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YolandaSealeyRuiz

@sealeyruiz.bsky.social
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Mother. Educator as Interrupter. Poet who loves The South Bronx. Author of Love from The Vortex & Other Poems and The Peace Chronicles. yolandasealeyruiz.com

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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🔗 Preorder now - bit.ly/3ZgEY4k%F0%9... With immense gratitude and joy, I am excited to share that my new book is now available for pre-order. This book asks us to slow down. To tell the truth. To teach and lead with critical love. 📖 Release date: June 22 This is the work beneath the work♡.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Register bit.ly/rlp1211 Join Us on December 11, 2025 Dr. Nolan Cabrera joins us for a discussion relating to the attacks on CRT and DEI through the lens of history--specifically the state of Arizona's banning of the highly successful Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies Program.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Join ♡ Us! www.acostainstitute.com/2025-Interna... Event: International Healing-Centered Education Conference Fortitude & Discernment in Times of Disruption Dates: Saturday & Sunday, December 13-14, 2025 Time: 9AM-5PM ET
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Register bit.ly/rlp1211 Join Us on December 11, 2025 Dr. Nolan Cabrera joins us for a discussion relating to the attacks on CRT and DEI through the lens of history--specifically the state of Arizona's banning of the highly successful Tucson Unified School District's Mexican American Studies Program.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Join ♡ Us! www.acostainstitute.com/2025-Interna... Event: International Healing-Centered Education Conference Fortitude & Discernment in Times of Disruption Dates: Saturday & Sunday, December 13-14, 2025 Time: 9AM-5PM ET
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Join Us: Today, November 10th 2025 @ 3:00pm! Watch Live on YouTube: lnkd.in/eN9eKwUF I’m excited to share that I’ll be joining Dr. Edmund Adjapong on his Teach Like an MC podcast this Monday, November 10, from 3:00–3:30 PM (EST) for a conversation exploring Racial Literacy and Hip-Hop Pedagogy.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Join Us! www.youtube.com/live/y3Fx_m6...
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Teacher to Teacher: Racial Literacies & Hip-Hop: Building Teacher Identity
In this episode, Edmund sits down with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, a leading scholar on racial literacy. Together, they unpack why developing racial literacy is essential for educators who want to authen...
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Join Us! www.youtube.com/live/y3Fx_m6...
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Teacher to Teacher: Racial Literacies & Hip-Hop: Building Teacher Identity
In this episode, Edmund sits down with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, a leading scholar on racial literacy. Together, they unpack why developing racial literacy is essential for educators who want to authen...
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Click Link Here - bit.ly/46WclwC Happy Birthday to Me! 💕 It’s Libra Season—and October is my special month! This year I’m marking the occasion with exciting news: my new book will be released in Spring 2026! Celebrate with me by helping spread the word.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Click Link Here - bit.ly/46WclwC Happy Birthday to Me! 💕 It’s Libra Season—and October is my special month! This year I’m marking the occasion with exciting news: my new book will be released in Spring 2026! Celebrate with me by helping spread the word.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our next Racial Literacy Book Talk is on deck! Register here Today: teachlikeanmc.eventbrite.com Don't miss Dr. Edmund Adjapong on October 14th at 7pm EST!!
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Join Us Today!: teacherscollege.zoom.us/j/97391150694
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Register Today! Join Us next month! Bring Your Dreams! @nysec_gram
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the #BookSky account 💙📚 @booksky.club · 08/06/2025
Welcome to BookSky, bluesky's home readers + writers! ➢ use 📚💙 or #booksky to post to feed more feed views ➤ ad free! | trending | videos only ╰ ➤ plus feeds for every genre ✧ follow @booksky.club for updates! ✧ save / heart / share the feeds if you're enjoying them ✦ FAQ ✦ secret feeds ✦ blog ✦
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Register Now at :https://aplacefulloflove.eventbrite.com On September 29, 2025, The Racial Literacy Project at Teachers College invites you to a necessary conversation about reimagining education as a practice of justice, love, and diversity.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Register Now at :https://aplacefulloflove.eventbrite.com On September 29, 2025, The Racial Literacy Project at Teachers College invites you to a necessary conversation about reimagining education as a practice of justice, love, and diversity.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Save the Date(s)! The Racial Literacy Virtual Book Talk (Fall) Series begins September 29! Victoria Dumas and I will be in conversation with a lineup of brilliant authors who have brought racial literacy to life through their work! #ArchaeologyOfSelf #LiberatoryTeaching #TeachersCollege
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I’ve been asking myself: what kind of future are we building if healing isn’t at the center? I’m very excited about the Healing-Centered Futures Summit (Oct 3–4). We’ll bring people together across education, business & tech to explore a new way forward. www.acostainstitute.com/Education-Bu...
