Cape Gazette |June 9, 2021
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored students from Rehoboth Elementary School for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The 2021 Legislative session ended June 30. Click here for a summary of legislation the Alliance supported.
Cape Gazette | June 2, 2021
During the winter and spring, the youth education committee of the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice delivered Zoom modules to volunteer student participants from Sussex Tech, Sussex Academy and Cape Henlopen high schools.
The modules addressed the topics of cultural competence, anti-racism and the history of slavery in Delaware.
Module coordinators from the alliance virtually provided short lectures, discussions and breakout groups, and helped coordinate student development of shared resources. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice recently honored students from the Sussex Consortium and Shields Elementary for their demonstration of leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead creative design, keep track of inventory, and work closely with SDARJ founders on new opportunities in the community.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin’s murder and manslaughter convictions delivered some justice to Mr. Floyd’s family, but nationwide meaningful police reform continues to be necessary.
Cape Gazette | May 13, 2021
H.O. Brittingham students De’Naya Hinton and Jazon Jones were recognized in May with the African American/Black Achievement Award from the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.
Students were chosen because they demonstrate leadership, improvement, effort and excellence. Read the entire Gape Gazette article here.
Please note that this article appeared in the April 2021 edition of VIKING VENTURE, the Cape Henlopen High School Newspaper
Alissa Silva ’23 Editor
With the current state of the world, racial education is crucial in helping us progress. Sometimes, it feels as if our school education doesn’t speak about these prevalent topics, but there is an organization that does.
The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice started from a group of Sussex County people who organized a study group to read “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’’ by Michelle Alexander. From this, the study group trans- formed into a social movement, shedding light on the racially-biased justice system. In the desire to take action, in June 2015, the SDARJ was created.
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April 26, 2021
Cape High students and twin sisters Amaya and Aya Daisey were recognized April 15 with the African American/Black Achievement Award from the Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice.
The students were chosen because they demonstrate leadership, improvement, effort and excellence for both their peers and staff, teachers said.
Read the entire Cape Gazette article here.
