Reflections on Integration, Community and Gardening
White mom, Emily Moores, reflects on the parallels between tending to a garden and tending to the relationships necessary to participate in meaningful integration and living in true community.
Rethinking the Two-Tour Pledge – Is Exposure Enough?
Though getting to know a global-majority school through a tour or some other approach is valuable, it’s not sufficient to our commitment to integrate schools. It’s also about showing up in a way that honors the existing families and rich cultures that already exist at the schools we choose.
SD News Roundup: The lines that divide, part 1
My last post was about the exchange between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at the first round of Democratic primary debates earlier this summer. It’s amazing to me that this already feels so distant. Before getting to the main topic for the posts this week, here’s a quick summary of some of the major things that have happened in the last month or so.
On COVID-19 and Micro-schooling, Pods, and more
As school districts have started rolling out their plans for the Fall, parents across the country have started to react. In White and/or privileged communities, we have noticed A LOT of chatter about learning pods, or small groups, or micro-schooling. It feels like...