Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera

Willful or not, it isn’t evident which is my point. I’m well aware that it’s a choice.

There’s nothing actionable, yet there are several states with bills in progress to make various parts real with consequences. I am not changing my steps or what I do in schools, yet I’m not ignoring it either.

Celebrating Black History Month

Happy Black History Month!

Episode 4 - Black History is American History Education Empowerment Movement · Episode

This is an old episode, but definitely worth a listen! open.spotify.com/episode/2G9T...

I’m still moving forward, yet pacing myself and reading my body. My child as well as all children deserve a better world.

I don’t think they know what it means nor can they define the buzz words.

My state (Indiana) won’t challenge any of it, but I know others will.

Thank you, friend. It’s been an incredibly challenging season.

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

Educators:

Please read. Take moments to pause and collect your breath. Holding space for all of us.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Angela Davis picture of her speaking at a podium.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” —Angela Davis

Happy Birthday to the Queen!

Looks like book banning isn’t book banning in the new order.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
—George Orwell

Goodness!

“The active intervention to end or attack anything in the budget that gives state dollars to people of color is sickening. I won’t mince my words: It’s racist. Black Hoosiers… deserve to benefit from the state budget as much as our white counterparts.” State Rep. Gregory W. Porter

State Rep. Porter comments on Braun’s defunding of Martin University  - Indianapolis Recorder Gov. Mike Braun introduced his budget to the State Budget Committee on Jan. 16, which allocates no money towards Martin University.

Braun, IN’s new governor, determined that our state will no longer allocate funds to Martin University which is the only predominantly Black institution in Indiana. indianapolisrecorder.com/porter-react...

Flights canceled for refugees who were slated to travel to US US refugee admissions suspended by President Trump's executive order, impacting thousands of refugees with flights canceled.

“Approximately 10,000 refugees who were scheduled to fly to the US have had their flights canceled and no new bookings will be made, a State Department memo says.

The memo also says that case processing is suspended, effectively shutting the program.”
www.wishtv.com/news/refugee...

Thanks, friend. We are safe. It was just a cruel reminder of our current reality.

I’m fuming and committed to moving out of Indiana.

If justice doesn’t reflect your walk, commit to working on yourself and spare the world from your performance.

Politicians who publicly evoke Dr. Kings’s words while signing executive orders to dismantle DEI/antiracism work across systems.

We all have choices. If you choose to quote MLK ask yourself how you show up into the work of advancing racial equity and a world where liberation exists for all.

Too often, I note performative actions:

People who publicly proclaim to believe in justice-centered work, while remaining silent in the face of injustice.

People who claim to value inclusion, while actively voting for politicians and policies that are antithetical to racial justice.

How do your words, actions, and beliefs align with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of justice?

A thread.

This is one of the saddest videos I have seen in 2025.

Kendrick Lamar would never…

Same fear. I worry about the implications for services/systems that support multilingual learners.

Authorizes a school corporation to deny an immigrant student enrollment in a school operated by the school corporation if the school corporation determines by a preponderance of the evidence that the immigrant student is present in the United States in violation of law. Requires the attorney general to defend the school corporation in any cause of action brought against the school corporation for denying an immigrant student enrollment. Requires a school corporation to annually report the number of immigrant students present in the United States in violation of law who were enrolled in a school operated by the school corporation ...

Indiana HB 1394, proposes to turn schools into agents of ICE. Schools will no longer have refugee or immigrant student populations, because our lawmakers do not care for their existence nor want to educate them.

Exclusive: Vice President Kamala Harris Celebrates Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders Day at White House With Fellow Sorority Sisters On Wednesday, January 8, 2025, Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed fellow members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated to the Navy Steps of the

Exclusive: Vice President Kamala Harris Celebrates Alpha Kappa Alpha Founders Day at White House With Fellow Sorority Sisters 💕💚 #AlphaKappaAlpha

Happy Founders’ Day sister 🩷💚

Future Black Leaders, Inc.

These young adults are brilliant. Learn more about their org here and support:

www.futureblackleadersinc.org

Dr. EBR pictured with several former students who are now in college or pursuing grad studies (master’s degree).

When this group was in high school, they created an affinity space called Future Black Leaders (FBL). As adults, they have shifted FBL into a business that supports Black youth. I couldn’t be more proud of these former students and love how they keep me involved in their lives! Weekend highlight!