A Mom’s View: As an Education and Civil Rights Activist, I Demand Racial Justice for Our Children, Especially in Our Public Schools

Christina Laster and her daughter Aniyah at a protest outside the Democratic presidential candidate debates in Los Angeles. (Daniel Laster)

By Christina Laster

June 22, 2020

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The former education chair of the Southwest Riverside County NAACP, former statewide community organizer for the California Policy Center, currently a civil rights activist and humanitarian, Christina Laster advocates for families nationally. She is also a National Parents Union delegate and adviser.

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A Mom’s View: As an Education and Civil Rights Activist, I Demand Racial Justice for Our Children, Especially in Our Public Schools

Education news and commentary, delivered right to your inbox.

Most Popular

‘A Bankrupt Concept of Math’: Some Educators Argue Calculus Should Be Dethroned

Classical Academies: What if Education’s Next Big Thing is 2,500 Years Old?

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

If March Madness Were about Social Mobility, We’d Be Cheering Florida Atlantic U

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