High-profile educator asks teachers to organize ‘love trumps hate’ standouts
The president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association sent an email to teachers unions asking them to organize standouts across the state on Tuesday to “let students and parents know that love trumps hate,” reports Masslive.com.
In her email, Barbara Madeloni said President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has triggered “dangerous and frightening” times, reports Masslive.com.
Madeloni wrote:
We must use our power as educators to let all of our students and their families — but especially those who were targeted by the president-elect in his campaign — to know that we will provide safe spaces, defend them from attack and be more focused and vigilant in our struggle for justice.
She said it is not a time to be shy or cautious, but a time to push past rules and bureaucracies.
Madeloni said teachers should welcome students to school with “signs of love and support that speak to how we cherish their differences and how we will protect their right to be themselves, to feel safe and in charge of their bodies and identities, and to tell their stories.”
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