New Walk-In COVID Vaccine Centers
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SDARJ News & Announcements
Promoting Mental Health and Resilience in our Sussex Communities: Part II
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A positive discussion about mental wellness. Continue reading for more details.
SDARJ awards Beacon Middle School students
Nazere Jefferson and Arianna Snead earn school honors
May 4, 2021
Beacon Middle eighth-graders Nazere Jefferson and Arianna Snead were recognized in April 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 Cape Gazette article here.
Being Visible: Students for Change
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.
You can download the entire article here.
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