The Tam News
Golden Gate Village files lawsuit against Marin Housing Authority in midst of renovation controversy
By Logan Little
August 15, 2020
GGV is accusing the authority of deliberate negligence designed to push out Black and low-income residents.
Black Student Union hosts meeting with Mill Valley mayor
By Logan Little
June 30, 2020
Attendees expressed their concerns with the mayor’s remarks and detailed their experiences with racism at Tam and in Marin.
Racism is of “immediate local importance”
June 8, 2020
And Mayor Sashi McEntee’s dismissal of Black Lives Matter is far from the only evidence.
Marin residents attend Black Lives Matter protest in Marin City
June 5, 2020
The protest was in response to George Floyd's death, and is one of many recent nationwide protests as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Tam has a problem with white fragility
April 23, 2020
I‘ve found that while some students understand their privilege and racism at Tam, many don’t.
SOAR wins Ruby Bridges Student Leadership and Courage Award
November 7, 2019
The TUHSD was awarded the Ruby Bridges Student Leadership and Courage Award by Pacific Educational Group, a nationwide firm dedicated to starting meaningful conversations about race in schools.
Breakthrough Day is worth doing well
June 24, 2019
The disorganized nature of the event inhibited its ability to start a constructive conversation, and may have actually dissuaded people from listening further.
Editorial: Sorry about that
June 24, 2019
A local high school student’s YouTube channel featuring Islamophobic, racist, and other fringe right-wing content under the guise of satire went viral. But whether to react to an instance of hateful alt-right messaging at all is a crucial question.
SOAR and Leadership hold 2019 Breakthrough Day
By Sam Glocker and Saranyu Nel
June 8, 2019
The original Breakthrough Day took place on February 27, 1967. This year, students in SOAR and Leadership held a series of seminars and events aimed to cultivate school-wide discussion about racism.
Breaking Through
May 22, 2019
This is a public service announcement, made for you; the reader, the student, the teacher, the staff member, the parent. On May 22nd, 2019, Tam High will be having it’s “52nd” anniversary of Breakthrough day. The purpose is to spend two hours breaking past racial barriers and to come together a...
Editorial: Not Quite Breaking Through
March 13, 2019
In the summer of 2017, two former Tam students spray painted a racial epithet on the side of Wood Hall, directed at our principal J.C. Farr. While this hate crime was egregious and despicable, it provided the us with an opportunity to openly discuss the racial inequality and prejudice that exists withi...
