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The experiences they share is so different, students know they care because they share the same struggle as them. They share the same background as them.

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The experience they share is so different, students know they care because they share the same struggle as them. They share the same background as them.

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The experience they share is so different, students know they care because they share the same struggle as them. They share the same background as them, they share the same

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The experience they share is so different, students know they care because they share the same struggle as them. They share the same background as them. They

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The experience they share is so different

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The experience they share is so different

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The experience they share is so different,

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I wish I had

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I want our students of color to know that we value the teachers who represent them.

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I want our students of color to know that we value

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I want our

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I wan

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I want to have a matching hijab day

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I want to have a ma

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I want

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Our white cohorts need our knowledge about our students of color

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Our white cohorts need our knowledge about our students of color

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Every student should be able to get the excitement over sharing their traditional foods with out having to explain what it is, hearing sounds of disgust, or hearing “that’s interesting...”

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I want to advocate for the needs of our kids that need our supp

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I want to advocate for the needs of our kids that need our supp

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My students can feel safe and welcome when they speak another language. You speak spanish too??

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Diversity brings different ideas and experiences. Kids should know there is more than one approach to a situation/problem and their ideas don't have to fit in a "box"

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Diversity brings different ideas and experiences. Kids should know there is more than one approach to a situation/problem and their ideas don't have to fit in a "box"

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Staff teams need our diverse wisdom and insights.

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Staff teams need our diverse wisdom and insights.

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I wish I had teacher who had same skin color as me beacaue it would be inspired to see a black teacher who can understand what like see students smile to see the some color.

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Students of color need to feel as appreciated as a

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Students of color need to feel as appreciated as a

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all students need a broader horizon of possibilities.

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 I would have love teacher has the same color as me 

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 I would have love teacher has the same color as me 

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Having students see someone that looks like them can give them hope they can become whatever they dream.

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Having students see someone that looks like them can give them hope they can become whatever they dream.

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I want to be a teacher of color that the student say "Your hair is like mine" "I love tamales" I want to make authentic relationships!

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I want to be a teacher of color that the student say "Your hair is like mine" "I love tamales" I want to make authentic relationships!

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I wanr my students to be reflected in their teachers! I want kids to look like them!

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So that students of color can have positive role models.

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So that students of color can have positive role models.

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Educators of color are needed to support the diversity within our schools

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Educators of color are needed to support the diversity within our schools

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To have all students opportunity

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Make student believe in them

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A teacher that children can relate to.

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So kids see themselves in those who educate and lead.

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So kids see themselves in those who educate and lead.

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So we learn to reflect and appreciate all cultures and points of view

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All children of color need a voice who advocates for them every single day.

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If we want to see social justice for all, young POC and white people need to be exposed to empowered TOC.

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My daughter need to see teachers like look and act like her. Teachers that celebrate little victories as a huge ones.

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My daughter need to see teachers like look and act like her. Teachers that celebrate little victories as a huge ones.

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I would like to be the teacher who represents a group who never had representation. I never had a teacher who looked like me or related to me, so I want to become that teacher for a little Hispanic child that they are inspired by. I’m hoping to bring back the passion of caring for our students in more than a personal way, which I believe would help how students learn as well in a safe, trusting place

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Retaining ToC is important to me because our kids deserve to have teachers to look like them. Our black and brown students deserve to have people to look up to that look like them that are not just in the sports or entertainment industry. I hope to gain tools to help encourage PoC that are working in a system that is systemically set up to work against them.

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For students to see themselves.

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A kindergarten student of mine who was of Asian Indian decent born and raised in Australia said to me one day, “I’m so glad you are my teacher because you look like me. “ it was at that moment that I realized even kindergarteners needed to see themselves. It is important to me because our kids need us.

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I want to inspire and empower students to break through the cultural, societal, and economical barriers that they face. Colored teachers are the key to such mission as they not only represent their diverse students, but also show that they, who have faced cultural, societal, and/or economical barriers, have achieved success.

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I want to inspire and empower students to break through the cultural, societal, and economical barriers that they face. Colored teachers are the key to such mission as they not only represent their diverse students, but also show that they, who have faced cultural, societal, and/or economical barriers, have achieved success.

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My school has predominately teachers of the majority race, but coming to this conference, I see so much diversity in our own workforce. My classmates, however, do not see it, and I want to bring this sort of relatable environment to them, who need a hero that represents them.

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I choose education to reenforce to OUR CHILDREN that they can’t be what the can’t see. If they see one of their own as an attorney, physician, neurologist, educator, astronaut, etc., they’ll know that they can aspire to become one as well. 

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I choose education to reenforce to OUR CHILDREN that they can’t be what the can’t see. If they see one of their own as an attorney, physician, neurologist, educator, astronaut, etc., they’ll know that they can aspire to become one as well. 

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It empowers students of color having educators who look like them as role models.

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It empowers students of color having educators who look like them as role models.

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I'm hoping to bring back applicable strategies I can use with my students and colleagues to join me in this journey of empowerment.