One of the ways that Ridgefield Elementary Schools are honoring Black History Month is by learning about Ruby Bridges, an activist who was the first student to desegregate a Louisiana school in 1960.
Students will participate in a virtual field trip with Bridges this week. Thanks to the efforts of parent Kristy Jefferson all RPS families can tune into a conversation with Ms. Bridges, which is being screened at Grace Farms this Saturday.
This community conversation started when an eight-year-old New Canaan resident wrote Bridges after experiencing a racially-motivated incident at Mead Park, which troubled him. Jefferson says, "It is easy to think these events happened long ago and far away, especially when so many of the images we see are in black and white. But Ruby Bridges is not an old woman, and New Canaan is not far away. Our students have so much to learn from this story, not just about opening our minds and our hearts, but how important it is to stick up for what is right.”
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