The (Im)Possibilities of “Creating Digital Living Rooms”: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education by Drs. @justmaybechris.bsky.social, Cherise McBride, and me: citejournal.org/volume-25/is...

Exploring the edges of collegiality: a cross-case analysis toward humanizing teachers’ connected learning by Drs. me, Cherise McBride, and @justmaybechris.bsky.social (also, RIP the bird app & the way we used to connect via SM for this one) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

COMMENTS: Our upcoming art auction fundraiser in partnership with RUSH Arts & Swann Galleries borrows ancestral inspiration and sustenance from Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Thankful Poor. (9/29/2025) READ: medium.com/@damayor/may...

NEW! Our people fought to make space for all our children to learn in-depth about the Black historical struggle through their public education. This effort is a community driven initiative and reminder that we do this work on behalf of them. Join us online October 18. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🙏🏾. Grateful to have been invited into conversation at AAMP next Saturday around one of my favorite films of all time Spook Who Sat By The Door. Come through and hear the stories of how many people wished, sacrificed, and risked to give us this classic.

"Serving as an art school w/ studios, art residency, library, open kitchen, + garden simultaneously, Sertão Negro is more than an institution—it is a holistic school rooted in Black cultural traditions + the spirit of the quilombo, where art, food, housing, + land are the grounds for communal life"

📚New Pub! Contributing to our special issue series, @justmaybechris.bsky.social, Cherise McBride, and @anna-phd.bsky.social write on “The (Im)Possibilities of ‘Creating Digital Living Rooms’: A Black Educational Studies Perspective on Digital Platforms in Teacher Education”. Check it out!

😎. FUNDRAISER PREVIEW EDITIONS ARE HERE! GET YOURS! DEBUT: AUGUST 22 at the FALL ABOLITION SCHOOL MIXER. See slide for details. DONATE NOW VIA GOFUNDME. gofund.me/622d53ae

“We know that [Alexander’s] legacy stands for civil rights,” Rogers said. “It stands for justice, it stands for equity, it stands for democracy, it stands for knowledge. And so, if they are invested in those things, it's definitely surprising to see them sell out...” www.inquirer.com/opinion/penn...

Much of the analysis of crime data is directed to opponents of abolition. Having done a lot of work around crime data, I wanted to write to abolitionists about some tendencies in the critiques of the data and the implication for discourse and organizing. abolitionjournal.com/crime-data-t...

Witchwords. This is what W.E.B. Du Bois called discourse or phrases used to discredit or repress political critiques or organizing. As Charisse Burden-Stelly details, today’s witchwords, like DEI and woke, are part of today’s red scare. jewishcurrents.org/anatomy-of-a...

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Dionne Brand is one our greatest literary thinkers, and this profile of her is a great read. jewishcurrents.org/the-measure-...

FRESHLY PRESSED. I have new work out. Columns: Black Youth Futures: Experimental Medicine: A Winter Break Reflection on "Me-First" Language Arts Author(s): Christopher R. Rogers Source: English Journal, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2025, p. 82-85 DOI: lnkd.in/eNecy_et DM me for link.

I’m throwing a party w one of my fav people @justmaybechris.bsky.social in a Safer Movements Collective x Chester Gifted Program collab!!! join us Friday, August 1st for MAMAS COOKOUT 👩🏽‍🍳 there will be abolition trivia! a care corner! a kids space by the Philly Childcare Collective! prizes! dancing!

There’s a lot of mutual aid work being done to combat the errors of our government. I spent an afternoon with the Philly Abortion Doula to learn what she’s focusing on rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/07/16/p...

“We’d want to know what in the hell you say?”

“Freedom is indivisible or it is nothing at all besides sloganeering and temporary, short-sighted, and short-lived advancement for a few. Freedom is indivisible, and either we are working for freedom or you are working for the sake of your self-interests.”– June Jordan

💪🏾 Good News today. My first RESEARCH COLLABORATIVE received seed funding today. “Fugitive Poetry Pedagogies for the People” coming soon. Am opportunity to build up Black Philadelphia literary lesson plans and support a generation of local Black poets and writers in the process.

"[Enslaved people] ingeniously employed 'waiting time' + communication in codes, symbols, songs, chants, + other means of [obfuscation]—a social network relying on Afrodiasporic technologies... The past, present, + future were interwoven into a collective memory and aspiration for true liberation."

