotional in gratefulness. Classroom teachers and students - this is for you!!!!! Let us work together to make this world a better place.

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DR.ABC

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1 year

This is why the work is important. This is happening is schools. Yesssss many many places. Trust and believe it. So we must remain fearless in the work. Not distracted by those who wish to hinder and scapegoat. Schools Boards continue to invest in the learning and actions.

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Barrie high school teacher suspended for professional misconduct

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DR.ABC

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3 years

When I said I am doing the most for 2022 I am doing the most. Just completed a podcast for 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇯🇲 🇨🇦PRIDE TORONTO 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦🇯🇲🏳️‍🌈 in their Black Queer and Trans Excellence series with host Hollywood Jade. I know it was a popdcast so I would not be seen but who cares - I SEE ME!

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter

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@DRABC14

4 years

Before you rush to creating that “safe” space - maybe we should talk about a “ brave” space. You keep wondering why the space is not seen as safe? Ask yourself “safe for who?”

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DR.ABC

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4 years

The courage to DO. The will to DO. The passion to DO. The love and compassion needed to DO. The empathy to DO. Do you have the DO in you to DO?

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

Yesterday I spent my day in a special program classroom. As I sat there engaging it came to me so strongly how often as educators we lower our expectations of certain students based on one factor. We live in a world of possibilities- there are many ways to be great

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@DRABC14

2 years

Let me leave all this love here on timeline. #inclusionmatters #love . #ISEEYOU Happy Black History Month 🖤🖤🖤

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

MINDSET Something I must address this morning before I continue with my day. Why that pushback to learning? I see you! Stop! You know what you are doing - stop. #learning #mindset #unlearning #leadershipmatters #growthmindset

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

Our article is out!!! “From Awareness to Action - Disrupting racism/anti-Black racism as educational leaders” Take a read in The Register - The magazine for Ontario’s public school principals and vice-principals. Check the link below for the article.

Awareness to Action - Issuu

issuu.com

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

2 years

When you just relax in the joy 😉😉😜😜🖤👏🏿🖤👏🏿🌟👏🏿👏🏿

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

Stopping by to remind everyone doing the authentic heavy-lifting work of advocacy in WHATEVER area to remember to take breaks, breathe, relax and sign off. You have to be well enough to do the work good enough. So be good to yourself. Take breaks.Refuel. Rewind. Unwind. 🖤

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

28 days of #BlackJoy Day # 13 Today I share my love for dance. This is me back in 2000. Dance was also my safe space during one of the roughest times in my life. The arts is such an amazing part of our story and history. Do you support Black Arts?

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

2 years

@Sflecce And say nothing about slavery and genocide and then we all wear orange t shirts in a few weeks and pretend to care. Lmao.

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

We need more educational leaders with the MORAL COURAGE to do what they KNOW is right and ethical and equitable. They do - they just don’t do. #seekingdoers

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@DRABC14

4 years

How are policies created? Who benefits from certain policies? Who is disenfranchised by certain policies?Who are the people around the table creating the policies?Do you have any idea how many policies have been created to deliberately exclude and discriminate and block?

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DR.ABC

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I see you looking 👀 for the quick fix 🛠. Let me say this with all the love and care I have for you. Change is work. Disrupt is work. Advocacy is work. I wish haste for you to you arrive at the realization that #intentional change will take #work and #effort .

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

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I have been focusing a lot on the Culturally Responsive Educator- the doer - the impactor - the #influencer - the #change -agent - the one who is #accountable to the classroom dynamics. The one with more power and influence than we play up.

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

3 years

When you create that suggestion box to get feedback from the community, parents, staff, or students, be sure to provide update on the actions. Don’t allow spiders to make their home in box. #actionthebox

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

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28 days of #BlackJoy Day # 2 Today my BLACKJOY celebrates FRIENDSHIPS. I am wearing a scarf sown and gifted to me a while back by Ann Marie. Sow into your community. I have said this many many times - many of us need to learn how to CHOOSE US FIRST!! #Blackjoy #BlackHistory365

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

1 year

OUR SCHOOLS NEED MORE BLACK EDUCATORS – Answer the Call! The MT PROGRAM at OISE invites all future Black educators to attend the Black Future Educators’ Pathway to admission info session on ZOOM on either Nov14th @6PM or Nov 18th @10AM . REGISTER NOW:

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What will we do after the #emotions . The emotions and act of symbolism are important and essential. Absolutely! But if that is the end I guess we are stuck and not leading #change that is required. Yes I am back with that word - #ACTION . #leadership #changeagents

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@DRABC14

4 years

Love doing this work. Engaging PRIDE TORONTO in this conversation was important for me as someone who identifies as gay 🏳️‍🌈. Anti Black Racism shows up in some very peculiar ways within our community. We must work to disrupt R/ABR in all spaces. We do this by our actions.

