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USA NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY

Celebrating National Coming Out Day for the first time

This morning Ava Duvanay was interviewed on CBS – she was there to talk about her phenomenal work as a film maker. Ava was the first female director who is Black to be nominated for an Oscar for her film ‘SELMA’ – This weekend her latest movie ’13th’ about the 13th amendment and mass incarcerationContinue reading “Why Inclusion ?”

Diversity Workshop day for educational practitioners

NJAIS workshop May 3rd

Equity not Equality .

At the risk of sounding like a politician I am becoming more and more intrigued by semantics. Words matter, not just how we use them the tone and inference but the actual word choice. We have paid a lot of attention in recent years to tone and ‘professionalism’. The current political campaign has shown usContinue reading “Equity not Equality .”

Art Science Soul and the Equity Imperative

Today I am really excited to be attending the National Association of Independent Schools People of Color Conference Student Diversity Leadership Conference.T his is something I have wanted to do for many years..going with a wonderful coworker and four students, cannot wait to learn from the best in the field . Follow conference updatesContinue reading “Art Science Soul and the Equity Imperative”

National Adoption Day #inclusionnottolerance

Yup, those are my kids and I am talking about them again, and spreading my personal agenda. This time it’s adoption. Yesterday was National Adoption Day ,admittedly we have too many ‘days’ and soon if it has not happened already there will be a national day for cupcakes, or Tupperware or even better we willContinue reading “National Adoption Day #inclusionnottolerance”

Equity not Diversity

For the past decade many schools have been committed to DIVERSITY, ensuring they have a diverse student body , diverse, personnel, diversity represented at every level. I propose that it is time to move beyond DIVERSITY to EQUITY, in the same way it is time to move beyond TOLERANCE to INCLUSION. What is the difference?Continue reading “Equity not Diversity”

We need to share our experiences more…

Last week when presenting my research to collagues I was reminded of the importance of this work. I heard from a panel of diverse voices, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community. Each recounted times when they felt ‘on the outside’ of society, of school of their community. Some found the trip downContinue reading “We need to share our experiences more…”

Perfect Timing

Is it fortuitous the Pope is here on Yom Kippur ? ( the Jewish high holiday and Day of Atonement.) Yom KippurThe Pope has made peace and justice central to his message, President Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring lasting peace to the International community.Today President Obama met Pope Francis whenContinue reading “Perfect Timing”

Corporations

For the past decade many corporations have been committed to DIVERSITY, ensuring they have diverse workforce, diverse, personnel, diversity represented at every level. I propose that it is time to move beyond DIVERSITY to EQUITY, in the same way it is time to move beyond TOLERANCE to INCLUSION. What is the difference? DIVERSITY: defined asContinue reading “Corporations”