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We have this platform - how do we pledge allegiance to our allies.

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Wanting to include discussions around gender issues as well. Especially since the people we are training deal with the same issue. - elementary school teachers are usually women. We want to be inclusive of male teachers.

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We need it individually and as an organization. It strengthens our organization!

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It’s part of our job! How can we separate cultural and linguistic responsiveness from our PD work.

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We each really want to explore this topic to understand each other and the history around racism. 

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Growing out of our eval framework discussion and work.

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They create consciousness about generalizations that are made about a people. - harassing Chinese people because of the coronavirus.

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We work with all kinds of people. It’s important to create an awareness of racism and social injustice. And to be more empathetic towards everybody - everybody deserves the same respect.

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Starting with the individual center and then growing as an organization and that will affect our work, making us stronger agents of change.            

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Requests for culturally responsive teaching and learning from different districts and schools- needing to develop the tools and processes before trying to offer anything to partners we are working with.

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Creating accomplices.   Why exactly are you teaching?  This work will inform how we work with all the different teacher perspectives.

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Contributing to a fuller picture/understanding of history and how we have arrived where we are as a society.

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Remembering newcomers - thinking about how they are dealing with the quarantine.

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Socio-emotional learning has to tend to CRL and vise-versa.

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Hoping this is an opportunity to learn more about each other and respecting each other more. Wonderful opportunity to grow our synergy together and to hear from those we often don’t see on a day to day basis

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The lack of progress - steps forward and huge steps back.  Racial inequality at school.  A lot more conversation now.  Not seeing the change that we would expect.  Just talking about it 

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These conversations may help people deal with culture shock. For those who have little interaction with people from other communities, it’s hard to remember that what may be okay for you may be offensive to others.

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the opportunity to reflect on our own experiences, attitudes and perspectives - opportunity to learn from others

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Cultural responsiveness - how we react and communicate in our trainings and in La Cosecha. How do we interact with our participants. We interact with people from all walks of life, cultures, religions.

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What do we really know about racism? Yes, white privilege but there are other things, too.  Like microaggressions - critical perspectives.  We do it to each other without knowing it.  Comments that reflect beliefs.

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walking the walk first and then being able to go out and face it, as an organization do we really want to get into the courageous conversation piece?  Is it our area of expertise

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...getting really deep into that critical consciousness.  We are not there as an organization or individuals yet to get into the depth of critical consciousness.

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So that we can engage in these same discussions when we are training others. In this way we can approach the conversation in an honest and personal way.

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Ultimate “passion project” is to make a societal difference by informing the educational system.