Black Lives Matter at Work
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HOW TO BEAT THE BACKLASH<br />
11<br />
Wh<strong>at</strong> brings you, personally, to this fight?<br />
I was introduced to Mumia’s case in 2012 and, instantly after reading<br />
Mumia’s biography, On a Move, connected to his story and his fight for<br />
freedom. Shortly after, I read Ass<strong>at</strong>a. These books changed my life and<br />
inspired my growth as a freedom fighter. My work as an educ<strong>at</strong>or<br />
organizer is a direct result of my miseduc<strong>at</strong>ion in public schools. When<br />
history was taught there was an erasure of my people’s history, the L<strong>at</strong>ino<br />
popul<strong>at</strong>ion, the brown immigrant community. Teaching in a classroom<br />
th<strong>at</strong> was predomin<strong>at</strong>ely <strong>Black</strong> as a first year teacher, I promised myself I<br />
would not allow my students to have the same experience.<br />
This has reinforced my work within the community as well. As a member<br />
of The Maroon Project, a newly founded grassroots organiz<strong>at</strong>ion based<br />
out of Newark, I help implement educ<strong>at</strong>ional programs. One of our<br />
flagship programs, Books and Breakfast, is a monthly program th<strong>at</strong><br />
provides the community with free new books and a hot breakfast.
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