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A Lewisville middle school art teacher is on leave as the district looks into parent concerns about a yearbook cover that includes phrases such as Black Lives Matter, I cant breathe and others related to major events that occurred in the past year.

Kayla Mick, who teaches at Downing Middle School in Flower Mound, approved the artwork featured on the back of the yearbook, which was decided on by eighth grade students. Mick, who is on paid administrative leave during the districts review, could not be reached for comment.

The district is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the design of the yearbook before taking further action. LISD spokeswoman Amanda Brim said it would be inaccurate to say Mick was placed on leave as a result of parent complaints, but she declined to give further details, citing the ongoing review.

It is our best hope that all of our teachers connect with students in a way that makes them feel safe and creates a sense of belonging in every classroom, Brim said. Having said that, we expect staff to remain neutral while engaging students in these conversations, in accordance with district policy.

The yearbook was published this month, as the country approached a year since the death of George Floyd.

The back of the book features the phrase spoken by Floyd, a Black man as a Minneapolis police officer held his knee against his neck just before his death which raised concerns from parents, Brim said.

The schools principal gave families the opportunity to request and receive an alternate cover for the yearbook.

Stephanie Bell, a former Flower Mound mayoral candidate, started a petition asking the district not to infringe on the students freedom of speech and to protect the teacher. It currently has more than 3,400 signatures.

The artwork chosen represents major events in our community and around the world including the documentation of racial inequality protests, COVID-19, the 2020 presidential election and support of basic human rights, Bell said. Censorship in journalism simply because you disagree with the content is not only unacceptable, its dangerous.

She added that the Flower Mound community politicized two phrases connected to Floyd in an unfortunate manner and that they were the main points in the yearbooks artwork that caused controversy among parents.

Instead of censoring the students, the school and community should encourage the children to have challenging conversations, Bell said.

This is such a time in a childs development where they are learning to be their own person and when were muzzling them from thought, she said.

The DMN Education Lab deepens the coverage and conversation about urgent education issues critical to the future of North Texas.

The DMN Education Lab is a community-funded journalism initiative, with support from The Beck Group, Bobby and Lottye Lyle, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, Dallas Regional Chamber, Deedie Rose, The Meadows Foundation, Solutions Journalism Network, Southern Methodist University and Todd A. Williams Family Foundation. The Dallas Morning News retains full editorial control of the Education Labs journalism.

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In commemoration of the one-year anniversary May 25 of the killing of George Floyd, the leaders of Washington University in St. Louis Center for Diversity and Inclusion planted Black Lives Matter flags on the Brookings Hall lawn.

The flags were planted in the shape of 9:29 in recognition of the nine minutes and 29 seconds that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of George Floyd.A jury on April 20 convicted Chauvin of murder in Floyds death.

Mark Kamimura-Jimnez, associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, said the act of planting the flags was fittingly and surprisingly harder than expected.

The grass is thick and the ground is hard, said Kamimura-Jimnez, whose staff was assisted by Facilities employees. That is symbolic of the Black Lives Matter struggle. But that hard work must start here. Students at Washington University will go on to influence organizations, businesses and government. Our nation has and will be shaped by the students who walk on this campus.

Kamimura-Jimnez joined the CDI not long before Floyds death and has spent the past year supporting students through virtual programming and conversations. Kamimura-Jimnez urged the university community to continue its reckoning with racisms legacy on campus and in the country.

Our generation will be defined by how we responded to the awakening around race that unveiled the deadly reality of anti-Blackness, Kamimura-Jimnez said. What Ahmaud, Breonna and Georges lynchings revealed as discovery for many in our society was already known intimately by communities of color.Most importantly, the depths of racism had silently continued to seep into the crevices of our society, poisoning how we think, learn, understand and engage with each other.

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This Saturday, May 29th, Renton will host a Black Lives Matter Artwalk at 625 S 4th St from 12pm to 5pm, featuring a collection of local artists of both visual and performance mediums.

Event organizer, Franchesca Vargas said she has worked with and been supported by the Renton Municipal Arts Commission to put on this event.

This years event, she says, is tied around the theme of Embodying Black Excellence.

Vargas hopes that those who attend this weekends BLM Artwalk approach the experience with an open-mind and that they listen, to what the collection of performance and visual artists have to say through their art.

She said she believes art allows people to connect with experiences they may have otherwise been unfamiliar with and that people who listen, with empathy they will leave feeling touched and moved.

Artist, Charles The Original Spur, Conner, said he has been an artist of varying mediums for as long as he could remember.

After a stint serving in the military, Conner said he felt like he had lost the edge on some of his artistic skills and felt out of the loop.

After spending a lot of time drawing and sharpening his skills, he has now developed his own styles and flavors through digital art, abstract art and paint pours.

Conners paint pours utilize beautiful color scheme spectrums that organically stretch and bend across the canvas often creating a cosmos-like nebula of both complementary and contrasting colors.

He said his art often uses bright color themes to contrast the deep thought inducing emotions that his art is intended to convey.

Conner said he is excited for this weekends BLM Artwalk because with so many Black creatives in the same space, people will get to learn more about who they are and he believes this will bring the community closer together.

We all have something to say as artists, Conner said We all express it differently.

Painter and collage artist Trenise Tree, Williams, said she is proud of Renton for being open-minded and giving this collection of artists a chance to be seen and heard.

Williams uses acrylic paint and collage techniques to make her art. She said often she does not know what her art will look like when she begins and instead lets her vision for the piece develop through her process.

Williams said she often uses poems and sketches from other artists and friends in her collage work.

At this weekends BLM Artwalk, she said she plans to work on several canvases at once as she allows people to watch her process.

Williams said she hopes the event allows attendees to gain some perspective and understanding about the artists experience and leave with some clarity as to who they are.

We are connected as Black people, Williams said But we are all so different.

For more information on some of the other artists at the event visit their socials here:

@jonarra

@the.supreme.creator

@mirrors.of.melanin

@d.t.i.creativestudiosix

@_kingspen

@mahoganypurpose

@joshua.quarles

@ms_charde_brown

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Black Lives Matter - The Nation

The photography exhibition called Choose Your Weapon will open at the Harvey B. Gantt Center in June.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. One year after the nationwide protests that followed the death of George Floyd, the images of those moments in history still live on. But through those photos, one photographer is hoping itll continue to spark action for even more social justice.

Rewind back to this same time last year and E. Mackey recalls being filled with emotion and a desire to do something about it.

Just devastated overwhelmed, Mackey said. How could I make a difference -- and I realized I had my camera and I just went out and documented.

His initial plan to go to Minneapolis and photograph the Black Lives Matter protests for just a few days quickly grew into something much more. The work of his photo activism soon caught the attention of strangers willing to donate thousands of dollars to the cause. It's an opportunity that allowed Mackey to spend the next three months traveling all across the country documenting the BLM movement in 11 different cities.

I thought Ill just stay on the road until I run out of money, but I never ran out of money because people kept donating, Mackey said.

He adds his inspiration came from Gordon Parks, who once said his camera was his weapon. Its this same idea that Mackey hopes will inspire others to find their weapon as well.

Every day, people can choose whatever they have at their disposal as a weapon against injustice," he said.

The Choose Your Weapon exhibition will open at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture on Friday, June 4, and remain on display until the beginning of October.

Contact Briana Harper at bharper@wcnc.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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