Anti-Racism and Anti Oppression Leadership Team by Mary Zammit - Clarkson SS (2302) https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu en-us 2021-10-27 16:37:09 UTC 2022-01-26 13:16:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Reflecting on your own learning, conversations with colleagues, department priority planning and the work to date at GF, what are topics or areas of learning still needed at Glenforest? https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849537913 2021-10-27 22:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849537913 Directive 14 - School/Community Engagement https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849541267 2021-10-27 22:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849541267 Directive 9 & 18 : Create an Equity Team https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849541513 2021-10-27 22:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849541513 What does it mean to be anti-racist? What does it mean to be anti-oppressive? Thoughts, comments, reactions to the video https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849544283 2021-10-27 22:06:44 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849544283 What barriers to anti-Black racism, racism and anti-oppression do you see dominating/persisting? https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849544728 2021-10-27 22:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849544728 What is an understanding that you will make a focus for yourself today? https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849545097 2021-10-27 22:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849545097 Directive 21 - Student Discipline/ Restorative Practices https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849545919 2021-10-27 22:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849545919 Directive 9&19: Instructional Practices: Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849546275 2021-10-27 22:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849546275 Directive 14 - Black History Month/Black Voices in Curriculum beyond Black History Month https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849546592 2021-10-27 22:08:30 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849546592 Directive 14 - Physical School Environment https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849546951 2021-10-27 22:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1849546951 Share an idea related to anti-oppression that resonates with you. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1850280591 2021-10-28 04:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1850280591 Why have you joined this leadership group? What do you hope we will achieve? p0039070 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851091539 2021-10-28 12:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851091539 #1 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851286678 2021-10-28 13:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851286678 5 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288090 2021-10-28 13:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288090 #5 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288217 2021-10-28 13:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288217 #1 - Intellectual Humility https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288260 2021-10-28 13:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288260 #4 - Check my gut :) https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288365 2021-10-28 13:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851288365 #3 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851289020 2021-10-28 13:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851289020 #1 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851291458 2021-10-28 13:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851291458 #5 p0039295 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851291484 2021-10-28 13:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851291484 #1 p0076327 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851292237 2021-10-28 13:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851292237 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851294283 2

]]> 2021-10-28 13:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851294283 #6 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851299519 Culturally relevant pedagogy understanding more to ensure from my personal identity that I acknowledge and respect the pedagogy I am bringing to my students.]]> 2021-10-28 13:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851299519 I have started some work in my classroom so I want to make sure I am doing it right and how can I improve myself https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851303868 2021-10-28 13:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851303868 To learn more about areas of concern at this school specifically (I'm new!) and share my experiences from previous schools. I hope to make my class/the school a place that students feel comfortable/welcome/happy coming to every day. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851306728 2021-10-28 13:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851306728 I want to learn and be challenged to think about racism and oppression in ways that my priviledge fostered my ignorance. I hope our group will support one another to create the clarity of purpose to inspire action in others https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851306821 2021-10-28 13:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851306821 Rachel p0039295 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851307362 This is the first time in 20 years that I feel this work will be authentic and create change.
I am very concerned about our Black and racialized students who have been and continued to be harmed in our educational system.]]> 2021-10-28 13:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851307362 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851307872 To listen and learn and hopefully help other teachers understand the importance of this work. Grace]]> 2021-10-28 13:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851307872 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851308031 I want to expand my understanding so that I can be sensitive to the needs of the student body as I work to promote equity through student engagement and library resources.]]> 2021-10-28 13:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851308031 Ruby https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851313225 1. I love emojis. :)
2. This team is where the real work is when we want to change the world to be a better place.
3. I hope this team will help us understand student and staff experiences better, help us recognize individuality in situations and help us help everyone succeed.]]> 2021-10-28 13:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851313225 Why? Because I have experienced racism, sexism, homophobia and I want to be part of creating a community where my students and my own children won't have to experience it (or at the very least that they will be equipped to name it and fight against it when it comes up). I want to learn more about systemic oppression in our school system and the lived experienced of my BIPOC students and how I can work personally and collaboratively to dismantle it. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851313271 2021-10-28 13:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851313271 To listen and learn genuine and concrete ways to support BIPOC students. p0076327 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851314922 2021-10-28 13:32:09 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851314922 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851315110 Systematic racism has to change and so does systematic acceptance of racism.

