Activism in the Boonies for Black Lives and Educational Change: A Critical Conversation with Youth Rural Activist Gem Amber Sun Helper

In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Toni Cade, and many unnamed others, the movement for Black lives ignited a mass of youth voice and participation. The struggle to transform education for Black students is now at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter moveme...

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Published inJournal of research in rural education Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 34 - 37
Main Authors Helper, Gem Amber Sun, Joubert, Ezekiel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University Park Journal of Research in Rural Education 01.01.2021
Subjects
Activism
African American Teachers
Black Lives Matter movement
Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Education
Educational Change
Flags
Floyd, George
Grade 1
Grade 2
Helper, Gem Amber Sun
Joubert, Ezekiel
Racism
Rural areas
Rural schools
Secondary schools
Students
Teachers
New York
United States > US
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Summary:In the wake of the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Toni Cade, and many unnamed others, the movement for Black lives ignited a mass of youth voice and participation. The struggle to transform education for Black students is now at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement and includes demands for ethnic studies curriculum, the hiring of Black educators and counselors, accountability for racialized bullying and school violence, the abolishment of zero tolerance policies, and the removal of school police. This conversation with youth rural activist Gem Amber Sun Helper explores her organizing for Black lives in education in a rural upstate New York community.
ISSN:1551-0670
DOI:10.26209/jrre3101-05