Honoring Black History Month!

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
—Desmond Tutu

​As we celebrate Black History Month we reflect on the contributions, history, culture, and accomplishments of Black Americans, as well as recognizing the sacrifices of those that have committed themselves to social justice and equity. While reflecting on these contributions, take part in celebrations and educational events on your campus and across your communities.
In alignment with these celebrations, here are a few ideas to reflect on in your communities and learn from one another:

1. A question to ask your communities: As you think of yourself racially, what is a racial-based trait, attribution, feature, behavior, or physical characteristic that you currently reject, had to overcome currently, struggle with or had to work hard to accept?
2. Have your teams watch this video on kids explaining what black history is and what it means to them.
3. Take your team out to lunch to a Black owned restaurant or order food from a Black owned restaurant to be delivered to promote self-care and mattering during this long stretch of minimal breaks for our school staff and teams.

Let us know in the comments if you have other ideas on how to celebrate Black History Month!

Blog Post Written By: Darrell Burns, Director of Behavioral Intervention