We Must Know Our Complete History In Order to Act For Change

The 1619 Project provides useful background for a fuller understanding of the inequities that divide our society. Sen. Tom Cotton has introduced a bill to deny funding to any school district that dares to use this valuable material and many other districts have been threatened with defunding for this reason. We must rally to support fully antiracist, antisexist education.

Jim White is the retired principal attorney of the NYS Supreme Ct.'s Mental Hygiene Legal Service, and retired leader of both the Essex Society and Riverdale Yonkers Society. He now serves as a member of Essex.

He is now full time granddad to four and husband to the singer Eileen Karlson, and a justice and peace activist.