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African American Students Deserve More from LAUSD

African American Students Deserve More from LAUSD

by Michael Lawson | Aug 22, 2020 | Education, President Message

This week Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the nation’s second-largest school district, started online classes for more than 600,000 students. LAUSD and the teachers’ union, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), recently agreed on new...
Institutionalized Racism is a National Security Threat

Institutionalized Racism is a National Security Threat

by MAL-JDG | May 7, 2020 | Education, Politics, Race

As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes increasingly deadly, it is clear that its disproportionate effect on African Americans has highlighted yet another consequence of institutionalized racism in America. Less attention has been paid as to why the same historical...
Make Black Count in 2020 Census

Make Black Count in 2020 Census

by Michael Lawson | Apr 17, 2020 | Advocacy, Business, Education, Health, Housing

Every ten years, America stops what it is doing and counts the number of people within its borders.  This is not just an exercise to see how many people live in the United States; this is the tool by which political power and financial resources are allocated...

A Visit to the Equal Justice Institute The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration And the National Museum for Peace and Justice in Montgomery Alabama

by Michael Lawson | Mar 26, 2020 | Education

My wife, Mattie McFadden Lawson, and I recently had the honor of traveling to Montgomery, Alabama, where we visited for the first time, The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration and the National Museum for Peace and Justice, both of which were born out...

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