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This is a time for us to embrace everything around us and learn from one another.

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Finding ways to continue to educate ourselves, as well as our students, to advocate for anti-racism is an important next step. We all need to work towards developing our tool boxes for knowing how to recognize and stand up against racism in a way that is effective, constructive, and helpful, even though it will not be comfortable.

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- choose literature for elementary classrooms that reflect all people and their differences.
- promote anti-racist ideas through education- a more accurate teaching of history.
-Having 0 tolerance for the "pass culture" and racist language.

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Have ongoing dialogue about these issues and continue learning. 

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Have ongoing dialogue about these issues and continue learning. 

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Art dept. I would love to see the art dept create curriculum that includes more contemporary artists of color

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Racism is everywhere, including in Medfield.

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Racism is everywhere, including in Medfield.

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We need to have a discussion with all our students about how people who are different than them feel and that being an antiracist is important.

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How do we teach antiracism to 5 and 6 year olds, other than having more representative books in our classrooms?

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Racism is part of our history. We need to recognize and move forward with education and taking a long term focus to make a change

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Racism is part of our history. We need to recognize and move forward with education and taking a long term focus to make a change

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Hoping the district provides time for teachers on this (DURING the school day/PD)   

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Hoping the district provides time for teachers on this (DURING the school day/PD)   

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Not just evenings and after school time.

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Education is crucial in dismantling racism. 

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Education is crucial in dismantling racism. 

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Explicitly ask students more often what their experiences are and how we can make the environment safer for all. 

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Explicitly ask students more often what their experiences are and how we can make the environment safer for all. 

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Adding more multicultural books to elementary classrooms - possible grant?

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How can we start educating/having conversations with our student's parents in order for these discussions to occur at home?

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How are we working to find ways to teach students how to recognize the different and often distorted perspectives on history and current events? With developing the ability to recognize the underlying, structural racism, we would be better equipped with a starting point for our learning.

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We must provide an accurate view of our nation's history and understand and own that teaching kindness is not enough...we must work against systemic/deeply rooted racism by acknowledging the "original sin" that is slavery and how the ideas of white privilege are embedded in everything we do.

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Not just a two day PD

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Pay more attention to how young children talk to each other or verbalize differences in their classrooms. Do not reprimand at the elementary age - TEACH!

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How can we intentionally modify curriculum to reflect an anti-racist culture?

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Can we have PD specifically for the younger grades - Pk-1 or 2?

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Can we have PD specifically for the younger grades - Pk-1 or 2?

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... even though it may make us uncomfortable at times. This is a time for learning and questioning the norms that have sadly become a part of our culture.

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What is the cause? We need to be proactive!

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What is the cause? We need to be proactive!

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How can we relieve the burden of the students in the Hometown Weekly article?

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How can we relieve the burden of the students in the Hometown Weekly article?

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Racism is not only our past/history, it is a current issue that needs to be actively addressed.

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Racism is not only our past/history, it is a current issue that needs to be actively addressed.

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Model antiracism in our classrooms, lessons, hallways, and in our community.  Needs to be embraced from the top-down.

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Model antiracism in our classrooms, lessons, hallways, and in our community.  Needs to be embraced from the top-down.