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- Nonprofit | Small Axe Foundation | Oakland
Small Axe Foundation works with small, local businesses and vendors to provide crucial support to single-income families with school-aged children. All of Small Axe's resources go towards assisting families living on the brink of homelessness to rebuild their lives one step at a time.
Small Axe Foundation takes a comprehensive approach to supporting our communities. One of the ways we do this is through education at the elementary school level. For our team, one of the issues we see in our communities every day is the role the justice system plays in oppressing marginalized communities.
With the help of an educational psychologist and activist, Kingsley’s mum learns that there is racial bias within the system preventing Black children from receiving the same level of education as their white counterparts, and the two work together to challenge it.
A film guide that looks at Small Axe: Education (2020), a coming-of-age drama exploring institutional racism within the 1970s British education system. This guide is useful for exploring subjects including Citizenship and PSHE Education in addition to highlighting themes surrounding school, racism and prejudice, and campaigns and revolutions.
EDUCATION is the coming of age story of 12-year-old Kingsley, a boy with a fascination for astronauts and rockets. When Kingsley is called to the Headmaster’s office for disruptive behaviour in class, he is shocked to discover his transfer to a school for those with “special needs.”
Dec 13, 2021 · When 12-year-old Kingsley is transferred to a special-needs school, a group of women uncover an unofficial segregation policy preventing many black children from receiving the education they...
