Greetings Community, Our Black Prisoners’ Caucus family is calling on us to support them with their Juneteenth Celebrations 2019! If you have attended a BPC Juneteenth Celebration in the past, you know they are not to be missed. Preregistration is required: http://bit.ly/juneteenth2019 Deadline to register is June 3, 2019
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Original story posted at: https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-other-end-of-the-pipeline-teachers-go-to-prison-to-get-schooled APR 18, 2019 at 5:33 PM Every month, a new group of Seattle educators sit down with khaki-clad inmates in a fluorescent-lit, windowless room at the Monroe Correctional Complex. It’s an effort to address the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline” by meeting face-to-face at its terminus. On a recent Friday evening, the group included teachers-in-training from the Seattle Teacher Residency, who have committed to working in low-income schools for five years upon getting their master’s degrees. The inmates are members of the Black Prisoners Caucus, an organization focused on social justice inside and outside of prison. After introductions and
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