Category Archives: EthnicStudies

Action: Write a Letter to the Editor in Support of Liberated Ethnic Studies in PVUSD

Why is the Santa Cruz Sentinel standing against the PVUSD community’s call to bring back CRE and liberated ethnic studies? On July 20th, the Santa Cruz Sentinel wrote an editorial supporting the cancellation of the ethnic studies contract with the consulting firm, Community Responsive Education (CRE). We are asking our community and supporters to writeContinue reading “Action: Write a Letter to the Editor in Support of Liberated Ethnic Studies in PVUSD”

Support Liberated Ethnic Studies

Ethnic Studies has a long history based in liberatory movements, emerging from the 1968-1969 student strikes led by the Black Student Union and Third World Liberation Front at SF State and UC Berkeley. Since its introduction in college and K-12 settings, the movement has focused on uplifting the stories, cultures, traditions, and histories of resistance of communities of color – and growing coalitions, grounded in mutual solidarity, to transform schooling and society.  We describe what is happening and what you can do!