Amanda Winn, MSW, 2/4/21, positiveexperience.org/blog
Throughout Black History Month (which, as Angela Davis reminds us, should be every month, since Black history IS American history), the team at HOPE will be lifting up the achievements of Black people in the fields of public health, education, and child welfare. We’ll be looking at HOPE’s origins and reflecting on the important groundwork that was laid by Black scientists, doctors, social workers, and activists. As a team, though, we felt it would be inauthentic to celebrate Black History Month without some personal accountability on our part to help advance an antiracist framework in the world. We need to not only celebrate Black voices this month, but also honor and build on the work that Black individuals have done throughout history to dismantle systemic racism.
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