Anissa Durham
Anissa Durham is a freelance reporter, focused on investigative pieces based in San Diego, CA. She writes about K-12 education, local infrastructure issues, prison misconduct and city government. She graduated in the fall of 2021 with a bachelor's in marketing from National University and has written for The San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Voice of San Diego and inewsource. You can find her at anissa-durham.com and on Twitter at AnissadMedia.
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Rose Mitchell knows how important it is to give Black community members a sense of pride and awareness of who they are. She dedicated her life to educating everyone, from early learners to adults, about the richness of Black history at the AC Bilbrew Library Black Resource Center.
Introduce your kids to a few of the activists, creatives and educators who represent the Afro Latina community to celebrate Black History Month and International Women's Day all year.
Omo Moses, now a math activist like his father, Bob Moses, remembers when he realized his father was more than just his dad. At school, he was told a great hero from the Civil Rights Movement was coming to visit. After seeing his dad, he "had a sense that who he was meant a lot to people — beyond just being my dad." After his death, we remember how the Harlem boy became a beloved activist, educator, visionary and leader.