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Community Engagement
Participating scholars will have access to community engagement and service that develops their leadership skills, interest in public service, and commitment to justice, liberation, and freedom.
College and Career Preparation
Middle and high school scholars can focus on their pathways after secondary education, whether they plan to enter college, the workforce, or another option.
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Africana Studies • Feb 2024
By centering Black scholars, all opportunities will also connect to Black history and culture. Classes and resources on Africana studies and Black history are available to all ages.
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why liberation learning...
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We center Black Scholars. All programs and services emphasize culturally responsive, whole-child, and healing-centered practices. We protect space for scholars' backgrounds, cultures, identities, and collective humanity
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We develop criticality. We are anti-oppression in all forms. Scholars learn to critique power and promote justice, liberation, and freedom in their reading, speaking, thinking, and writing.
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We are intellectuals. We teach and learn about new concepts and skills in a decolonized space.
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We make space for identity and joy. We celebrate ourselves and have fun.
Our Lead Learner
Anthony Downer II is an abolitionist educator-organizer, curriculum developer, educational consultant, policy strategist, public speaker, racial equity and justice practitioner, researcher of critical race studies in education, and writer. Anthony serves as Equity Coordinator in City Schools of Decatur. He is also Founder and Lead Learner of Liberation Learning and Vice President of Georgia Educators for Equity and Justice, Inc., and host of the podcast show, dat way: conversations on education and liberation. His activism and scholarship have been featured in/on...
