USA TODAY
Local activists are calling for racial equity training for a South Dakota school district after its high school’s rodeo club canceled a slave auction” fundraiser amid social media backlash.
“Ignorance is one thing, but straight-up blatant racism when you know the history of racism in our state is another,” said Julian Beaudion, a Black police officer who is part of the South Dakota Coalition for Justice and Equity and interim director of the South Dakota African American History Museum. “I don’t think there’s any excuse for what they did.”
For years, Faith High School s rodeo club members offered their labor for a set amount of time to bidders in exchange for donations at an annual fundraiser. The Washington Post reported that the Rodeo Club s adult adviser called the event space to cancel the event. This year’s auction in Faith, South Dakota, was scheduled for Monday.
KVRR Local News
April 27, 2021
FAITH, S.D – After several years, a high school rodeo club in the small South Dakota town of Faith has ended its annual “Slave/Branding Auction.”
The Faith High School and the rodeo club were facing a large amount of backlash on social media and around the region.
The idea behind the fundraiser is that members of the club would work for someone for one day in exchange for a donation to the group.
People upset about the event, said it’s a step back during a year in which racial equality has been discussed more than ever before.
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With its first payout since reaching $10 million in endowed funds, the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence will support critical initiatives outlined in the Turnaround Action Plan for Providence Public Schools.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] A total of $474,000 in grants from Brown University’s Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence will provide critical support in 2021 for Providence Public School District programs aimed at strengthening teaching and learning in the district’s Pre-K-12 classrooms.
A Public Education Committee composed of Providence and Brown community members voted unanimously to allocate the Fund’s 2021 payout to support key actions outlined in the district’s Turnaround Action Plan, which outlines steps underway to deliver transformative change to the city’s public schools over the next five years.
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