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Author Archives: BRJE
One Step Closer to Justice
BRJE and Town Meeting Member Raul Fernandez frames the challenge and the path ahead for all Brookline citizens concerned with achieving racial justice and equity in the town of Brookline. It’s always the right time to speak up for racial … Continue reading
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It’s an awkward fact
WBUR’s Edify team reports on the town of Brookline’s attempts to reconcile the conferring of a honorific on a slave-owning land donor with the current understanding of the barriers it has created to the development of a healthy racial identity … Continue reading
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It’s Not a Very Diverse Town…I cannot say that there is a plan
BRJE member Raul Fernandez, Town Meeting Member from Precinct 9, closes the May 21, 2018 town meeting with a discussion about the plan for diversifying town boards and its elected membership. Raul’s discussion with the Town Clerk and the Select … Continue reading
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Monuments to White Supremacy in Our Own Back Yard
BRJE member Raul Fernandez reflects on the current debates about monuments to the country’s legacy of white supremacy and what it means does it mean to have a monument he once viewed as racist standing uncontested in his own back yard. … Continue reading
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What are the Responsibilities of Brookline Citizens?
BRJE member Charles Morgan shares his perspectives on the national and local presence of systemic racism and asks what responsibilities citizens have in Brookline where “we don’t experience ourselves as racist…” Click here to read the Brookline TAB letter
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BRJE and Workmen’s Circle Host Racial Justice and Equity Meeting
Dec 2016 – BRJE and the Boston Workmen’s Circle hosted a community meeting to discuss finding systemic solutions to structural racism. During the meeting, BRJE founding member Abigail Ortiz introduced the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) framework and how … Continue reading
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Teachers Discussing Racial Justice
More and more often, teachers are at the forefront of navigating discussions about race and racial justice. Learn more about Abby Erdmann’s work to ensure that student voices are heard in classrooms.
The Calculus Project
Learn how Brookline’s Dr. Adrian Mims designed a social and academic system that overcomes the isolation that can come from being among the few students of color in class as well as the all too common practices of tracking students of color … Continue reading
Confronting the legacy of slavery in Brookline
Deborah Brown’s presentation explores important topics in the conversation about changing the name of the Edward Devotion School. Her portion begins at 58:57.
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How the Lack of Diversity in Town Governance Affects Public Policy
BRJE member and Town Meeting Member Raul Fernandez presents a critical analysis of the impact of innocuous-appearing and well-intentioned Warrant Article language on drivers of color in Brookline. Raul’s analysis is that lack of consideration of the language changes proposed by … Continue reading
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