Today, Joliz and our program team sent the following note to our volunteers:
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Morning volunteers,
I really want to urge you to read this before stepping into classrooms today. This is very scary to many if not all of our students - some of them this may even feel like a life or death situation for them and their families.
Hopefully this will help support you in navigating any conversations. Just know it's *really* important for students to know today that we support them and care about them. Please don't hesitate to reach out to a PM if you have any questions especially those of you who wont have someone in your class today. We're here for you! Have a great day.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-should-we-tell-the-children_us_5822aa90e4b0334571e0a30b?
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On days like today (... there are probably not many days like today, actually), I'm reminded of how important our work is. Most of our volunteers will be stepping into classrooms today in which most students are not white. We need to be there for our students.
I'm also reminded that we all have the agency to make a difference, even when the outlook is horrible.
I encourage you all to get involved or support our work so that we can keep pushing forward.
