While GSAs are also sometimes referred to as Gender/Sexuality Alliances, “the root of every GSA group is to create a safe and inclusive space for every student” (iowasafeschools.org).
EDITOR’S NOTE: I feel profoundly and humbly grateful that the artists who made “By George” are allowing me to introduce this piece to our readers/viewers at JBR. The fact is that the possibility of sharing this video and this music with people
Ed. NOTE: This is a revised and updated version of an article that first ran in the Driftless Journal on February 27, 2020. (Until now, the article has never been published online in any form.) What is Black History? Wikipedia offers this:
In the cold of winter, with mid-term elections around the corner and the Republican-led Iowa legislature about to resume, what can we do right here, right now – particularly in rural America — that can lead to the anti-racist world in which
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020 was a wake-up for many white-identifying people to the true extent of systemic inequalities in the United States. Since that moment of awareness, diversity task forces
While GSAs are also sometimes referred to as Gender/Sexuality Alliances, “the root of every GSA group is to create a safe and inclusive space for every student” (iowasafeschools.org).