Independent reporter going to DNC in August

Help Drew John Ladd get to Milwaukee as a SURPRISE GUEST!

Fundraiser for Drew John Ladd by Sera Bishop and Will Brady 

https://www.facebook.com/donate/279351113175517/10103050829929557/

________ ABOUT DREW: Drew John Ladd is an author, speaker, and activist... and one must never forget: Drew loves his dogs. He also identifies as a queer Black man and he has made "creating an end to white supremacy" his life's work.

WE NEED YOUR HELP to elevate Drew's work and message and to get him where he needs to go so he can have an even broader reach!

_____ DREW's GOAL:

In his own words: • To represent and elevate unheard voices, of which I am one. • To provide on the ground amplification for those shut out of this national event, and • To articulate the wants and needs of queer black people of color with my own voice.

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Drew studied Political Science, Human Rights, and White Supremacy at UCONN. In 2014, he furthered his studies in South African History, Human Rights, and White Supremacy at the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, Africa.

If you listen to *just one video* of Drew speaking, you too will recognize his immense power, and IMPORTANT of his VOICE.

______ Drew's invite is an open secret... and he knows he needs to be there. And we believe in his work 1000% so we want to do everything we can to get him there.

There will be press. There will be side-events galore. There will be an opportunity for his voice to be heard and for his voice to represent the underrepresented.

SO this is where WE do the work. Once he gets there, he will do his work, the work he does best.

_____ If you aren't at all familiar with Drew's work, you can learn more about the messages he has to share in numerous ways (which we'll be continually updating!):

PATREON -     https://www.patreon.com/drewwritesstuff/posts

FACEBOOK     https://www.facebook.com/drewjohnladd

When was the first time you had a Black male teacher?

Black educators and administrators played a major role in my educational experiences while I grew up. 

My first Black teacher was Mr Abel in 4th grade. Among other subjects he taught me graphic design / lettering and also instilled in me a love of science and observation. In Philadelphia PA.

In 7th to 9th grade almost all my teachers were Black. I went to a voc/tech high school. While all my vocabulary teachers were White (printing and typography) easily half of my academic teachers were Black. 

Between 7th and 12th grade all my English teachers but one (a young white woman from "Long Guyland") were Black (one was male). Three of my history teachers and two of my health ed teachers were Black.

One math teacher was Black - she taught geometry.

In college all my professors (except for two) were White. One of them,, an English professor, was from India, and a biology professor was Asian)

However, I might never had gotten into college at all were it not for the support and assistance of one Wesley Y. Harris, a stocky, muscular, dynamic and assertive Black man who'd been hired to run the college's EOP program. He replaced a slimy and bigoted white academic career bureaucrat who had managed the program so ineptitude it was clear he labored hard to keep black and lower working class white kids from getting admitted into the school. Mr. Harris changed that.

Back to high school, and "junior" high. My most memorable  English teachers included Mrs. Hamilton (a no nonsense, strict grammarian and very much a "stickler for business" oft emphasizing the importance of "proper diction"); Miss Bell (a white "Long Guylander"), and Mrs. Bea James (who was also my.home room teacher) - I learned from her writing short stories. 

And Mr. Corbin, who taught grammar,  creative writing and literature. He gave us Ralph Ellison, Howard Griffin and James Baldwin to read. He knew I wrote other kids' class assignments for money,  but mentioned to me as an aside, with no one else around.