Racial Equity EdConnect

Mobilizing Kansas-City Area educators to create equitable and inclusive classrooms, as well as systemically de-centering and dismantling whiteness.

[Racial Equity EdConnect @RaceEquityEdKC]

KC-area educators: Join us for our first Racial Equity EdConnect Conference! MLK Day 2019: https://t.co/nMUWQo651X

[Rene Cooper @Coach_RCooper]

"Our goodness is their goodness." is a philosophy of Restorative Practices. My experience working w/ groups is they become a refection of the leadership. Whether it is kids reflecting their teacher, or adults reflecting their leaders, communities and culture take time to build.

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1847, Missouri passed an act prohibiting black people from learning to read and write. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. Share this #racialinjustice https://t.co/UhEdv8ZngT

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

Direct Confrontation Principle: The only path to racial justice in education involves direct confrontations with racism. Any strategy or initiative that detours us around that direct confrontation might be helpful in some way, but should not be mistaken for racial justice.

[James E. Ford, PhD ❤️🔱🖤 @JEFordNCTOY]

I wrote this profile of @WCPSSEquity as a case study in Promising Practice for NC. Their work could potentially serve as a template for other districts in the state working to respond to inequities among historically marginalized groups. Take a look!
https://t.co/XxpKCbzJdu

[Racial Equity EdConnect @RaceEquityEdKC]

Making space for student voice is different than spotlighting and expert-izing Students of Color...

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

"Change takes time." When leaders are confronted by targets of racism in the orgs they lead, this may be the most cowardly, entitled response. Based on my 20+ yrs working in various orgs, it also might be the most common. Translation: "We are choosing racism."

[Kathleen Skeals @KathleenSkeals]

Educators, please read. The questions in this piece should trouble all of us: "Is there diversity in your life? Do you feel my absence in your organization? Our organization?" https://t.co/Jj3xY9YzPD

[Alexander Russo @alexanderrusso]

Fewer than half of white parents say that having a racially diverse student body is is important to them, compared to nearly 75 percent of black parents -- PDK poll https://t.co/jtz9DhJU1l

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

@ManciniCT @JenniferCGomez Deficit detour: Using "equity" initiatives that are focused on "fixing" the cultures, mindsets, behaviors, mindfulness, grittiness, or emotions of marginalized people rather than those that fix the conditions that marginalize marginalized people.

[Paul Gorski @EquityLiteracy]

From my workshop with a group of equity advocates in Sioux City. Part of a discussion on "equity detours": about the ways schools sidestep deep equity commitments while creating the illusion of making equity progress. Thanks for posting and for your humility,, @JenniferCGomez

[Jesse Hagopian @JessedHagopian]

Yes!!! The Washington Post just wrote an article covering the #BlackLivesMatterAtSchool movement! These stories of teaching for black lives around the country are a MUST READ!
#BLMatSchool #BlackHistoryMonth

https://t.co/LHUZGSmh9p

[Racial Equity EdConnect @RaceEquityEdKC]

And the March #ClearTheAir chat, reading Dare to Lead by @BreneBrown . . .

[Racial Equity EdConnect @RaceEquityEdKC]

On this 106th birthday of Rosa Parks, it's worth learning a bit more about Gertrude Perkins, and how she contributed to the Montgomery movement. Check out this episode from @SceneOnRadio, highlighting work from @dmcguire13
https://t.co/TQ2yJ7kGq5

[Racial Equity EdConnect @RaceEquityEdKC]

This is why scapegoating 'bad apples' doesn't work... The whole orchard has issues.

[The Crisis Magazine @thecrisismag]

"I feel that if we don't take seriously the ways in which racism is embedded in structures of institutions, if we assume that there must be an identifiable racist who is the perpetrator, then we won't ever succeed in eradicating racism."
~Angela Davis #ImWithKap