A Letter from our Executive Director
Dear Phoenix International Academy Partners,
PIA stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and with every organization that is fighting for racial equity and justice.
Our hearts are broken yet again by injustice and grief. This past week has further underscored the shameful scourge of racial oppression that has pervaded our country since its founding. George Floyd is the latest in an unconscionable list of Black people murdered at the hands of those who are charged with protecting our society.
Words are not enough. We must take intentional action to disrupt the systems which create unequal worlds for Black people. Every day, our work – and hopefully yours as well – springs from a desire to redesign this system so that the heart of it is genuinely about justice, love, and learning.
Yesterday, we shared some resources for talking about Racism and Race with children of all ages. Here is our message about the importance of talking about these issues with our children and a list of linked resources to use and share: https://phoenixinternationalacademy.org/latest-news/2020/5/31/talking-with-our-children-about-race-and-racism
Our current – and long-overdue – conversation about racial justice underscores the importance of not just responding to this moment, but of truly reinventing the social and institutional structures that have gotten us here. This starts with each of us.
In solidarity,
Ivette & the Phoenix International Academy Team