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Jewél Jackson

@jmjwrites.bsky.social
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Thinking and writing about youth, culture and society • Pitch me jmjwrites11@gmail.com • jewél.com

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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Last year I rented a car, printed off 200 flyers and drove around Chicago to chat with people about the loss of youth spaces. Here’s a snippet of those conversations with @altavozlab.bsky.social & @southsideweekly.bsky.social southsideweekly.com/south-west-s...
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South & West Siders Want More Indoor Sports Facilities for Youth
In survey responses, youth and parents told the Weekly the South Side needs more indoor facilities for sports and recreation—and better maintenance of existing ones.
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cam rodriguez 🔎 @camrodriguez.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
and, last but certainly not least, @jmjwrites.bsky.social and I's investigation into ethics policy violations with the chicago public schools lead abatement program is a finalist for best education reporting, small/medium division (alongside the inimitable @peternickeas.bsky.social)
Best Education Reporting (small and medium print/online)

"CPS Principal, Staff Stymied Police Investigation of

Mass Shooting at Pilsen High School"; Peter Nickeas; Illinois Answers Project "With No Chemistry Teacher, Chicago Student Teaches

Her Own Class: 'They Forgot About Us""; Mina Bloom;

Mina Bloom

"Top CPS Official Promoted Invention to Reduce Lead in School Drinking Water - Even as His Name Was on The Patent"; Cam Rodriguez, Jewél Jackson; Illinois Answers Project
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🗞️ I often think about community trauma and the collective experiences of hardships we have faced. I also think about healing and moving forward. Last week, I got some insight into that at a sound healing event on the anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death. southsideweekly.com/using-sound-...
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Using Sound to Heal Community On the Anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s Death
Local social justice exhibition hosts artists BSA Gold and D-Composed for sound healing event.
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Read the Magazine & My Letter to Breonna (pg.27): Femme Noire Vol 5, Rage issuu.com/femmenoirema... Read & Listen: With Focus On Racism And Injustice, A New Attention On Racial Trauma www.lpm.org/news/2020-08...
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Read & listen: Why Black Women Like Breonna Taylor Still Need 'Say Her Name' Movement www.lpm.org/investigate/... Listen to the Podcast Episode: Say Her Name: Women Survivors of Chicago Police Torture changeagentsthepodcast.buzzsprout.com/1600336/epis...
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Since Taylor’s death, I have written about the impacts of systematic violence on women and specifically Black women. Today I invite you to read and or listen to some of those pieces and to think about women like Breonna Taylor who should still be alive today.
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Breonna Taylor was murdered five years ago today in Louisville, Kentucky. She would have turned 32 this year. Taylor’s death sparked the #SayHerName movement, and conversations about violence and brutality that women face by police and systems of incarceration.
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
You can find all of my work on my site: www.jewél.com Outside of work you’ll find me sunbathing (when Chicago allows), stuffing my face with food and picking up library books that I’ve reserved (I’ll never get tired of the email notification that books are ready for pickup). More to come! ☺️
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🎓 I attended an insightful conversation about the history of school segregation and how it still persists today. I learned a lot from the speakers and it helped me rethink how history impacts our current realities. I hope it does for you too! ewa.org/educated-rep...
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How School Choice Contributes to Segregation in Schools
U.S. schools remain segregated, even though public school segregation is unconstitutional as of 1954. What role does school choice play?
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📱I wrote about TikTok and a growing community of professors and students that are creating a virtual college, “Hillman Tok” — an ode to the 80s show, “A Different World.” Students and professors said the community is especially important in an era of censorship. capitalbnews.org/black-educat...
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HillmanTok Is Bringing Black Academia to the Masses on TikTok
An informal network of online courses led by Black instructors has emerged on the app in a digital echo of the Freedom Schools of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
📚 Parents told me they fear for the future of public education and specifically special education under a Trump administration. Many Black parents who have children with disabilities, said they're looking towards solutions instead of uncertainty. capitalbnews.org/trumps-polic...
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Trump’s Policies Could Threaten Black Students With Disabilities
It had been over a year since Carla and Byron Scott’s 10-year-old son, Tyler, was diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and adjustment disorder.  The couple questioned whether Tyler’s teachers in Portsmouth, V...
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Jewél Jackson @jmjwrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hi everyone 👋🏾 I’m Jewél Jackson, a freelance journalist covering youth, culture and society through writing, audio and product creation. I’m excited to share my work and engage with others on here. Here are some of my recent articles🧵
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