WABSE-Washington Alliance of Black School Educators

07/25/2019

Thank you to anyone who can help send a very deserving student to this outstanding weeklong camp experience! Please note: DANCE CAMP scholarship donation

08/25/2018

The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) has been working with Seattle BCDI to publish the Washington State of the Black Child Report Card. It will lunch on August 29 at 6:00pm at the Northwest African American Museum.

This launch event is FREE however please be sure to RSVP by registering at the link below:

The National Black Child Development Institute invites you to attend the launch of the State of the Black Child Report Card for Washington. Based on the feedback collected from grassroots engagement through community forums and roundtable discussions with families and community leaders held earlier....

12/02/2017

TUPAC is pathing the way to give African-American youth the opportunity to develop their artistic talent! Please join them in this effort...Thank-you!

T.U.P.A.C. wants to thank all those that have given so much to us so far. Those that have donated countless hours of time, money, and gifts. Without any of these donations our little studio wouldn't be able to continue and thrive. We rely on you and your love to keep our little dancers on pointe, everyday. Their new found talents and drive are only made possible because people like you care. Please continue to show your support and consider donating again today. Our upcoming event on the 9th is a perfect way to show your support with the purchase of tickets. If you prefer direct donation, please visit our gofundme page and share. In either situation we would love to see you at our December 9th Event, it won't be the same without you!

For tickets visit:
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3178436
For Direct Donations visit:
https://www.gofundme.com/kabby-mitchell-iii-tupac

10/21/2017

REGISTER TODAY! FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...NOV. 10-11, 2017 FOUR POINTS SHERATON....CLOCK HOURS AVAILABLE!

10/20/2017

T.U.P.A.C....the Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center needs community support. Tacoma's newest Dance School, is such an asset to our Tacoma and surrounding communities. We have OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTORS ready to "develop" the innate talent of dance so many of our students possess...ready to prepare them for professional life changing careers and so much more on their road to this reality! Parents please "REGISTER" your children....FALL classes have begun and Winter/Spring Classes will begin in January. Teachers and Administrators please "PROMOTE" this amazing new AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. Businesses and Foundations, please FINANCIALLY SUPPORT T.U.P.A.C.! All who are reading this please visit the TUPAC website and "GIVE" the gift of dance via scholarships and/or dance apparel to very deserving students who otherwise would not be able to pay our very reasonable tuition that pays our professional dance instructors and drummer. A mind and "body" is a terrible thing to waste! THANK-YOU for clicking SHARE!
www.tacomaupac.org

03/28/2017

From friend Anni Stedman:
This post, from childhood neighbor, Meg Galipault, deserves a read:

To those of you not in the education field, you may not understand a lot of the educational jargon and the foundation of the American education system. Having a school voucher system (proposed by Trump's Education secretary Betsy DeVos) doesn't just mean you can choose any school you want your kid to go to. It also means the public education program will be dismantled. Let me explain...
If your child has an IEP, frame it. Then kiss it good-bye.
If you have a job in special-education, meaning if you're a: special education teacher, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, a para, or a teacher's aid, you're in the same boat.
If you are in ESL teacher, you'll go first.
House Bill 610 makes some large changes.
Inform yourselves.
This bill will effectively start the school voucher system to be used by children ages 5-17 and starts the defunding process of public schools.
The bill will eliminate the Elementary and Education Act of 1965, which is the nation's educational law that provides equal opportunity in education.
ESSA is a big comprehensive program that covers programs for struggling learners, advanced and gifted kids in AP classes, ESL classes, classes for minorities such as Native Americans, Rural Education, Education for the Homeless, School Safety (Gun-Free schools), Monitoring and Compliance, and Federal Accountability Programs. Yes, there are all of these programs happening in our education system, in addition to just academics.
The Bill also abolishes the Nutritional Act of 2012 (No Hungry Kids Act) which provides nutritional standards in school breakfast and lunch.
The bill has no wording whatsoever protecting Special Needs kids, no mention of IDEA, and FAPE.
Some things ESSA does for Children with Disabilities:
-Ensures access to the general education curriculum.
-Ensures access to accommodations on assessments.
-Ensures concepts of Universal Design for Learning.
-Includes provisions that require local education agencies to provide evidence-based interventions in schools with consistently underperforming subgroups.
-Requires states in Title I plans to address how they will improve conditions for learning including reducing incidents of bullying and harassment in schools, overuse of discipline practices and reduce the use of aversive behavioral interventions (such as restraints and seclusion).
Please call your representative and ask him/her to vote NO on House Bill 610 (HR 610) introduced by three Republican reps.
PLEASE copy and paste, don't just share. That limits it to friends we have in common. Thank you.

03/09/2017

It is with a heavy heart that I post this announcement. Vickie Williams, the community icon and owner of L.E.M. , LIFE ENRICHMENT bookstore passed away on March 3, 2017. Vickie owned and operated the only Black bookstore in Washington State. Her books and artifacts increased the Black cultural literacy for many students and teachers. Her bookstore served as the "Town Hall" in the African American community. Click onto service details for dates and time of her visitation and Memorial Services. Vickie Williams will be greatly missed by members and friends of WABSE. Her legacy of literacy lives on forever!

https://www.facebook.com/pam.bridges.777/posts/10209132977344667

Obituary for Vickie Anne Williams | REMEMBERING VICKIE WILLIAMS by Bridgette Hempstead Vickie Williams, the well-known owner of Lem’s Life Enrichment Bookstore – the only black-owned bookstore in Washington State, specializing in African-American literature, history and visibility in the...

02/07/2017

DeVos Update: North Carolina's Thom Tillis's office says he's undecided and wants to hear from people.
(202) 224-6342

COPY & PASTE (DON'T HIT SHARE)
PHONE FOLKS... ACTION, PLEASE TAKE ACTION AND PICK UP THAT PHONE RIGHT NOW........ THANKS!!

01/15/2017

Dr. Mimms was also the 2014 WABSE "STILL WE RISE" EDUCATOR HONOREE. CONGRATULATIONS and THANK-YOU Dr. Mimms for your extraordinary service to the education community in Washington state!

An influential Tacoma educator won the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award.

01/11/2017