Afro-Latinx Students Navigate Racism and Erasure in the Classroom
When her reading scores skyrocketed a couple of years ago, Dakota Pouncie says she wasn’t praised or celebrated. Instead, “I got undermined for my academic ability,” said Pouncie, a high school senior in Connecticut, who is Afro-Latina. She says her…
Apr 12 22April 12, 2022
Article at Teach For America/One Day
Voice notes from Ayiti
Through voice notes, dinner table recordings, and home videos, a Dominican and Haitian-American friendship becomes the lens for an interwoven family archive.
Oct 19 25October 19, 2025
Video at Stephanie on Authory
Affordable Housing Can Make Teaching a More Sustainable Career
Moving comes with many stressors: budgeting, packing, and scouting neighborhoods are just a few. So when Monique Magras (Baltimore ’21) was planning her move from Massachusetts to Maryland—a state she never visited before—to begin her new job as a…
Jun 04 23June 04, 2023
Article at Teach For America/One Day
How a 24-year-old Educator Became a Principal
Kenneth Gorham knows that many school leaders are at least two decades older than he is. But he didn’t let that stop him from becoming one of the youngest principals in the nation at the age of 24. When Gorham accepted the position last year, he also…
Apr 01 23April 01, 2023
Article at Teach For America/One Day
Changing Course Season 2: Investing in Native Leadership
We hear from leaders across our network who are innovating culturally relevant methods for recruiting and supporting Native educators to better serve Native students' success.
Mar 01 23March 01, 2023
Podcast at Teach For America/One Day
Making the Teaching Profession a Home for Native Educators
When high school senior Jurrien Fowlkes began attending biology class, he gained something unexpected: a teacher who helped him connect with his Native community.
Feb 26 23February 26, 2023
Article at Teach For America/One Day
Creating Schools Where Black Male Teachers Can Thrive
Black male educators, woefully underrepresented in U.S. classrooms, say mentorship and a sense of community help ensure they stay in the profession. Rachael Tutwiler Fortune remembers the difficult transition of leaving her neighborhood elementary…
Feb 14 23February 14, 2023
Article at Teach For America/One Day
This North Carolina School Ranked First in Academic Growth. Here’s How.
Henderson Collegiate, a K-12 charter school in North Carolina, is beating the odds. The school, located in rural Vance County, not only exceeded expected growth on state standardized tests. It earned the highest growth index value of every school in…
Nov 29 22November 29, 2022
Article at Teach For America/One Day
Improving Voting Access for Marginalized Communities One School at a Time
Blanca Adriana Ontiveros (New Mexico ’12) works with schools, educators and students to boost understanding of how children can advocate for change and push for greater voting access. Blanca Adriana Ontiveros has taught bilingual special education,…
Oct 28 22October 28, 2022
Article at Teach For America/One Day
Student Activists Preserve Dark Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration Site
“I thought I was a free-thinking American with the right of a trial before conviction. Only I can’t be convicted because I haven’t done anything unworthy of a citizen.... It’s as Mary Oyama wrote. The only crime was being born Japanese." Teenager…
May 15 22May 15, 2022
Article at Teach For America/One Day
‘Overenforcement’: Black Baltimore restaurant owners say they’re harassed and subject to spurious 311 complaints
With challenges ranging from the uncertainty of what the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic means for their business to worker shortages, some of Baltimore’s Black-owned restaurants say they also deal with harassing behavior and spurious…
Mar 09 22March 09, 2022
Article at baltimoresun.com
UMBC students archive Highlandtown’s Latino immigration history and food culture
Thirteen students from University of Maryland, Baltimore County, are working to fill a gap in history with the Highlandtown Immigration and Food Project. Through archival research and panel discussions with nonprofit groups’ leaders and business…
Dec 28 21December 28, 2021
Article at baltimoresun.com
Highlandtown celebrates La Posada, a Latino Christmas tradition, with a procession, dancing and songs
One chilly December evening, the candlelit procession started with dancing and drumming. The performance group Danza Guadalupana did an elaborate sequence of steps, hops, squats and spins to honor the patron saint of Mexico, the Virgin Mary, or La…
Dec 25 21December 25, 2021
Article at baltimoresun.com
Baltimore animators and opera singers are behind a Spanish and Afro-Latinx retelling of ‘La Boheme’
An Afro-Latinx and Spanish-language reimagining of Giacomo Puccini’s classic opera, “La Boheme,” comes to life with a new animated film available for streaming online this week. Set in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C., during…
Dec 24 21December 24, 2021
Article at baltimoresun.com
Maryland lawmakers restrict cooperation with federal immigration agencies, advance new congressional maps
Maryland jails will no longer house federal immigration detainees and federal immigration agents’ access to state databases will be limited, following actions Tuesday by state lawmakers. The Maryland General Assembly voted to overturn two vetoes from…
Dec 06 21December 06, 2021
Article at baltimoresun.com
Researcher and social justice practitioner advocates for Baltimore’s Black gay and bisexual community
Durryle Brooks was shocked to learn that roughly one in three Black gay and bisexual young men 15 to 24 years old reported experiencing intimate partner violence. He learned the statistic while managing a five-year clinical research trial for the…
Nov 30 21November 30, 2021
Article at baltimoresun.com
At this Baltimore restaurant, coquito — or Puerto Rican eggnog — is a holiday hit with deep cultural roots
The recipe at Elisa Milan’s Baltimore restaurant is the same one she learned from her grandmother: coconut cream, milk, vanilla extract, cinnamon and rum, slowly mixed together over the stove and left to cool. The result is a creamy, cold drink known…
Nov 24 21November 24, 2021
Article at baltimoresun.com
In Southwest Baltimore, Mount Clare uncovers historical gems and beautifies neighborhood
On South Gilmor and West Pratt streets, a mural depicting a green hummingbird surrounded by blue, yellow and pink flowers decorates the intersection of the neighborhood of Mount Clare. Arts and Parks, an organization that blends street art and…
Nov 18 21November 18, 2021
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