“What the parents of the school district really want and are focused on are very different things than what we're seeing is coming in from the outside,” activist Katie Paris said. Paris is the founder of Red Wine and Blue, an advocacy group that encourages suburban...
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Parents push for parental rights when it comes to school books
“When our children don't get to see people who look like them in the stories they are reading at school then they have to think well, maybe I'm not a part of this society. Maybe I'm not a part of this world.” Proud of our very own Julie Collins and Katie Paris,...
Book bans and the threat of censorship rev up political activism in the suburbs
On a school night in late January, Stephana Ferrell, a 39-year-old mother of two elementary school children in Orange County, Fla., logged onto a virtual meeting with more than 200 other parents around the country who, like her, have been alarmed to see books pulled...
Suburban moms push back against book bans in schools
Typically quiet school board meetings have turned hostile across in many communities, with heated debates over hot-button political issues like critical race theory, book bans and mask mandates. A nationwide group of women called "Red Wine and Blue" is working to...
Suburban moms call on groups espousing parental rights to condemn death threats
Source: Reuters Investigates. “School officials and their families should never be subject to death threats and harassment. Full stop. No matter where you stand on specific books or school policies, violence and intimidation are never the answer.” Suburbs Across...
Janice Robinson, NC program director for Red, Wine and Blue, on efforts by parents to push back against recent book banning
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‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education
Source: The Washington Post. Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose protests over mask mandates and...
The Network of Suburban Moms Working to Stop Book Bans
Suburban women are a force. Following the 2016 election, it became clear that the contingent of white suburban women could sway the power in the country. But in the months following, other suburban women knew it was time to step up, and in 2018, a group banded...
Mother in Bucks County pushes back against book bans
A mother from Bucks County is pushing back against book bans in school districts across the country. Suburbs Across America said Thursday Stacey Smith of Perkasie has joined suburban moms from around the country to stop book bans with the organization Red Wine and...
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Okay, But Why Were The Suburbs Shaped By Racism?
We know that the suburbs have been diversifying over the past few decades, and today “suburban woman” is no longer code for “white woman” – no matter how much the media tries to simplify us. But there’s no denying that the suburbs have excluded families who aren’t white for most of their history, and if we’re not careful, they will again in the future. So why – and how – did the suburbs end up so white for so long? What happened to make them more diverse, and why are some people worried that we’re reversing that progress?
Do This: Start Talking About Racism
Anti-racism is not just a state of mind, it’s an active way of living our day-to-day lives. It’s the intentional practice of taking ongoing steps to confront racism in an effort to end it. Sometimes that might mean calling out overt examples of racism when we see...
Watch This: What Can We Do About Racism?
As we take on the work of anti-racism, we’ll probably run into friends and family who have varying degrees of understanding about it. Some may have their own deeply personal experiences with racism. Their stories are important and can teach us valuable lessons. But...
Read This: Anti-Racism, It’s More Than Any Of Us Think
None of us want to think of ourselves as racist, and it’s true that we don’t intend to be. But saying (and believing) that we’re “not racist” is not enough to tackle the very real problem of racism in America. We need to be anti-racist. But what exactly does that...
Do This: Join the Red Wine & Blue App!
For the past few weeks, Easy A has celebrated women, past and present, who organize for the greater good in their communities. These women have shown us how we can all do our part to change the world. This week, we’re excited to announce that Red Wine & Blue has a...