#MamasBasement is back. This month's benefit partner is Hoops Sessions Chester, a FREE violence prevention program that gives Chester teens the opportunity to not only enjoy open gym but also become part of a team and take part in workouts designed to build skills both on and off the court.

“Today their legacies demonstrate the imperative of organic intellectuals to confront authoritarian nationalism and forge global solidarity.” @jordantcamp.bsky.social introduces a previously unpublished 1974 speech by Stuart Hall on Walter Rodney, who was assassinated 45 years ago tomorrow:

"Would the situation somehow be less violent were ICE left to snatch and disappear people without impediment?" interc.pt/4kT2vku

Ok, last week of school, let's go!

This the future of retired ball player content. This is it. They found the formula. 🙌🏾

"Poetry is an island that breaks away from the main." www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

At yesterday’s University of Michigan Regents meeting, I was promoted to full professor, effective July 1. 🎆 Full professor is the highest rank in US academia. 26% of faculty are full. Among those, 4% are Black; 2% BW. Started my PhD 20 years ago this fall. What a journey! A fantastic voyage.

That's How We Stay Free (2022), Storying a Black Village Poetics (2023), Annunciating a Community Cultural Platform (2024), Abolition Journal: Pilot Issue (2025), and the forthcoming My City Need Something (2026). ...and all these, simply by-products of larger projects coming into being.

The Pilot Issue of ABOLITION JOURNAL has arrived. It’s available now at abolitionjournal.com. READ NOW. DONATE TODAY. Help us reach our goal of raising $7K in seed funding to keep this project alive. ADD TO THE TIP JAR VIA GOFUNDME. www.gofundme.com/f/support-ab...

🎚️. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to return home to the city of Chester, PA for a lecture with the Mayor on my work. We spoke about all the things: anti-Black racism, political corruption, state supported policy failures, the ruse of neoliberalism, community activism, the beauty of the struggle.

A world historical crime, taking place in full view, with the perpetrators so convinced of their impunity that they can brag about genocidal intent, and it’s hard not to agree with their calculation that no one will stop them and no one will be held accountable

NEW WORDS FROM ME. DIRECT: abolitionjournal.com/2025/04/28/m... My contribution for the launch of Abolition Journal. It begins with Gwendolyn Brooks. NOW UP! VISIT US: lnkd.in/enysMeF4 SUPPORT US: lnkd.in/eGNB4huh TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS: lnkd.in/e7kf8KsE (Write-in “Abolition Journal”)

@prisonculture.bsky.social figured I send this your way to see if you noticed it. appreciate you. any feedback is appreciated!

Anybody see this? This app be too quiet.

🎚️🙌🏾. READ, SHARE, SUPPORT. Welcome (back) to Abolition Journal, Abolition School's new publication! We're so excited to share what we've been cooking up for Abolition Journal. You can see our cover and a few pieces over at abolitionjournal.com! And support us here: gofund.me/ae0b9680

I am my brother’s schedule keeper. Hey #AERA25.

Can y'all see this? #AERA25 aera25-aera.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx...

Yeah, so I don’t use this platform too much because most of my kind of people ain’t on here. But this one is for the Black education scholars. So let’s see. #AERA25

Eve Ewing be knowing how to put things right there. Just enough for you to know she’s being generous. Original Sins, y’all.

Based in Houston’s Third Ward neighborhood, Project Row Houses reflects an effort on the part of artists to save everyone else by saving themselves.

“Keep the focus on the action not the institution; don’t confuse the vehicle with the objective; all cocoons are temporary and disappear.” —Toni Cade Bambara.

Let’s keep this going! 🙌🏾

Almost that time again for your favorite party at the end of the month #MamasBasement. CineSpeak cultivates experiences and opportunities for filmmakers and moviegoers, celebrating and strengthening local community and global movements for collective liberation. READ MORE: lnkd.in/e7dnGM5D

youtu.be/qM1b-hr2TSo?... My elder texted me this without me asking for it and then said "I'll send you the transcript soon." And this is why I love being friends with militant elders.

Paul Robeson, born #tdih 1898 was one of the most important figures of the 20th century. He was a “renaissance man” — a lawyer, intellectual, cultural scholar, author, speaker, actor, singer, athlete, and internationally-renowned political activist. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/pa...