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Archives for January 2017

What It Means to Stay Awake

Lyn Hawks · January 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment

What It Means to Stay Awake As a white girl riding on a whole lot of privilege, I sometimes come late to the party of awareness. I get some curiosity, learn something, then try to join the mission. One that might not be mine and may have been a Movement long before I decided … [Read more...] about What It Means to Stay Awake

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #StayWoke, activism, activism, civil rights, racism, The Women's March, white privilege, whiteness, Women's March

Why I Will March

Lyn Hawks · January 16, 2017 · 5 Comments

Diane Nash and C.T. Vivian lead a demonstration in Nashville. Credit: The Nashville Tennessean.

“Sometimes you have to find a way to get in the way…or get in trouble…good trouble…necessary trouble.”—John Lewis “Tell me why you are marching,” a friend said. My heart is full of so many reasons. Crafting a poster is hard. I have carried these reasons with me for a … [Read more...] about Why I Will March

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #WhyWeMarch, #WomensMarch, #WomensMarchonWashington, action, activism, civil rights, community, Diane Nash, Dr. King, Dr. Martin Luther King, John Lewis

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A writing process. Ha! Ask me every day what my pr A writing process. Ha! Ask me every day what my process is, because surely it’s changed. I do show up daily, and I have a new mantra. *Write into the relationships. Let people push on one another.* This has replaced STOP EXPLAINING; START CHASING. (Can you tell my character goal was kind of muddy? All caps hollering at myself does help.) The latest advice is about trusting the people I’ve created, whom I’ve gotten to know over a year, and understand their psychology and their interdependencies. Each person has their own goal and arc. They aren’t pawns to be moved in a game of plot. They are humans moving through the beats I’ve planned and making discoveries along the way.

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So excited for next week, and about the lesson on So excited for next week, and about the lesson on rhetoric and persuasive speech I just posted to Teachers Pay Teachers. It’s also a chance to explore media objectivity and bias as well as American history and women in politics. Content analysis and close reading, cooperative learning, Socratic discussion, and then multiple choice questions that help students get ready for standardized tests. All things to all people! If you know of an English or History teacher needing a lesson for next week, please point them to Success Story on Teachers Pay Teachers. On this historic occasion, there’s so much to celebrate!
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