Part 2 LEARNING

In “Part 2. Learning,” Torry Winn, Patrice Hill, Quadir Chouteau, Kenneth Duncan and David Gonzalez highlight the ways in which healing is critical in education and youth development. The authors explore these questions: What is the connection between schooling and the well-being of Black children? What can history teach us about educating Black children? What community efforts and Black-led education initiatives offer solutions? What are the ways in which art, poetry, and creativity can be used to provide Black children opportunities to learn and teachers to instruct? How do we create spaces (in and out of school) for youth to grieve, reflect, and discuss social issues such as gun violence, police brutality, and anti-Blackness? Torry, Patrice, Quadir, Kenneth, and David provide examples from history and personal experiences to demonstrate how the BCLC is affecting the learning of Black youth. According to Julian Bond, “Violence is Black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years’ worth of education.” Part 2 describes how the BCLC and Black educators are working to avoid educational violence by creating, designing, and building Black joy and honoring legacies within and beyond the walls of schools.