Preserve support for Black students at Tam High School

SIGN-ON LETTER TO THE TUHSD BOARD OF TRUSTEES - PLEASE SIGN TODAY!

Subject: Urging Renewal of Services for Black Students at Tam High

Dear Members of the Tamalpais Union High School District Board of Trustees,

We, the undersigned parents, students, educators, alumni, and community members, write to express our strong support for renewing the contracts that fund essential services for Black students at Tamalpais High School.

These services were not created in a vacuum—they were a direct response to multiple, painful incidents of racism on campus. They represent a step toward healing and toward building a school environment where all students, especially those who have been historically marginalized, feel safe, seen, and supported.

It would be deeply harmful to roll back this progress.

Removing these services would not only send a demoralizing message to Black students and families—it would also contradict the district’s stated commitments to equity and inclusion. At a time when many students are still reeling from the trauma of those incidents, continued investment in their success and well-being is not optional—it is a moral and educational imperative.

We urge you to meet with impacted families, listen to those who benefit from these services, and recommit to building a school system that does more than react to racism—it actively works to dismantle it.

Please renew these contracts and show the students of Tam High that their lives, their education, and their future matter.

Together we can support Reproductive Rights!


Huge thanks to all of you who attended our screening of Zurawski v Texas and witnessed the horrors of strict abortion laws.
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Breaking Through: black history at tam high

Stop by the Mill Valley Public Library between February 27-April 30 to see this multimedia exhibition—featuring photographs, oral history interviews, biographies, and video—which explores the rich history of Tamalpais High School’s African American community over the past century.

Leaders & Legends, Artists & Athletes, Families & Faculty

Co-curated by the Lucretia Little History Room and the Marin City Historical & Preservation Society, the show celebrates the accomplishments of Tam High’s many notable Black alumni, from pioneering civil rights leader William L. Patterson (1911) to renowned musician George Duke (1963) and former NFL defensive back Honor Jackson (1966).

The show chronicles the story of local families with multiple generations of Tam High alumni, such as Terrie Harris-Green (1967) and her son, Play Marin founder Paul Austin (1994), and activist and community leader Royce Yvonne McLemore (1960) and her granddaughter, doctoral candidate Malachia Hoover (2008). It also highlights Tam faculty and staff who have left an enduring legacy, such as Henry “Hank” Marshall, Jewel Barrow, Betty Hodges, and Barbara “Babs” Morgan.

The History — and Future — of Our Community

The exhibition concurrently documents the evolution of race relations at Tam High and how they mirrored broader social and historical developments, from the birth of Marin City in the 1940s through the Civil Rights Movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s, and, more recently, the Black Lives Matter movement and the response to the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

The show’s opening is timed to coincide with the 57th anniversary of the original 1967 Breakthrough Day at Tam High, and to spotlight that event as well as Operation Breakthrough and Project Breakthrough—all of which were student- and community-led initiatives aimed at addressing racial tensions and segregation on campus and in the community.

Exhibition-related programs, talks, and film screenings, to be announced soon, will provide a platform and forum for multiple generations of Tam High’s Black community, as well as the larger Marin community to learn, connect, and help shape our collective future.

 

Exhibition runs February 27 through April 30 2024

Mill Valley Public Library, Lower Level Gallery

Hours: M-Th 10am-8pm; Fri 10am-5pm; Sat/Sun 12pm-5pm

 

LOVE YOUR NATURE - teen support groups

Fall is upon us. Night arrives a moment sooner each day. This can often be a difficult transition as the fullness of Summer gives way to the necessary quieting of the coming darkness. Our sun-kissed spirits often face-plant into the new school year!

This is a invitation not to skip over the beauty and necessity of appreciating Fall inside ourselves - a willingness to let go, to honor all that has come to pass, begin our turn inward, towards the home place of the Soul.

Love Your Nature is now enrolling groups spanning 5th-12th grade, in the East Bay, Marin and Davis + Young Adults Group Online.

Teen Summer Retreat in Beautiful Berkeley

Real Talk Teen Summer Retreat 

with Emily and Quetzal of Love Your Nature

What do teens want? What do they need? How can we support them?

Young people deserve help finding their authentic self and the courage to walk with purpose, resilience and love.

Love Your Nature’s Real Talk Summer Retreat holds a safe space to share honest conversations, make meaningful connections, and learn relevant skills to help girls* navigate the complexity of being teens in these times.

This is a space to bond IN PERSON with peers and mentors who value being real, together. To offer a light in the darkness, and uncover some wisdom, joy and community amidst uncertain times.

  • WHEN: Saturday July 8th & Sunday July 9th from 10a-5p

  • WHERE: Gorgeous retreat setting at private home in Berkeley Hills with seasonal creek, extensive gardens, and salt water pool

  • FOR: Rising 9th- 12th grade girls*

  • COST:  $650 / Scholarships Available

MORE INFO & REGISTER HERE

*teens along the gender spectrum who are assigned female at birth and/or socialized female welcome