Black Studies:
An Education for Me + You

United Way of New York City (UWNYC), Eagle Academy Foundation (EAF), Black Edfluencers United (BE-U), Association of Black Educators of New York (ABENY), the Black Education Research Center (BERC), and the City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus (BLAC) are working together to develop an interdisciplinary Pre-K-12 Black Studies curriculum that acknowledges the history and contributions of Black people, from early Black societies through the present. The interdisciplinary Pre-K-12 Black Studies curriculum will demonstrate the contribution of ancient Black civilizations and their impact on the modern world. The creation of the curriculum is accompanied by a stakeholder engagement approach that seeks to align support for the implementation of the curriculum throughout the Pre-K-12 public school system in NYC.

The Education Equity Action Plan is the first-ever Pre-K-12 Black Studies curriculum to be implemented into the public school system. It is more than a half-century in the making, forged by pioneering Black Studies advocates, promoted by present-day educators, nonprofits, and government officials inspired to take action during the movement of social justice and reform during the COVID-19 Pandemic and civil unrest of this time.