by Integrated Schools | May 25, 2018 | events, our stories
Over the past year, we’ve been hearing from more and more parents who are thinking about the issue of school segregation from a place of faith. We are excited to talk about this online with our special guests — and you! School Integration and Faith...
by Courtney Mykytyn | May 17, 2018 | our stories, race, social justice
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling stating that separate schools are not equal schools. It is not a time for celebration. Despite six decades of desegregation policy (and six decades of resistance to it), our public schools are...
by Courtney Mykytyn | May 14, 2018 | our stories
I’ve been thinking a lot today about what it means to be a mother… and, in particular, what our narrow pop-culture narratives tell us being a Good Mother looks like. Believing in our children, ushering them forth with the tools to be courageous and decent...
by Integrated Schools | Apr 23, 2018 | our stories
Tuesday 4/24 at 5:30pmPT/8:30pmET two Integrated Schools parents will take part in an EmbraceRace’s Talking Race and Kids webinar “Do (Some) White Parents Want Integrated Schools?” We’d love for you to join us! Register here to take part...
by Integrated Schools | Apr 7, 2018 | book club, news, our stories
Amanda Lewis & John Diamond’s Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools (2015) will be our next Book Club reading! Despite the Best Intentions is a great read for families opting in to integrating schools (especially the fifth...
by Shaoon Burton | Mar 28, 2018 | our stories, race
“I don’t want my baby to be the only white kid.” We hear this a lot. Somehow we don’t hear the inverse question being asked of parents of color whose children attend majority-white schools. And somehow we think of this as a problem rather...
