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NOTE: We welcome you to take the Challenge on your own, but we also offer a guided version of the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge that is done with a cohort on a monthly basis. You can sign up here.

Welcome to the Michigan League for Public Policy's 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge! We would like to thank Food Solutions New England, whose Challenge we have used as a model and adapted to highlight racial inequity and our related policy priorities here in Michigan.

Several years ago, the League made a decision to apply a racial equity lens to the anti-poverty work at the heart of our mission. The disparities in health, wealth and well-being that we seek to eradicate are largely a result of racism enshrined in public policy over the course of U.S. history. Today, we cannot hope to achieve our mission of economic security for all Michiganders without understanding the origins of the concept of race, how it influences us as individuals and as an organization, and how it functions to preserve inequity in our laws, institutions and systems.

We would like to thank the following partners for their knowledge, perspectives and guidance in putting the Challenge together:

Fay Givens, Choctaw/Cherokee, Executive Director of American Indian Services, Inc .

Dr. Kay McGowan , Choctaw/Cherokee, Cultural Anthropologist, Adjunct Professor at Eastern Michigan University

Dana Ashlock, Program Director, Jackson Community Foundation

Dr. Andre Fields , Associate Professor/Counselor, Grand Rapids Community College

And special thanks to Julie Cassidy, Senior Policy Analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, for leading this project.

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NOTE: We welcome you to take the Challenge on your own, but we also offer a guided version of the 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge that is done with a cohort on a monthly basis. You can sign up here. Welcome to the Michigan League for Public Policy's 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge!

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for staff development, start of the year, for student focused themes: maybe choose 3/4/ etc word of focus for a period of time, like first quarter the word is tolerance, or patience, or ....what ever word of choice for KM to focus on 

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for staff development, start of the year, for student focused themes: maybe choose 3/4/ etc word of focus for a period of time, like first quarter the word is tolerance, or patience, or ....what ever word of choice for KM to focus on 

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1. All-Staff Implicit Bias and Microaggression- August
2. Book Study -have 3 options
3. Continue Courageous Conversations -
Equity Team Meeting- July 14, 2020 10:00-11:00 am

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reflection on how we as adults respond to uncomfortable situations with students who are racially different than us

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reflection on how we as adults respond to uncomfortable situations with students who are racially different than us

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2. Book study?

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prioritized and scheduled PD for all staff

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prioritized and scheduled PD for all staff

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We made personal connections to the work.

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We made personal connections to the work.

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not really knowing if everyone was really listening or hearing

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not really knowing if everyone was really listening or hearing

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participation from all - could be the technology issues, I think having the small groups would have allowed for more participation

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participation from all - could be the technology issues, I think having the small groups would have allowed for more participation

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It's hard to communicate in the virtual world.

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It's hard to communicate in the virtual world.

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hearing what others are feeling, listening, openness

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hearing what others are feeling, listening, openness

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I think the start of these conversations have unearthed the need for open, honest conversations where there are norms set for working through and helping each other move forward for the sake of our students. Even if someone doesn't need help in the race department ... they might need help in other areas that could be harmful to students as well. And these discussions/book studies/professional development could help focus staff on working through gender issues, etc. 

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I think the start of these conversations have unearthed the need for open, honest conversations where there are norms set for working through and helping each other move forward for the sake of our students. Even if someone doesn't need help in the race department ... they might need help in other areas that could be harmful to students as well. And these discussions/book studies/professional development could help focus staff on working through gender issues, etc. 

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Though this topic is pertaining to us all who live in this country, if not on this planet, certain folks will always have "a pre-arraigned" plan that will prevent them from partaking in the conversation. 

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Though this topic is pertaining to us all who live in this country, if not on this planet, certain folks will always have "a pre-arraigned" plan that will prevent them from partaking in the conversation. 

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Have goals and guiding questions for our work together:

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Have goals and guiding questions for our work together:

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1.What is it that educators should know and be able to do to narrow the racial achievement gap?
2.How will educators know when they are experiencing success in their efforts to narrow the racial achievement gap?
3.What do educators do as they discover what they don’t yet know and are not yet able to do to eliminate the racial achievement gap?
(from Glenn Singleton)
1.Create an environment where all students, families, staff, and community members know they are safe, respected, and valued for their diverse life experiences, language, culture, values and beliefs

2.Decrease the disproportionality in school discipline, specifically out of school suspensions and expulsions

3.Provide every KM student with equitable access to high-quality, bias-free culturally responsive curriculum, support, facilities, and other educational resources

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We have our own divisions. It's normal. We need to learn to learn to accept our differences as we work to accept those of our students.

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I believe we need to agree on formal professional training for our staff around this topic for the foreseeable future.

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I believe we need to agree on formal professional training for our staff around this topic for the foreseeable future.

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I'm all for a book study/reading circles. Transparency and honesty would be nice. I'd much rather have an adult say something consider discriminatory or demeaning said in my presence and we talk about why it is ok, that to be said to a scholar, without knowing the inadequacy of a comment

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I'm all for a book study/reading circles. Transparency and honesty would be nice. I'd much rather have an adult say something consider discriminatory or demeaning said in my presence and we talk about why it is ok, that to be said to a scholar, without knowing the inadequacy of a comment

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It's difficult to not have some political points of view when our country seems more divided than we are as a school with our diverse population.  That division is part of the problem we face. We need to accept that we all see things with our own eyes and they somethings see things differently. 

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It's difficult to not have some political points of view when our country seems more divided than we are as a school with our diverse population.  That division is part of the problem we face. We need to accept that we all see things with our own eyes and they somethings see things differently. 

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conversation became about political belief system we need to be able to address this without making anyone feel as though they are being ambushed for having a different view point 

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conversation became about political belief system we need to be able to address this without making anyone feel as though they are being ambushed for having a different view point 

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Nearly 90% of meaning in human communication is expressed through tone, facial expression and body language and a lot of that gets lost in this format (I realize we have no choice right now).

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Nearly 90% of meaning in human communication is expressed through tone, facial expression and body language and a lot of that gets lost in this format (I realize we have no choice right now).

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I'd like more participation from all staff. This is a conversation that although we individually may not want to have, our students certainly want to be informed about. 

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I'd like more participation from all staff. This is a conversation that although we individually may not want to have, our students certainly want to be informed about. 

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Honesty is what worked, and what will continue to work...even if it's uncomfortable. 

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Honesty is what worked, and what will continue to work...even if it's uncomfortable. 

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People were open to the conversation, many people felt comfortable sharing their perspective.

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People were open to the conversation, many people felt comfortable sharing their perspective.

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When people put down other groups when explaining how they defend/support race issues, etc.

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When people put down other groups when explaining how they defend/support race issues, etc.

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We need to learn how to truly speak around these topics with humanity for all as we all come from different viewpoints. If our goal as educators is to educate for a common purpose ... we need to do it well when it comes to working with each other and keep the common goal(s) in mind.

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I enjoyed the tech. I liked padlet to even expedite answering and giving an option to people that may not be as outgoing. I also appreciated all the input and troubleshooting done by all participants. 

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I enjoyed the tech. I liked padlet to even expedite answering and giving an option to people that may not be as outgoing. I also appreciated all the input and troubleshooting done by all participants. 

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What didn't work for me was when the comments became political. It really turned me off. My political views are my own and should not be tied to my job. I am a teacher because I want to help students.

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