#Earth In #Acorn With #YokoOno

YES! 

So I’m done.

Malala Yousafzai is a true freedom fighter. This is truly inspirational to our world, hoping this stirs our communities all around.

BREAKING: Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Malala, now 17, was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago in her home country of Pakistan after coming to prominence for her campaigning for education for girls.

She won for what the Nobel committee called her “heroic struggle” for girls’ right to an education.

She is the youngest ever winner of the prize. (x)

Love. ❤️

Yup. I remember being so confused at the age of 12 when my 7th grade homeroom teacher introduced me as DAIANA (Eng pronunciation: Diana) to the rest of my class. It was my first grade in U.S.A. I had to play it cool because I was learning English and this was the States after all, so I had to start with my name, right? It wasn’t until college I reclaimed my name back: Diana (Spanish pronunciation please, Deeana). Many white folks and color folks ask me why do I bother on correcting people every time they mispronounce my name (which is about 90% of the time) and I say because DAIANA is not my name and I refuse to give up my real name, not anymore.  I don’t need a mispronounced name, I have one of my own. Say it right. 

A message to teachers who refuse to pronounce the names of their students of color correctly. 

In a new video, Adam Levine-Peres, an educator in the Bronx, talks about the importance of teachers, especially white teachers, learning how to pronounce the names of Black and Brown students properly. He says pronouncing the students’ names correctly “will go along way in the classroom”, otherwise there might be lack of trust, students might end up giving up on things like their teacher gave up on saying their name the right way.

Full video Follow Adam on Twitter @projectbronx

#EthnicNames

Buenas vibras! #zempasuchil #eucalipto y el grito de #Guayasamin para el cuerpo y alma.

for angela and gloria and

assata and leila and

marsha and yuri and 

the countless unnamed

for the women I was taught not to remember

(a work in progress plz send suggestions this way)

Jus like Capuli. <3

“Hispanic” Heritage Month centers a very specific type of Latinx & too often erases & conveniently forgets about AfroLatinxs.