Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionInspiring Action, Not Guilt“I like being human because I perceive that the construction of my presence in the world, which is a construction involving others and is…Dec 9, 2019Dec 9, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionHow to be a Human Being“That my destiny is not a given but something that needs to be constructed and for which I must assume responsibility” (Freire, 54). Like…Nov 28, 2019Nov 28, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionBuilding an Antiracist SocietyFrom a critically conscious perspective, individual, not racial, dysfunction is a direct consequence of structural and internalized…Nov 16, 2019Nov 16, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionStructural Racism“We are over 20 percent of the agricultural labor force in California, but we face discrimination, structural racism, and labor…Oct 25, 2019Oct 25, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionLife as an Undocumented Immigrant“I don’t have a criminal record and don’t wish anyone harm. I’m just a person trying to live. Why can’t I have the chance to make a…Oct 15, 2019Oct 15, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionDesegregation and the Power of Human ThinkingAfter the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education declared that racially segregated schools were unconstitutional…Oct 2, 2019Oct 2, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionThe Transformation of Society through EducationJames Baldwin, Audre Lord, and Jose Angel N all use their personal experiences to demonstrate that the only way to change America’s unjust…Sep 24, 2019Sep 24, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionAcknowledging the Systems of PrivilegeThere are two types of identities, though many characteristics of both overlap and reflect upon each other. One is how society perceives…Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionPracticing Cultural HumilityHumility implies a lifelong process of learning, self-relflection, and awareness of one’s unconscious biases. “Without practice, there is…Sep 12, 2019Sep 12, 2019
Published inSelf, Community, & Ethical ActionHow to be a Human BeingLorena believes her job as a human being is to use the education she’s been fortunately given to change people’s lives, specifically…Sep 6, 2019Sep 6, 2019
