Dr Coley Lehman

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

This is enraging & terrifying.

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

"People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave."

~ Assata Shaku

Rest in Power 🌸🌸🌸

In case you're wondering why AI is pushing so hard into education, that last bullet point is why. Get consumers hooked in young and they're likely to stay. And get embedded enough into classrooms and curriculum and the education system can't function without it - ie permanent consumers.

Thanks so much for sharing this! I have an async class & I want to do something different for readings.

This is a really excellent strategy!

I’m in a DEI PD session on the new federal laws/EOs impacting higher ed & the overwhelming sense of dread in the room is suffocating. Admissions, curriculum, loans, grants, etc. are all under attack.

In honor of Batman Day, I give you a sneak peek into my Eisner nominated book and a powerful discussion starter in my classroom.

Another SCOTUS decision that makes me cry, totally normal times

WTF? Trump is now threatening the American people. He warned protesters to stay away from his birthday/military parade in D.C. this Saturday, claiming anyone who shows up to protest “hates our country” and will be met with “very heavy force.” This is authoritarian behavior, plain and simple.

PEN America Condemns Attacks on Journalists Covering Los Angeles Protests - PEN America PEN America joined 24 other press freedom and media organizations in signing a letter, led by the First Amendment Coalition, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and Los Angeles Press Club, condemning att...

PEN America joins 24 other press freedom and media organizations in condemning attacks on journalists covering immigration protests in the Los Angeles area. pen.org/press-releas...

Need more memes in my teaching!

I asked my grad students to share an image that captures how they are feeling about their research & one student made this. It’s perfection! #TeacherEd #Research

Every book that was part of my dissertation study has been banned. Every. Book.

The freedom to read is vital for students to see themselves & others in books. Diverse books for everyone. Go get some books!

Today is #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay organized by @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social This is a great opportunity to remember what we're fighting for while spreading the joy that comes from reading through our big, complicated, beautiful world of books. Learn how to participate below!

Press Release Fun: Happy Inaugural We Need Diverse Books Day! With book bans and challenges happening at a horrifyingly consistent rate, we need this day more than ever.

Happy We Need Diverse Books Day! With book bans and challenges happening at a horrifyingly consistent rate, we need this day more than ever. #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/03/p...

Scott McCloud and Raina Telgemeier showing off THE CARTOONISTS CLUB. They’re both dressed in black and white, in front of a pink and black background evoking comic book panels.

I know the world is on fire, but @scottmccloud.bsky.social and I have a book out today!

THE CARTOONISTS CLUB is our love letter to comics, made for that nerdy kid in the corner with the sketchbook. We suggest you visit your local comic shop, indie bookstore, or library to check it out!

They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.

“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.”

—Madeleine L’Engle

It’s worth saying that book sales are down across the board so far in 2025. If you love authors, buy their books and celebrate them loudly online. We really need it.

Reading allows us to see and understand the world to the eyes of others. A good book is an empathy engine, Chis Riddell UK children’s laureate. An image of a girl reading a book to a little boy on a couch with lots of books around them. It is a black and white ink drawing.

Truth 💖 #TLSky #BookTok #KidLit #Skybrarians #Booksky

🚨 Take action now.

The public comment period for U.S. Dept of State’s anti-trans passport bills is open now.

@hrc.org has a simple form you can use to comment. Be sure to click through all THREE comments.

act.hrc.org/page/167631/...

A reminder that @scarleteen.bsky.social is 100% queer and trans run and will ALWAYS be providing educational materials, support, and more to youth seeking sex, relationships, and health education from a source who won't casually erase their existence with their political winds.

Today I was in a school library debriefing with a student teacher & a kid walked up, said “Hello, fellow readers!” and sat down to read.

Moments like these propel me through the horribleness. Kids are so rad! I’d like to be addressed only as a “fellow reader” going forward.

#EduSky #LibrarySky

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The Stonewall Inn responds.

Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism.

Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”

This is a good thread, 📚 🦾

Hey @dotepstein.bsky.social here’s a guide for life!