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@DRABC14

4 years

Create the space. Create the space for Blackness to express healing and growth and Joy. CLIP # 1 #blackjoy #blackmentalwellness #blacklove

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@DRABC14

3 years

Thanks Peel District School Board “DEAR BLACK GIRLS” Organizing Committee!!!! It was my pleasure to use my voice in this space. There is power in ensuring that our girls hear the voices of LOVE and AFFIRMATION and RESPECT from our MEN!!!! #Blackgirlsrock @ftullochharvey

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Friday evening reading if you please. 😉😉😉. I appreciate this article. Captures my work and voice in an absolutely intentional way. Pick up a copy of the Share newspaper 🗞 or see online

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@DRABC14

3 years

The smile I walked out the door with after another amazing workshop feedback. I never take these feedback for granted. They inspire me to work at being even better. I Appreciate every single opportunity that my business gets to share in people development. #BlackJOY

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1 year

This is a sample of how I “ argue” with racists and haters on my page. 😊

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3 years

“MAKE SPACE…” ( August 31, 2021) Just completed a courageous keynote in a space with hundreds of educators. Of all the things I said today two words came out of me like a dynamite!! MAKE SPACE Think of our students. Think of the many differences. MAKE SPACE.

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4 years

Serving you the whole alphabet okkkurrrrr. There is just something about the minds and questions and fearlessness of early years classrooms. Today I am living my best life spending the day in kindergarten!!!! You learn so much when you teach.

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@DRABC14

2 years

“ Looking for Black teachers for the system, not just for Black students.” ( Carl James, EFTO, Generation Black,2022)

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@DRABC14

2 years

What a moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had the honour, along with Lady Phyll , Pride 2022 international Grand Marshall, to introduce Spice!!! SPICE your energy is everything!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🖤🇯🇲✊🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿✊🏿🖤🇯🇲🖤🏳️‍🌈 You gave TORONTO a show!!!!!!!!

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

2 years

💙💚💛🧡❤️💜🖤🤍🤎 spread love - note hate #kindesss #love #care #ISEEYOU

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

28 days of #BLACKJOY Day # 19 My #BLACKJOY is bursting! This evening I am honoured to be the moderator for PWA event - “HOW I CELEBRATE MY BLACKNESS” Talents and gifts are being shared. This neck piece is an original from Ghana 🇬🇭 gifted to me by Canute Lawrence.

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@DRABC14

4 years

We have to learn as Black people how to be good at accepting what we deserve. The good. The amazing. The great. The excellent. The adulation. The applause. We have wired to NOT take what we deserve. TAKE IT. TAKE IT ALL. TAKE EVEN MORE. #unapologetically

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@DRABC14

3 years

Name inequities - call them out. Then, and only then can we fix them. I see people showing up to “FIX” but refuse to name what is “BROKEN”

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Leaders, we are looking TO YOU and AT YOU to demonstrate that leadership as a change agent. People are NOT accepting your usual checked boxes. The conversation is not going away. Equity DESERVING groups will continue to demand your leadership. #leadership

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

28 days of #BlackJoy Day # 4 In a few minutes I get to speak in a space full of PARENTS and COMMUNITY. I take this opportunity to remind us that some of the most powerful leaders and activists were not people who were given a title so they could act. #Blackjoy #BlackHistory365

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@DRABC14

3 years

Think about language. Think about your words. Think impact. Think outcome. Think growth. Think inspiration. Think affirmation. Think about “ speaking life”

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@DRABC14

3 years

To MY Doris Gal, Aka Mother Campbell, My Queen, My Mummy, A woman of virtue, principle, love and compassion. An example of excellence and fortitude and passion and inner strength to me. Happy Mother’s Day today and all the days I get to spend quality time with you. 🌼🌹🌸❤️

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

Today is all about my mother - HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!!! 86 years old and fabulous !!! You deserve all this goodness and much much more .... so much more. YOU GET FIRST PICK IN MY BLESSINGS!! 🎁🙏🏾❤️🎁🙏🏾❤️🎁🙏🏾❤️🙈🙏🏾❤️❤️🎁🎁❤️🙏🏾🙏🏾

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1 year

Note # 1: How are you showing up? What are you packing in your toolkit. What kind of energy are you bringing into the classroom?

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@DRABC14

4 years

Off to use my super powers! Many of us have super powers and we do not even know. This coming Friday I will be talking to a group of students about Inclusion in their school. I will focus on kindness as a super power. What is your super power?

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@DRABC14

4 years

I have been thinking a lot about the Moral Courage needed in educational leadership. That space within the hearts our leaders that should Be filled up with a genuine passion to see change and see the possibilities and know you have work to do. Check on your moral courage level.

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2 years

NEW BOOK CHAPTER ALERT 🚨 👏🏿😁🙌🏿🙏🏿 So happy to share this new chapter with you. CRRP is one of those areas I want to see way more learning and unlearning taking place among educators at ALL levels, not just K-12 #CRRP #pedagogy #inclusion #criticalculturalconsciousness

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

2 years

It’s giving Black History Month 🖤🖤🖤 It’s giving #BlackJOY It’s giving #Blackstories

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DR.ABC

@DRABC14

4 years

28 days of #BlackJoy Day # 8 Today I celebrate BLACK ART. I have found so many pieces that speaks to my existence and experience. Pieces that tell my story and history. These are a few pieces from my personal collection. #blackhistory365 #Blackjoy365 #tellthemthestories

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3 years

Let me ask this question before I go eat my lunch!! MAINTAINING??????

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