BSA Facts
What does BSA stands for?
Black Swan Academy
What does Advocacy mean?
Advocacy is all about supporting or speaking up for a cause, idea, or group. It's like being the cheerleader or voice for something you believe in, trying to bring about change or awareness.
What goes up but never go down?
Your age
Who am I? I was a part of a Major League Baseball team in 1947. Called “ The Dodgers”
Jackie Robinson
Which lesson did we talk about affirmations and the main activity was to draw an outline of your body/hand?
Self identity
What are BSA’s core values?
Pride Purpose Power
What does Anti-racism mean?
Anti-racism refers to the proactive process of identifying, challenging, and eliminating racism by changing systems, organizational structures, policies, practices, and attitudes to foster racial equity.
Grandpa went for a walk, and it started raining. He forgot to bring an umbrella and didn’t have a hat. When he got home, his clothes were soaking wet, but not a hair on his head was wet. How was this possible?
Grandpa is bald.
During the civil war, In 1861, how many enslaved African Americans were enslaved?
4 Million
What topic did Mr.Aaron talk about when he came?
Heath insurance/mental health
What is BSA’s 1st Mission and Vision?
We train 6th - 12th graders to advocate for themselves and their communities.
What does oppression mean?
Oppression – People who are oppressed are treated cruelly or are prevented from having the same opportunities, freedom, and benefits as others.
What can you catch but not throw?
A cold
I was born on Maryland Eastern shore, my original name was Araminta Ross. I was one of the nation's most courageous anti slavery activists . Who am I?
Harriet Tubman
What was the name of the main activity that I had you guys draw your ideal school?
Community Mapping
What is the black youth Agenda?
Aims to create positive systemic change through public policy and youth organizing at the local level.
What does Self-awareness mean?
Self-Awareness is conscious knowledge of one's own character, feelings, motives, and desires. Self Awareness allows you to understand yourself, other people, how they perceive you, your attitude and your responses to them in the moment.
In a one-story house at the corner of the road, the bedrooms were yellow, the kitchen was orange, the living room was red, the garage was blue, the entry hall was green, and the sitting room was purple. What color were the stairs?
There’s no color because there are no stairs — it’s a one-story house.
Jim Crow laws were built on black codes and dictated where African Americans could go to school, sit, eat, drink etc, but the quality was also poor in these places. Which one of our Black Youth Agenda voices to repair and improve our facilities in DC?
A:Hear Us, Heal Us
B:Sanitation In Schools
C:Where Dreams, Come Home
D:Safe Passage for Youth Passage
Sanitation in schools
During our teaching moment what was the name of the American writer who was best known for his novel “invisible man”
Ralph Waldo Ellison
What year was BSA founded?
2013
What does Self-accountability mean?
Self Accountability is the ability to take responsibility for your actions, decisions, and outcomes.
Give me a drink, and I will die. Feed me, and I'll get bigger. What am I?
A fire.
DC was known as what type of city before the death of Martin Luther king Jr?a. Magic City
B. Resurrection City
C. Killer City
B: Resurrection City
What was the one and only key term we talked about last session?
Community Mapping