{"id":18221,"date":"2021-02-16T17:36:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scionstaffing.com\/?p=18221"},"modified":"2021-02-16T17:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:36:31","slug":"celebrating-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/celebrating-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Black History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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February is Black History Month and as we celebrate and honor Black History Month, our DEI committee put together a short list of some amazing resources to read, listen and watch. For many of us, this is a time to learn and honor the work that so many have done. We wanted to share this list as a resource and we hope that you will listen and learn with us!<\/p>\n

Read:<\/p>\n

From fiction to picture books to memoirs, there is something on this list for everyone to learn from.<\/p>\n

Hidden Figures<\/a> <\/span>| Margot Lee Shetterly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hate You Give<\/a> |<\/span>\u00a0Angie Thomas\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Warmth of Other Suns<\/a> | Isabel Wilkerson<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings<\/a> | Maya Angelou\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History<\/span><\/a> | Vashti Harrison (Children’s Book)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unpacking White Privilege | Ted Talk Article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Listen:<\/p>\n

Are podcasts more your style? Here’s a few of the voices that we are listening to.<\/p>\n

Undistracted with Brittany Packnett Cunningham<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a01619<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Code Switch<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Watch:<\/p>\n

Motion pictures and documentaries are great resources to learn from while watching history come to life.<\/p>\n

13<\/span>th<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Netflix)\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I Am Not Your Negro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Additional organizations to follow to learn and support:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/representcollaborative.com\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/eji.org\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We hope this list serves as a resource for you to join us as we learn and discover (or re-discover) the amazing work that folks are doing to honor and celebrate Black History Month. To learn more about our values at Scion, visit our mission and values<\/a> page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  February is Black History Month and as we celebrate and honor Black History Month, our DEI committee put together a short list of some amazing resources to read, listen and watch. For many of us, this is a time to learn and honor the work that so many have done. We wanted to share this list as a resource and we hope that you will listen and learn with us! Read: From fiction to picture books to memoirs, there is something on this list for everyone to learn from. Hidden Figures | Margot Lee Shetterly\u00a0 The Hate You Give |\u00a0Angie Thomas\u00a0 The Warmth of Other Suns | Isabel Wilkerson\u00a0 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1617,"featured_media":18224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6882],"tags":[7325,6709,7326],"series":[],"yst_prominent_words":[7323,7318,7317,7324,7319,7315,7158,6867,7153,6869,6871,496,254,631,7316,374],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1617"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18225,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18221\/revisions\/18225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18221"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=18221"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scionstaffing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=18221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}