POWER Fellowship Archives – The Real News Network

Khalil Bridges takes public transportation from his school on Friday, April 15, 2016, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Baltimore’s failure to educate Black children is a threat to building Black political power

by Tinashe Chingarande November 15, 2023November 15, 2023

Educators and civil rights hawks say that while organizing is a labyrinthine feat, literacy is still of prime importance.

A young Black child wearing a white school uniform and a set of headphones stands in front of a microphone.

Black oral storytellers keep Black history alive in Baltimore

by Ahmari Anthony November 9, 2023March 13, 2024

Jocelyn Green (Left) and Shania Alford (Right) listened during the annual Kwanzaa Celebration at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum on Dec. 28 in Catonsville, Maryland. The program in it's eighth year celebrates the seven principles of Kwanzaa with performances by the Baltimore County Chapter of Jack and Jill America and the Growing Griots, a youth storytelling program affiliated with the Griots' Circle of Maryland.

Keeping the griot tradition alive in Baltimore

by Ahmari Anthony September 7, 2023March 13, 2024

Demonstrators protest Florida Governor Ron DeSantis plan to eliminate Advanced Placement courses on African American studies in high schools as they stand outside the Florida State Capitol on February 15, 2023, in Tallahassee, Florida.

Politics and Movements: US

‘There is an attack on Black literacy’: Why education and activism go together

by Tinashe Chingarande September 6, 2023March 13, 2024