Good Trouble: If Racism was a Monster

Good Trouble with Monsters

By conNECKted TOO / November 15, 2023

by: Kit Loney This past spring, I had the opportunity to bring monsters from our TinyIsPowerful “Good Trouble” workshops to a couple of North Charleston schools.  This lesson, “Good Trouble,” began in 2021 with a question during a conversation with Pam: “If racism were a monster, what would it look like?” Playing off that idea, […]

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Good Trouble: Resources and Research

By conNECKted TOO / May 4, 2022

Learning for Justice: https://www.learningforjustice.org/ Social Justice Standards Facilitator Guide PDF: https://www.learningforjustice.org/sites/default/files/2018-11/TT-Social-Justice-Standards-Facilitator-Guide-WEB_0.pdf CCSD Cultural Competency Policy – https://www.tinyispowerful.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Cultural-Competency-Policy-ACE-1.pdf artEquity Anti-racist Practices for Everyday Life – Approaches to Differences – (pg 22-23 of “Everyday Justice: Antiracism as a Daily Practice”)  Prindle Institute “Let’s Talk About Race” by Julius Lester Book Anyalsis  https://www.prindleinstitute.org/books/lets-talk-about-race/ Resources for parents on how […]

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Art and Monsters

By conNECKted TOO / May 4, 2022

“Property matters. It’s more than just a parcel of land. It’s also window to the past that tells the story of a family, a community, a way of life. Knowing your family’s history and culture creates a sense of place and belonging. The loss of heirs’ property has impact on the entire community, not just […]

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My I Story

By conNECKted TOO / May 4, 2022

l would just like to uplift the name of Reverend Clementa Pinckney I heard him give a speech about the first Memorial Day in Charleston for the first time in May of that year but by June he was dead. We also lift up the names of Cynthia Hurd, Reverend Sharonda Coleman -Singleton, Ethel Lance, […]

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If Racism Was a Monster

By conNECKted TOO / August 31, 2021

It might look like me It might look like my father it might look like my daughter it might look like diabetics it might look like paramedics it might look like the systems like invisible systems it might loom like me it might move in the night but it moves in the light yes it […]

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