by Bridget Eileen Rivera | Feb 23, 2017
“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.” ~ Deuteronomy 32:4 “For I the LORD love justice.” ~ Isaiah 61:8a A picture hangs in the hallway of my school, put there by students...
by Bridget Eileen Rivera | Jan 29, 2017
[Note: This is the third installment in a series on Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. For other posts in this series see: Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2 I’ve moved away from the...
by Bridget Eileen Rivera | Dec 16, 2016
The door swung open, and the school counselor pushed a seven-year-old child into the room. As the child’s eyes met my own, his face turned pale white. I groaned inwardly but maintained a stoic expression. “This one of yours?” the counselor said. I...
by Bridget Eileen Rivera | Nov 10, 2016
“Don’t laugh at what you don’t understand.” Okay, so the words sound a bit harsh, but I promise you that my tone of voice and facial expression clearly communicated warmth, love, and kindness. And yes, I did say this to my students. Because my...
by Bridget Eileen Rivera | Nov 9, 2016
Tomorrow, life will go on. Teachers will return to their oversized classrooms filled with immigrant students whose lives have been suddenly upended, and millions of Evangelicals will wait expectantly for the Republican President and Republican-controlled House and...
by Bridget Eileen Rivera | Sep 29, 2016
I was born in America. I was raised to believe that the Bill of Rights was God’s gift to mankind. I grew up memorizing the preamble to the Constitution and thoroughly internalizing the absolute necessity of the “right to bear arms.” I know all about...