Show Your Solidarity With Black Lives Matter This Week!

The Black Lives Matter Week of Action starts tomorrow!

Remember to wear your Black Lives Matter t-shirts and buttons this week! Pick a day - starting tomorrow - that works for your building to wear and take a group picture.

Take selfies and group shots in your t-shirts and buttons
Post them on social media using #BLMPhlEd and #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool
Email: [email protected] and we'll share it.

You'll join educators and students for their t-shirt actions all over the country - from Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Boston, and more.

Join the week of action for a full calendar of events below:

Saturday, February 3	Monday, February 5	Tuesday, February 6	Wednesday, February 7	Thursday, February 8	Friday, February 9	Sat, February 10
Opening Panel: LGBTQ Youth Conversation: Stigmas and Misconceptions of Race and Gender Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm Facilitator: Naomi Leapheart Penn LGBTQ Center 3907 Spruce Street	*Guiding Principles:* Restorative Justice, Empathy, Loving Engagement	*Guiding Principles:* Diversity, Globalism	*Guiding Principles:* Trans-Affirming, Queer Affirming, & Collective Value	*Guiding Principles:* Intergenerational, Black Families, & Black Villages	*Guiding Principles:* Black Women, Unapologetically Black	Closing Panel: Our Demands and Next Steps Co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Black History Collaborative and Black Lives Matter Philly 2:30 - 3:45 Kensington CAPA (1901 N. Front St)
	*Wear your BLM T-Shirts and Buttons and take a solidarity photo with everyone in their gear!* *Use the hashtag #BLMPhled Need shirts? Email* *[email protected]*
	Immigration in Trump America: The power and importance of Ethnic Studies: Screening of Precious Knowledge Facilitators: Edwin Mayorga, Jazmin Delgado, and Ismael Jimenez 6-9 PM *LaSalle Univ.* Holroyd 190	Roundtable on Colorism: Women of the African Diaspora Facilitator: Angela Crawford Co sponsored by CCP Women’s Outreach and Advocacy Center and CCP Diversity Certificate Series 5-7PM Community College of Philadelphia (Center for Business and Industry at 18th and Callowhill, C2-28)	It Takes a Village: Black families - An intergenerational talk about schools, community, curriculum and more Facilitator: Kendra Brooks 6-9PM King High School (6100 Stenton Ave)	Wounded Feathers Healing Circle: addressing and providing healing practices to address trauma from racial injustice and inequity Facilitator: Angela Crawford Co sponsored by Sable Collective 6-9PM Duafe 3133 North 22nd St.	Black Women: Suffering in Silence - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (Survivors and Stigma) Facilitator: Mary May, MFT Co sponsored by the Philadelphia Home School Council, Philadelphia Writing Project, and the Mazzoni Center 5:30-8:30PM School District of Philadelphia Central Office 440 North Broad St.

See below for all resources:

More than 40 organizations and 250 academics have signed statements of support: