Not that we all feel great regardless, but just a reminder that it's normal to feel sad, agitated, off, etc on trauma anniversaries. This week marks a collective trauma anniversary of the onset of COVID in the US. Give yourself permission to slow down and feel. Take good care of one another.

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

Hey fam, here's a letter that goes with our op-ed to University leadership to show support for race conscious, accessible, and inclusive education. Even when we expect the least from these institutions, we can demand more. Hope this helps to practice hope today! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Submitted my tenure file for year 1 review on Friday and then slept for the first time in weeks. I feel like a new human.

Once I accepted this framing — that I am being trained to accept the disposability of my fellow humans & the Earth (so many things qualify: Gaza, prisons, homelessness, pipelines), I became so much clearer about my politics.

So the Department of Education opened up its anti-DEI portal so people can narc on educators. It would be a shame if it got flooded with inaccurate reports, wouldn't it? enddei.ed.gov #WritingCommunity #buildtheresistance #EduSky

🤣 This is also me 😭

Comrade card for 1/30/2025. Evergreen from @prisonculture.bsky.social.

Spending my bday doing the thing I love the most: teaching. Very grateful for another year on this god forsaken planet and for students who make everything worth it.

Anna Julia Cooper was an author, educator, sociologist, speaker, Black liberation activist, Black feminist leader, and one of the most prominent scholars in United States history. She was born enslaved, and yet became the fourth Black woman to ever earn a PhD. #BlackHistoryMonth

Really loving this app and how it feels like when the other app first came out. Did anyone else tweet by texting 404-04 back in those days? Just realized I still have that number saved in my phone 😂

I did it. All the review files are drafted. Now I spend way too many hours uploading evidence to support the documents. #progress

Today is the day I crank out the last of the tenure review files in between meetings 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

High schoolers re-imagining SEL? Yes PLEASE.

Feeling really grateful to be spending the weekend with California’s Youth&Government and the youth Board of Ed. Dreaming up new education policies and elective classes in this moment just hits different.

BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Feeling so freaking gloomy today about IES. The field of education is going to suffer for many years because of all the knowledge lost from these cancelled contracts.

The tenure file update no one has asked for: I have a full draft of my research statement (good grief that sucked) and halfway through teaching. Words are on paper.

Kendrick’s American flag motif at THIS MOMENT is subversive. Yes, yes, yes.

I have written exactly one of four documents required for my first tenure file review and I’ve decided I’m going to use this app to hold myself accountable to finishing the rest EARLY. Putting it out there now: no 11th hour writing for me k thanksss

I am putting together a file for the first time ever on the tenure track and holy MOLY this is what ya’ll have been doing?!? #sos

Folks are fighting back. Find whatever lever you can pull to make the world less bad and pull it as hard as you can. We can do this, together.

California is providing more food benefits for people in Los Angeles impacted by the recent firestorms. Starting February 10th, I encourage eligible people to apply for CalFresh benefits, which will allow more people to access and put more food on the table.

My university is providing really helpful guidance on how faculty can help navigate new executive orders. Curious to hear from others— how have your institutions handling this? Ex: We are being told to help students *remove* any written documentation of immigration status. 1/

Speechless. And yes, “trauma” is on there.

Love this! 🫶🏾

Now more than ever we need to implore educators (and everyone) to use assets frames. Asset frames = start with strengths *alongside* challenges. Deficit frames = only name deficiencies.

When teaching abt deficit frames I always tell the story of a teacher who once told me “he has no strengths, he’s a lost cause”. It’s far too common to frame kids (and their families) as lacking & deficient. It takes a lot a lot a lot of practice to disrupt those thoughts—and actions. But we must.

Today in class my students deconstructed deficit frames. It’s the lesson I start with every semester because it’s just so critical to all the work we’ll do together but this semester it felt both heavier and even more important.

I love seeing so many new artists joining Bluesky, but please make your art more accessible by adding alt text to your images. A lot of people use screen readers or otherwise depend on alt text. Many won't repost w/o it. All you need to do is include a brief description about what the image is.

URGENT: Here’s a list of campaigns to support Black families displaced by the LA fires. Bit.ly/rebuildAD h/t: @ykreborn.bsky.social

I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️

Just helped my sisters (from afar) evacuate LA. Please stay safe everyone!!!

Having my wedding dress in my house means that at least once a week when my fiancé is out of the house I think “I could totally put that dress on”. So today I did 😂

Caught up on Shrinking over the break and it’s just so dang good.

Reminder: If you are committed to justice-centered work, today would be a good day to reevaluate your circles. Who inspires you to become a better version of yourself? Who do you need to collect for a critical conversation in loving accountability? Who do you need to let go in 2025?

Also, finished grading while watching Home Alone 2: lost in New York. Anyone else think it’s one of the top 5 best Christmas movies??

Submitted my grades today and with that, my first semester on the tenure track comes to an end. BRB sleeping for 2 dull days.

As a person who gets extremely car sick, the new iPhone motion sickness update (coupled with my regular patches and wrist things) is an absolute game changer for long drives 🙌🏻

I am only halfway through this book and already cannot recommend it enough.

Hi! My name is Addison & I’m a former elementary teacher and current assistant professor in NorCal. I partner with kids and educators to disrupt trauma in schools. This means digging into structural racism, implementing equity centered trauma-informed edu, and *some* SEL 😉 Tell me about you!

Today I had someone suggest to me that the police should get SEL training/classes to help them get more empathy. And the comment was made in celebration. Like, what a cool idea! The police! SEL! Empathy! My reply: we have DIAMETRICALLY opposing views on the police *and* SEL.

Happy birthday to the best of the best @asv.bsky.social !!!!

Had a day that necessitated ice cream for dinner. What’s everyone’s fav ice cream flavor?

Just ran into a Nurturing the Nurturers participant in line for brunch!!! Are our NtN folks on here??

I wrote two books for teachers, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education and Becoming an Everyday Changemaker. Both are written to help teachers transform schools into communities where everyone feels safe and cared for. 💜💕

Oh god there’s no space between blue and sky 🫠🫠

Hello Blue Sky! #firstpost #doesanyoneusehashtagsanymore