Racial equity detours12/22/2023 ![]() When we act without equity principles as white teachers, we tend to alienate equity minded Black and Brown colleagues, as Paul Gorski explains in our reading this month: This month, we aim to cultivate a racial equity mindset and increase our capacity to build strong partnerships with Black and Brown colleagues. This year, we encourage all work to be done in this one document to encourage ongoing attention to commitments and frequent review of previous months’ reflections. In the past, we have sent various tools and handouts in separate months. In addition to the primary article and guiding questions, we are offering BARWE users this notebook as a place to gather their thoughts and commitments throughout the year. If this is your first year doing this series, we recommend starting with an orientation meeting using the September 2021 material before moving on to the current month. June 2019: How do we move this conversation forward and include more educators? May 2019: How do we push our schools, classrooms, and communities to incorporate more equitable disciplinary practices? March 2019: How can we support colleagues of color and build anti-racist work environments?Īpril 2019: How can we implement culturally relevant teaching to challenge the culture of power that exists in schools? January 2019: How can we ensure that our schools value Black lives?įebruary 2019: Why are teachers of color so important for our schools and how can we increase their numbers? November 2018: How does whiteness affect our practices, relationships, and expectations in the classroom and the school community?ĭecember 2018: How do we disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline? ![]() October 2018: How can we identify and challenge implicit bias in our own practice? September 2018: How can our curriculum challenge dominant and oppressive ideologies? August 2018: Why do white teachers need to talk about race?
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