Intentions…

When Joi and I wrote our book, we tried to be really clear about why we were writing. It was a technique I learned from Joi, this really thinking about what one’s intent is. So that is where I will start here. With intentions.

My goal is to help teachers imagine what equity can look like in classrooms, and to help unravel some of the disinformation about DEI work in 2023. There is too much heat, and not enough understanding. I hope to clearly, calmly, and in the spirit of doing right by kids take steps to unpack these hard topics. So over the weeks, I’d like to talk about critical race theory, and book bans, and policies in schools around gender. One of those anchors I mentioned on the homepage, for me, is dignity. Youth should get to go to school and not have to give up their language, culture, race or gender in order to be successful. It’s really that basic. So my intent as I begin this blog, is that we create spaces for youth where they can just be….