For Angela Glover Blackwell, a brief stint at the Rockefeller Foundation brought to light a fundamental difference in how we think about driving positive change, and fighting for justice abroad versus here at home. The international focus was on equity – what are the outcomes we hope to achieve, and how do we back into the inputs required? The national focus was on equality – how do we make sure that everyone gets the same inputs to start with.
Through the work of her organization, PolicyLink, she has spent the past 20 years pushing for equity to be our North Star. Calling for us to recognize equity as moral imperative, equity as a potent antidote to inequality, and equity as the superior growth model for our country.
She joins us to talk about the power of an equity mindset, not just in education, but in our entire society.
LINKS:
- PolicyLink
- The Equity Manifesto
- The Radical Imagination Podcast
- Ms. Glover Blackwell on The Curb-Cut Effect
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Music by Kevin Casey.
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