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I’ve been asking myself: what kind of future are we building if healing isn’t at the center? I’m very excited about the Healing-Centered Futures Summit (Oct 3–4). We’ll bring people together across education, business & tech to explore a new way forward. www.acostainstitute.com/Education-Bu...
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Link in Bio! I am excited to be a part of Kweli's 15th Year Anniversary Conference! Did you register yet for this weekend's conference? What are you waiting for?❤️ @sonjacherrypaul @kweli.journal @safiamafia @olugbemisolarhudayperkovich @jacqueline_woodson @jasonreynolds83 @autumnallenbooks
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Join Us! Links (also) in Bio! Date: May 15, 2025 Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET RSVP: identityaffirmingliteracies.eventbrite.comacial In a time when affirming student identity is more important than ever, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss!
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Thank you Brother Jacob for inviting me to go deep about everything from The South Bronx to Hip Hop, from The Archaeology of Self™ to the critical work of love and equity! And opening with the Vortex poem! Wow! Please listen, sit and enjoy this was a deep and beautiful journey! Love, Yolie
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Read article by tapping Link: doi.org/10.58680/ej2... Excited to share this new publication led by two exceptional educators: @ms.liu_in_edu & sandra Del Valle -- it was a JOY writing with you! @gholdym you inspire us all! @nctegram @nctearorg #joyinclassrooms #findyourjoy this year! #happynewyear
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Read article by tapping Link: doi.org/10.58680/ej2... Excited to share this new publication led by two exceptional educators: @ms.liu_in_edu & sandra Del Valle -- it was a JOY writing with you! @gholdym you inspire us all! @nctegram @nctearorg #joyinclassrooms #findyourjoy this year! #happynewyear
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Thank you Brother Jacob for inviting me to go deep about everything from The South Bronx to Hip Hop, from The Archaeology of Self™ to the critical work of love and equity! And opening with the Vortex poem! Wow! Please listen, sit and enjoy this was a deep and beautiful journey! Love, Yolie
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
When I walked into the room, I cried. I was moved to tears because I was there to witness what these beautiful girls deserve. Thank you @superintendentbonds, @district7bx--It was an honor to Keynote your beautiful visionary Tea Party! I am My Sister’s Keeper!! @msknycps @nycmbk @georgepatterson1969
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
When I walked into the room, I cried. I was moved to tears because I was there to witness what these beautiful girls deserve. Thank you @superintendentbonds, @district7bx--It was an honor to Keynote your beautiful visionary Tea Party! I am My Sister’s Keeper!! @msknycps @nycmbk @georgepatterson1969
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Join Us! Links (also) in Bio! Date: May 15, 2025 Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET RSVP: identityaffirmingliteracies.eventbrite.comacial In a time when affirming student identity is more important than ever, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss!
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
So grateful to be in community to talk about poetry, love, and peace in a time when it feels like a luxury to do so, and then I remember Audre Lorde's (@audrelordeproject) powerful words: "Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence."
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
So grateful to be in community to talk about poetry, love, and peace in a time when it feels like a luxury to do so, and then I remember Audre Lorde's (@audrelordeproject) powerful words: "Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence."
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Andrew Hume @andrewhume.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Looking forward to thinking about reading for liberation this evening with @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social, @sealeyruiz.bsky.social & Dr. Bettina Love at “Beyond the Ban” hosted by The Racial Literacy Project. www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-the...
Event poster for “Beyond the Ban: Reading for Liberation,” featuring photos of Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul and co-hosts Dr. Yolanda Staley-Ruiz and Dr. Bettina Love.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Yay, Andrew! Yay!
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Rich Novack @richnovack.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
“When you allow yourself to break form, you allow wonder to bloom.” Yes! and thank you Mahogany L. Browne, @sealeyruiz.bsky.social @brcrandall.bsky.social @writingproject.bsky.social for sharing this brilliance and joy. We need it, today!
