Posts tagged independent african centered education

dominickbrady:

A group that does work with school systems but is diverse and believes in diversity as well as in celebrating ethnic cultures and their history is Projectsouth.  Project South is based right here in Atlanta and they work more from the scope of social awareness and as advocates for disenfranchised groups like those with disabilities, illness, victims of gender/race/sexuality based marginalization, etc:

Founded in 1986, Project South acts as a regional hub for leadership development, movement-building, and long-term strategy development within community-based organizing for racial and economic justice. By creating collective spaces for communities and organizations to develop bottom-up grassroots organizing models, Project South shifts Southern-based organizing from reactive battles to visionary and strategic movement building on local, regional, and national levels.
Project South works directly with young people, intergenerational collaborations, Southern-based organizations, communities affected by social control and violence, cross-regional alliances, and our Atlanta and Southeastmembership base. Our three primary strategies to increase the viability of community-based efforts to shift resources and power

nakaonwood

Independent African Centered Education.

Great idea, long time coming but how feasible is it?

I know of a couple of places around Atlanta that seem to have that vibe, The Shrine of the Black Madonna in the West End, a lil elementary school (@ least I think it is) off Campbelton but can this really spread on a larger scale?  Maybe it’s not meant to. Maybe not yet.

Maybe we’ll just keep having these little enclaves of schools that cater specifically to our culture in tiny niches until one day people see learning our true great history as not only legitimate but as a vital pursuit.