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See all the wonderful things Marissa Winmill has made

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Still learning, but trying to advocate to friends and family that have difficulty seeing some of the issues.

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REFLECTION-Knowing where you are in the Becoming Anti-Racist Zones, what action will you take?

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REFLECTION-Knowing where you are in the Becoming Anti-Racist Zones, what action will you take?

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Questions 4- What advice would you give an adult to help improve students’ experience at school when it comes to race and equity?

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Questions 4- What advice would you give an adult to help improve students’ experience at school when it comes to race and equity?

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 and fell I have no one to sit with. THere are parts of the room, because most sit in the same places, that I do not feel welcome joining.
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When a student told me she hated all white mothers.
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I would like to answer this question from the perspective of the students.  First, we have a very white teaching force.  That mirrors the centuries old practice of white "colonizers" imposing middle class values on students of color and black people particularly.  The first step towards making KM more accepting is for white teachers to step aside and leave aside that privilege.  We need a majority person of color workforce.  Actions speak louder than words to our students of color.

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Question 3- Share an experience when you felt unwelcome in our community based on how you look, how you speak, where you’re from, or just being you?

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Question 3- Share an experience when you felt unwelcome in our community based on how you look, how you speak, where you’re from, or just being you?

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From Karen- I started in an amazing cohort of new teachers who supported each other: Marissa, Juan, Lauren, Ruthie, Jen, Manny, and forgive me if I am missing anyone. Felt the love

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Not much of a story, but the KM Retreats in August were very welcoming and (re)uniting events we had each year.

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I felt welcomed at KM when I started as a struggling first year teacher and the administration stuck with me.

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Question 2-Share a story when you felt welcomed at our KM community?

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Question 2-Share a story when you felt welcomed at our KM community?

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It is important to continue to reflectively identify and sort out facts and feelings while in-taking so much info about current events.

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I miss the time when it was against the law to have bias news. 

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I miss the time when it was against the law to have bias news. 

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Knowing where you are in the Becoming Anti-Racist Zones, what action will you take?

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The race issue has been a problem ever since 1619.  Then the Constitution ensured it and it took a Civil War to rip it from the teeth of the nation.  Yet, laws are barely effectual.  Laws do not change culture, culture changes culture.  After the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments we had three waves of the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow, segregation, Salma, MLK and Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, mass incarceration and now Black Lives Matter.  Culture changes racism with a preeminence over laws.  The implications of that suggest we need black and white people working together as co-equals in various professions, attending the same churches, watching the same basketball games and voting in the same elections.  They need to work towards solving shared problems.  And remember that it was black people who led to their liberation in the Civil War.

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Particularly frustrated that I very much want to go out and join the protests and help register people to vote, but covid is still a threat, especially for the high risk. I don't mind risking my safety, but I have to think of my family as well.

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conversations and reflecting on my own privilege

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I am glad the day has finally come to open the gates.

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It is a disturbing but evidently necessary  catalyst for giant swaths of the US. I am included in that swath. Comes with reckoning with guilt for keeping internal mental support without bold voice and action to support that mental support. It feels like there is a clearer means to push for change now. The concept of inaction as oppression is a helpful thought tweak, leading to a more honest understanding of a brutal situation.

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Anti-Racism Resources (from ELA)

To facilitate growth for white folks to be allies and accomplices - Scaffolded Anti-Racism

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I feel frustrated with white friends who are not immersed in diversity and don't see the struggles BIPOC experience regularly. I'm frustrated that they always try to find a way discount and refuse white privileged.

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So, so angry.  frustrated.  impotent.

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I am saddened by the propaganda out there. So much on social media that is appaling so I am trying to stay on the sidelines. Let's go back to the war against poverty but also address systemic racism. "Defund the Police" is misleading - we need to redirect monies to social programs... and re-imagine what the role is for our police. They shouldn't have to be social- workers et al. We are asking the police to fill the gaps in our society.

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I am saddened by the propaganda out there. So much on social media that is appaling so I am trying to stay on the sidelines. Let's go back to the war against poverty but also address systemic racism. "Defund the Police" is misleading - we need to redirect monies to social programs... and re-imagine what the role is for our police. They shouldn't have to be social- workers et al. We are asking the police to fill the gaps in our society.

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General anxiety, sadness, and depression. It has taken too long for this conversation to begin, and I do not maintain hope that it will continue with sincerity.
Kimberly Jones is amazing.

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It's been a very deep for me and my family.  Having two very intelligent, thoughtful kids has made conversations around this so interesting.  I love getting their young adult POV.  I am relieved in many ways because this change needed to happen.

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I feel Everyone can participate if the focus was on police brutality than eventually bleed into equity.

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I'm hopeful that we'll see some real changes directed towards making our society more equitable. But I am very tired of how the dialogue is being manipulated by politicians. They determine the range of options that are available to discuss. This is a false set of choices that are usually created to placate specific groups while maintaining social control over the larger population. I am tired of seeing politicians conduct theater while what we need is new policy.

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It makes me angry. Power to the protesters. Make a change! Tear down systemic white supremacy! We're focusing on the police now, but we have to reform our schools as well

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I am feeling like there is a whole different world out there that I knew existed, but am now realizing how different it truly is.

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Question 1:What are your feelings about what we are observing around our communities and/or country right now regarding racial injustice?

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Question 1:What are your feelings about what we are observing around our communities and/or country right now regarding racial injustice?

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I feel a great many things. Some of them, I am told by the media are "right," and some of them, I am told by the media are "wrong." I am still processing.

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things just feel out of sorts with all that is going on with school, Rona, BLM

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Lots of tension to get out!

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I am very lucky.

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Chillin like a villain aNd that’s how I’m livin

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I am feeling all over the place today with headlines - I have puppies, cakes, kids, and other fun stuff to distract me but -
Great to be with the colleagues

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How are you feeling today?