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Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors To Teach At Prescott College
“Artists and cultural workers historically and presently play a significant role in shaping movements,” said Khan-Cullors.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors is bringing her passion for social justice to the realm of academia. According to Black Enterprise, Khan-Cullors will lead college courses surrounding community mobilization and social equality at Prescott College in Arizona.
“Now is the time we unearth that history and utilize it to help us with some of the most important fights of this time.” https://t.co/7ozQ8mLuzE
— Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) August 13, 2018
Khan-Cullors—one of the women who gave birth to the Black Lives Matter movement following the tragic death of Trayvon Martin—will serve as an adjunct professor under the institution’s Social Justice and Community Organizing program, the news outlet writes. The course she will teach will focus on how culture and the arts are intertwined with community efforts. Students will learn how to evoke effective change through establishing a social movement from a grassroots approach.
“Artists and cultural workers historically and presently play a significant role in shaping movements,” said Khan-Cullors in a statement, according to the news outlet. “Now is the time we unearth that history and utilize it to help us with some of the …
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