Taji Wright is highlighted by The Educator Collective

In March 2020, Dallas CORE Member Taji Wright was highlighted by The Educator Collective in their monthly newsletter.

Read about the urgency behind Taji’s work with Dallas CORE below:

…there must be a bridge to advocate for students as it pertains to the systemic inequities they face. They are no longer a “name” or “favorite hobby” to me. They are the lens that sharpens my vision to recognize and address problems in the community. Often times, we underestimate the impact of organized people in diverse communities, however, I am ecstatic about the work we have ahead of us on behalf of all children in Dallas. 

and read the full feature here.

Kevin Guico Writes about Dallas CORE for Voyage Dallas

Dallas CORE Member, Kevin Guico, was recently featured in Voyage Dallas and he spoke about his work with Dallas CORE.

Catch a snippet here:

What is “success” or “successful” for you?

Our vision is to leverage the power of organized people in diverse communities to create lasting equitable systems in Dallas for all children. The overall goal is to dismantle oppressive systems and co-create with the community fair systems in public education. As our vision is intentionally lofty and idealistic, our more immediate definition of success varies based on our community action. Ultimately, success will look like our community members affecting policy and/or decision making in Dallas public education and moving it towards equity. This could look like better policies that support our undocumented students, policies that mandate cultural responsiveness and trauma informed practices in schools, budgetary changes that call for socio-emotional learning and after school programs, or equitable funding where schools that need the most support get a proportional amount of the budget and staffing. The wonderful thing about community organizing is that our outcomes and success will be defined and completed with our active community members.

and read the full article here.