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Light Skin Privilege: A Xicana Reflection of Sandra Bland’s Death on What Would Have Been Her 37th Birthday
“Now I know what my purpose is. My purpose is to go back to Texas. My purpose is to stop all social injustice in the South.”—Sandra Bland Those are the words that Sandra Bland told her mother before traveling from Chicago to Prairie View, Texas’ A & M University, her alma mater, for a job…
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Black History Month 2024
*This is an adaptation of President Lange’s Keynote given at the Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) Inaugural Black History Month Kickoff Celebration * This month’s theme of African Americans in the Arts dovetails beautifully with our organizational Theme of “For Culture, For Community.” The interaction of the richness of arts, culture and Black history,…
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Sonoma County Slavery Historical Research Project Update – January 2024
Picking hops near Healdsburg | Sarah, Amanda, Ellen, Taylor, Edmond Tombs | Photographer unknown, c. 1875 | Courtesy Healdsburg Museum and Sonoma County Museum On Juneteenth in 2023, the Santa Rosa-Sonoma County NAACP announced the official launch of the first, comprehensive historical research project on slavery in Sonoma County. Created in partnership with Sonoma State…
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Building Towards Anti-Racist Governments – Sonoma County: Planting the Seeds
While the county has shown commitment by planting the seeds to address disparities and racism and made substantial progress, there is still much work to do.