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National Writing Project @writingproject.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This episode of The Write Time features two dynamic literary voices: Kennedy Center Next 50 fellow Mahogany L. Browne and Columbia University Professor and poet @sealeyruiz.bsky.social. Watch the video or download wherever you get your podcasts! bit.ly/4lkU5Ud
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Kweli Journal @kwelijournal.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
LAST DAY to sign up for #Kweli25! Sunday #kidlit programs include @sealeyruiz.bsky.social @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social @simranjeetsingh.bsky.social @veerawrites.bsky.social @armyvet5.bsky.social @stacyvwells.bsky.social @jecheverria.bsky.social @djolder.bsky.social +MORE FULL schedule at link 👆🏿👆🏾
Image: program announcement for Kweli25 featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference ALL ABOUT BLACK GIRL LOVE, Featuring: Drs. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Sonja Cherry-Paul, and Imani Paul. Sunday, April 6th | 3:55pm - 4:55pm Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25Image: Program announcement for Kweli25 featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference B. CRAFT TRACK COMMUNITY & HERITAGE Featuring: Simran Jeet Singh & Veera Hiranandani; moderated by Upasna Kakroo
Sunday, April 6th | 2:05pm - 3:05pm Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25Image: Program announcement featuring photos of participating artists. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference
C. ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/NONFICTION TRACK, ON CRAFT WRITING EMOTION IN PICTURE BOOKS, Featuring: Winsome Bingham, Maham Khwaja, & Stacy Wells ; moderated by Jessica Echeverria. Sunday, April 6th | 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25Image: Program announcement for Kweli25 featuring a photo of participating artist. TEXT: Kweli Color of Children's Literature Conference
B. CRAFT TRACK WORKSHOP CRISIS CREATES US: FIRE AT THE CROSSROADS OF ART AND ACTIVISM. Featuring: Daniel José Older
Sunday, April 6th| 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Register at kwelijournal.org | #Kweli25
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Link in Bio! I am excited to be a part of Kweli's 15th Year Anniversary Conference! Did you register yet for this weekend's conference? What are you waiting for?❤️ @sonjacherrypaul @kweli.journal @safiamafia @olugbemisolarhudayperkovich @jacqueline_woodson @jasonreynolds83 @autumnallenbooks
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Racial Literacy Project@TC is proud to host and honored to be in community with @sonjacherrypaul & blovesoulpower! Cannot wait to hear you spin @blackink411 🔥 Link in bio
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Rebecca Kennison @rrkennison.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks for the much-needed frankness and clarity in this time of considerable dissembling and equivocation. Great letter. And, yes, it's time for us all to stand up. Collective action is the only way forward.
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Ansley Erickson @ansleyerickson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Educators, neighbors, everyone. We at Teachers College are doing what we can to stand against Trump's attack on education, not just on our campus but beyond. Please read our statement and share.
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A Statement by Teachers College, Columbia University Faculty
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
See below for a letter from TC faculty re: the administrations actions against Columbia and the education sector more broadly
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The Racial Literacy Project@TC is proud to host and honored to be in community with @sonjacherrypaul & blovesoulpower! Cannot wait to hear you spin @blackink411 🔥 Link in bio
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Need more love and liberation in your teaching and in your life in general? 💕 Please Join Us for the next Racial Literacy Book Event with author and educator Jamilah Pitts! I'm so excited to talk with her about her latest book! RSVP here: bit.ly/4izXoEM --Yolie
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Need more love and liberation in your teaching and in your life in general? 💕 Please Join Us for the next Racial Literacy Book Event with author and educator Jamilah Pitts! I'm so excited to talk with her about her latest book! RSVP here: bit.ly/4izXoEM --Yolie
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BlackEduSky @blackedusky.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Black educator excellence!! We see you @heymrsbond.com and we clap loudly! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Mi Hermano Angel Acosta is inspiring a whole generation to heal! Check out this article written by Teachers College, Columbia University about him and his beautiful work: www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...
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A “Healing-Centered” Approach to Education
Through his global partnerships, TC alum Angel Acosta is making a difference with his unique pedagogy
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Mi Hermano Angel Acosta is inspiring a whole generation to heal! Check out this article written by Teachers College, Columbia University about him and his beautiful work: www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/202...
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A “Healing-Centered” Approach to Education
Through his global partnerships, TC alum Angel Acosta is making a difference with his unique pedagogy
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Chalk Talk @educhalktalk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Join us as we talk with @sealeyruiz.bsky.social about love in our schools and so much more! creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ste...
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Choose Love with Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz by Chalk Talk
What's love go to do with education? Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz talks about racial literacy and how we can interrupt our own thinking to create a more equitable education system as stewards of our students.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Come hear me, scholar/writer Lan Duong & memoirist Mai Elliott talk about the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Viet Nam, especially in terms of a future of liberation. Plus artist Ann Le & a preview of the landmark anthology "The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora.” Link below.
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
I am so excited that for a 2nd year in a row, The Racial Literacy Project@Teachers College will host, sponsor, and celebrate The Color of Children's Literature Conference! Join this amazing conference that has brought the literary and educational community amazing authors! @kwelijournal.org
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YolandaSealeyRuiz @sealeyruiz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
So excited to kick off the Spring 2025 Racial Literacy Book Talk Series with @oiyanpoon! All Are Welcome! Dr. Poon discusses her award-winning book, Asian American is Not a Color, with TC Ph.D Candidate Diana Liu Mark your calendars today. Join Zoom via this link: lnkd.in/eFfMMs6C
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