The fatal beating of the Chicago teen, Derrion Albert has touched the entire world. This morning when I logged onto the computer, it was great and refreshing to see a Trending Topic on Twitter called #Stoptheviolence, BUT before I knew it, there was another Trending Topic: #teachaniggatuesdays.
Yes, I know what you're thinking...but that's a topic for another blog post.
For this weeks G.I.F (Get Involved Feature) I am asking that everyone who cares about what happened and who is concerned about violence (especially among the youth and black people) to get involved and do something.
I started a small project with my students, they are writing letters, making cards, writing poems, drawing pictures etc. that express sympathy for Albert , his family and the community in Chicago where he is from. I will send all of them to the Director of the community center where it happened and the family of, Derrion Albert. My students have already started on theirs and it would be great if YOU could participate in this effort. It can be a short poem, a drawing, a letter, a song- just please participate so that we can show our empathy/sympathy for what has happened and stand up against violence. You may email it to me or send it in the mail, if necessary.
Thanks so much guys!
Please Remember, "Impossible Is NOTHING!"
~Mika
Mayor Daley, on his way to Copenhagen to push for the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, issued a statement asking Chicagoans to "destroy the code of silence that protects criminals."
"It only promotes the kind of violence that has taken this young man from us," the statement read. "We're all in this together. We must save our children." source
"It only promotes the kind of violence that has taken this young man from us," the statement read. "We're all in this together. We must save our children." source
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