Read
“Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi and adapted by Sonja Cherry-Paul is coming off my bookshelf. I’m going to read with my daughter Marley, who is 10 years old. There’s a teacher’s guide here too!”
-Nadra O.
“I just ordered this one! I’m really excited about bringing the ideas from this book to my children’s elementary school site DEI committee which we formed over the Summer 2021.
Focusing on heroes, role models and holidays has been a really great starting place for our DEI team to introduce more diversity into the classrooms alongside our existing tradition of celebrating a different character trait with the students each month.
I think this book will prepare the newly formed DEI group to dig deeper into the work of becoming a full-fledged anti-racist elementary school that lives up to our district’s anti-racism statement.“
-Polly S.
“Since I’m in the teaching and learning business, I read a lot of teacher professional development books. […] She is my professional crush right now. To understand a bit about what “textured teaching” means, check out this Facebook Live event she did with educator José Luis Vilson.
Lorena is one of the founders of #DistruptTexts, a teacher-led movement that not only challenges the literary canon, but challenges the notion that reading ‘certain texts’ make one a reader, a thinker.”
-Nadra O.
“I first listened to Gholdy Muhammad speak on a panel with The Abolitionist Teaching Network (an incredible organization you should also follow!) and I was so moved. I have leaned heavily on the premise of her research and approach to inform how I would like to see our educational institutions transform.”
-Polly S
“This book has been instrumental in shaping my understanding of the history of the Black Lives Matter at School Movement and the BLM at School Week of Action and national curriculum.
It has amazing stories from several different school districts, talks about the role of unions and union leaders in this movement, and puts in historical context what BIPOC students have faced in schools throughout this country.
I always keep it handy as a reference to ground me in the ongoing work in BUSD.”
-Polly S.
Finding this workbook was fundamental in our process of grounding the mission statement of The Destiny Education Project. In order to abolish default white supremacy culture - we need a collective understanding of what that means. The Dismantling Racism Workbook, was collectively developed over many years by many people. The authors have encouraged us all to copy these pages and use the workbook as much as possible.
While the entire workbook is a tremendous resource. Pages 28-35 help us to breakdown the specific characteristics of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations.
Thank you for visiting this workbook and being a part of The Destiny Education Project’s mission to
Abolish default white supremacy culture from our education system by engaging schools, educational leaders, and communities through programs, advocacy, and collaboration.
Listen
‘I recently discovered the podcast, California Love, edited by Walter Thompson-Hernández. I love listening to the stories about our Southland from the perspective on Thompson-Hernández, a New York Times writer and Los Angeles native.’
-Nadra O.
Podcast recommendation by Nadra O: Yeah no, I’m not ok
Yeah No, I’m Not Ok, a new podcast by Diane Guerrero in collaboration with LAist Studios, is here to open up the conversation about mental health. Every week we will explore issues that youth face all over the world (addiction, depression, anxiety, suicide, radical self love, and much much more) through conversations with friends, colleagues, activists, artists and health care professionals, all people who have gone through something life-changing and are now healing from it.
Anti-Racist Organization Links
The Center for Antiracist Research
“A friend of mine put me onto the Center for Antiracist Research. Activist, author, and scholar Ibram X. Kendi founded the Center at Boston University and is putting his scholarly talent toward forming an antiracist America.“
-Nadra O.