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How to stay open to learning and  listening?

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How to stay open to learning and  listening?

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How can we stay open to learning from others? What are the practices for ourselves and what can we model for others?

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Wondering how to clarify the difference between genuine solidarity and performative wokeness

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I think there is a racist/discriminatory piece within each of us and the first step towards combating that piece is to be truly aware of that piece and being willing to acknowledge and openly talk about it, which is essentially missing from the education system.

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The complexities can feel overwhelming--but talking with others about how, where, and when we can intervene in the system is so helpful.

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How can we teach younger students to really listen to others' struggles? There's a difference between knowing and feeling, and we've seen many people cross that boundary in the past days.

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Lorde once said that our silence will never protect us

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Lorde once said that our silence will never protect us

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I wonder if at the heart of decolonizing pedagogy is subverting the power dynamics implicit in the teacher-student relationship. What kinds of knowledge can we lift up?

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Strive to create learning environments and experiences that foster inclusion of individuals from historically marginalized groups (e.g., use readings whose authors come from these groups).

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Silence is also making a statement; so difficult to know what to say, but saying nothing is also saying something.

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How can we ensure that our class readings, speakers etc. are diverse and representative? How can we decolonize pedagogy?

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Responsibility not to sustain systems of silence

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Responsibility not to sustain systems of silence

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We as educators make a choice every time we talk about something - or don't. When we choose not to discuss racial inequality, we are perpetuating the notion that it's okay for it to persist.

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How can we teach kids to understand and acknowledge privilege?

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Provide education that helps people develop critical consciousness  about systemic oppression in various forms and provide them with tools and mindsets for creating social change.

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feeling not woke (enough). Never woke enough. Always waking up. What does it mean to think about education as an always-ongoing process? How do we as learners and teachers not feel (or make others feel) painfully inadequate? How do we create spaces of true learning always?

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How can we teach not only our children (e.g. in schools), but also their parents and families?

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What would it mean to do this work with radical empathy and compassion?

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What roles do educators have in combating systemic inequities? How can education be used to combat systemic injustice?

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What roles do educators have in combating systemic inequities? How can education be used to combat systemic injustice?

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