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We are an Independent, student-led movement working to uplift students and alumni for a better tomorrow! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻#NAForChange

Joined July 2020
The newly passed Texas Senate anti-CRT bill drops requirements for students to learn the “history of white supremacy.” Topics cut: 📌 Institution of Slavery 📌 Eugenics Movement 📌 Ku Klux Klan 📌 The Ways in Which White Supremacy is Morally Wrong
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See you all tomorrow! We’ll be there rain or shine 🌧 ⛅️ ☀️
Excerpts from the 5/19 school board meeting, spoken before the 5-4 approval for diversity training‼️
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There were a total of 39 public speakers on Wednesday night. 7 were anti, 31 were pro, and 1 was neutral.
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Another huge thank you to all the students, parents, and community members who voiced their support on the phone and in-person‼️
Click this link to read our statement about today’s school board meeting’s voting issue of diversity training. naforchange.org/2021/05/19/n…
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All LGBTQIA+ artists in Pittsburgh: go check out this incredible opportunity! instagram.com/p/CNeCDrShcrP/…
It’s not too late to participate in our book drive!! Donate until this Saturday! Visit our website: naforchange.org/book-drive for more info on how to donate 📚
Attending public school comes with unique challenges for students with Autism, challenges that need personalized accommodations.
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Swipe to learn about advantages, disadvantages, and how teachers can support success 🌈
Social problems usually explode in individual acts. A Black person shot by a White cop is an individual act, but endless repetitions across US history prove it also to be an unsolved social problem exploding... 1/3
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Fred Hampton’s mother used to babysit Emmett Till. George Floyd’s girlfriend was Daunte Wright’s teacher. U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario is Eric Garner’s cousin. To be interconnected by trauma— the ripple effect that anti-Black violence has generationally is immeasurable.
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Ramadan Mubarak to everyone celebrating! Today marks the first day of the month-long celebration. Swipe learn more and check out our Instagram story to see how teachers can accommodate Muslim students during this time.
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Do you have something to say about NA and mental health? Speak on it tomorrow, and share with fellow students at 4pm. To sign up to receive the zoom link, visit docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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From April 10th-May 8th, NA For Change is holding a book drive to ensure that young readers in the Pittsburgh area have access to books that reflect their own identity and prepare them for life in a diverse world. Click this link for more info: naforchange.org/book-drive/ !
What drives people to commit atrocities like the ones we’ve recently seen varies. However, a common dominator between mass shooters does exist: white, male, and young. In the past decade, alt-right online algorithms have used the internet to recruit vulnerable teenagers.
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The alt-right pipeline starts small with memes and “jokes”, but can grow to cause serious harm. Swipe to learn more and how to spot warning signs in your friends, your kids, and yourself.
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