Sublime

At the school, she talked about her own childhood and the barriers she’d had to overcome, how education had always provided her a path forward.

Paradoxically, many of these disciplinary policies are akin to the progressive vision espoused by eugenicists like Karl Pearson, justifying harsh discipline as a means to “close academic disparities.” Schooling becomes standardized testing without creative expression, arbitrary rules without room to breathe, Black Excellence without Black Joy.

was a box checker—marching to the resolute beat of effort/result, effort/result—a

Stacey Milbern is a disability justice thought leader with twelve years of experience incubating leadership programs, managing services programs, and providing technical assistance to organizations wanting to increase their capacity around disability and diversity. She is a queer, mixed race, disabled woman of color and is passionate about advancin

Above all, she taught me the importance of using my voice as a Black woman in America to call out injustice wherever I see it. Her story and the lessons she taught through her words and example provide a model for how I approach the ongoing fight for human rights.

including parenting, caregiving, and even community service.