HOW ARE SCHOOLS AND NON-PROFIT LEADERS SPEAKING TO THEIR STAFF ABOUT AMERICA’S RACISM PANDEMIC?
Courage, commitment, and foresight are consistently needed when you work in schools, districts, and organizations that claim to be doing the work of anti-racism. There are too many organizations and school/district leaders today, who can’t even muster the ounce of courage it takes to speak with their teams about the context in which they do their so-called anti-racism work. Everyone talks about speaking truth to power, but many can’t even speak truth to their direct reports, colleagues, and families.
There are school and district leaders who have been silent despite the murder and mayhem that police officers unleash on our communities across the generations, but quick to condemn the heated responses of the generationally aggrieved. They fail to realize being Black in America has always meant trying to navigate persistent and pervasive racism – the quintessential American pandemic.
Below I have shared three letters written by leaders in schools and adjacent to schools. They wrote these messages to their staff, but they are instructive and insightful.
I hope you share the messages you have given to the teams you lead and CONTINUE READING: How Are Schools And Non-Profit Leaders Speaking To Their Staff About America's Racism Pandemic? - Philly's 7th Ward
