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Melania Trump’s Be Best program is a farce for marginalized youth
/0 Comments/in Blog Entry /by Dr. Omekongo DibingaThis week, First Lady, Melania Trump is celebrating the one year anniversary of her Be Best campaign, an initiative designed to focus on overall wellbeing for young people, help end the opioid epidemic, and stop social media bullying. It’s so easy to talk about the fact that the third aspect of it, ending social media […]
Educators Weaponizing Authority: Jabari Talbot Arrest and the School to Prison Pipeline
/0 Comments/in blog /by Dr. Omekongo DibingaAcross the country, people have been engaging in intense debates about the 11 year old student Jabari Talbot in Florida who was arrested for not saluting the standing up during the Pledge of Allegiance. Of course, there are lots of debates going on about what actually led to the arrest. People are saying he wasn’t […]
A freestyle rhyme on #timesup, #blacklivesmatter, #metoo, water, and more!
/0 Comments/in Blog Entry, Uncategorized /by Dr. Omekongo DibingaThe learning burn Preserve flows like an urn Other folks had their shot, it’s my turn Classic Mobb Deep, my mob deep and we creep Straight from the streets of the hood in Southeast DC, home of the sloppy dreams Where the words “#allcaps” don’t represent a hockey team Grand Washington Wizard occupies 16 Still […]
7 Steps To Raising Confident Black Children
/0 Comments/in Blog Entry /by Dr. Omekongo DibingaAcclaimed lawyer and talk show host Laura Coates touched all of our hearts with her frustrations over raising her children to be proud of their blackness. Before she even broke into tears, I was right there with her. My wife Kendra and I are raising 3 children; 12 and 10-year-old daughters and a 3-year-old son. […]
The Problem With White Allies And Anti-Racist Education
/0 Comments/in Blog Entry /by Dr. Omekongo DibingaI have worked in the field of cultural competency, diversity education, and teaching black & brown boys for decades. Every seven years or so, there is new terminology that develops that seeks to better encapsulate the work that so many of us are passionately engaged in on a daily basis. From cultural competency and culturally […]