For example: BIPOC article about airport and BIPOC (from colleague) and adopted black girl by white rich Weatley family (from book Stamped). Historically the view of BIPOC has not changed even though BIPOC are main stream (perhaps assimilated - the black individual carried an expensive luggage and looked like a business man) but because he was black, he was deliberately targeted). I wonder if any one stood up for both BIPOC individuals at the airport. ]]> 2021-10-28 13:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851315110 3. I hope that as a team, we can help others understand what changes must be made and why, as we reconstruct a system that allows all of our students to see they are valued and deserve success. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851316547 2021-10-28 13:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851316547 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851317281 Pushback from some teachers in the school due to a lack of fully appreciating the need for this work and understanding their bias and stance.]]> 2021-10-28 13:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851317281 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851321856 Looking at parallels of what has happened and how other countires and people have or dealing with it.]]> 2021-10-28 13:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851321856 Sam Weisbrod: There is material shared around developing understanding; developing action items needs to become a priority as well. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851322454 2021-10-28 13:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851322454 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851327000 I've joined to expand on my understanding of how to support and make actionable change to our school community. ]]> 2021-10-28 13:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851327000 Yourself https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851327228 We are our own barriers! We need to start in our own corner and constantly check-in with our implicit biases and reflect how we see and treat others who are different from us and from what we are used to.]]> 2021-10-28 13:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851327228 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851336421 I hope we can have transparent and meaningful communications in order to come up with ways we can better understand the root of the social issues we are concerned with and devise actionable solutions ]]> 2021-10-28 13:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851336421 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851643013 #5.  I did not create the policies that discriminate.  

This one really speaks to a general complicity and unwillingness to be part of the change.]]> 2021-10-28 15:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1851643013 The concept of intersectionality/priviledge that there are many ways in which I am priviledged but also ways in which my identity can be oppressed. With privilege comes the responsibility to work to ensure that others do not feel oppressed. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912774790 2021-11-25 14:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912774790 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912776623 De-streaming of core classes in grade 9-10. ]]> 2021-11-25 14:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912776623 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912777563 It is at times difficult to recognize your life as privileged when you aren’t in contact with the underprivileged group ]]> 2021-11-25 14:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912777563 My students in Spec Ed have visible disabilities. It becomes the main focus and leads to them being dually marginalized because of their race and special needs. In the past, these students have been treated as if the racism they experience doesn't exist or impact them because of their disabilities and a perceived inability for them to understand the way that the system is working against them. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912778252 2021-11-25 14:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912778252 The understanding that oppression and power stance are experienced simultaneously (intersectionality). That I am both oppressed and privileged and to understand the intersectionality of this and its impact on my life and how that shapes my assumptions and also forms my biais. Grace https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912779577 2021-11-25 14:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912779577 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912782309 With a disabled parent it resonates that ableism is so strong and people generally fall into two categories - those who look disparagingly and those who have overbearing concern. Few people treat a person with a visible disability as they would a person who is (or looks) able-bodied. ]]> 2021-11-25 14:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912782309 The understanding that “oppression” is the lack of choice. My perspective was that I had achieved “success” despite my “lack of choice”. I was sent to school with the warning: “you’re not like them…”I wore my achievements as a medals. I’ve raised my children to be strong and have skills to navigate this type of oppressive system. On reflection - it makes me sad to my core. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912782560 2021-11-25 14:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912782560 Language p0039295 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912782644 -the importance of ensuring students understand anti-oppressive terminology and concepts.
-the power of language]]> 2021-11-25 14:51:43 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912782644 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912783066 To raise awareness about how privilege can become the root cause of oppression in a variety of forms and how we can use our voices and actions to make a difference.]]> 2021-11-25 14:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912783066 Visible vulnerability presents immediate challenges- others can respond with bias, assumptions, expectations https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912784720 2021-11-25 14:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912784720 Aligning with whiteness p0078469 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912784982 From my family’s history, aligning with whiteness appears in the naming of family members. My father and his siblings were given Spanish-origin names to align with Spanish colonialism. My mother worked for English-speaking foreign banks and gave me and my siblings English names so they would be easily pronounced on a resume and possibly avoid any bias in the hiring process.]]> 2021-11-25 14:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912784982 Julie saying "Language is power". made me think about how we create hierarchy based on how people speak English - choice of words, accents, sentence structure - how it affects understanding and how it is used to wield power. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912786059 2021-11-25 14:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912786059 The intersectionality of privilege is fascinating and so complex. As is the process it will take to understand and dismantle it. I am also intrigued by the fragility and push back from people who have experienced privilege in such a deeply subconscious way that they are not able to acknowledge it or choose not to acknowledge it because the loss of privilege feels like a loss of rights. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912787066 2021-11-25 14:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1912787066 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913019625 Realistic/usable classroom lessons 
How to embed this discussion into curriculum when it isn’t a natural fit ]]> 2021-11-25 17:29:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913019625 How to have hard conversations with other staff and with students when homophobic, sexist, racist, Islamophobic, heteronormative, etc. language is used. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020089 2021-11-25 17:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020089 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020414 -content vs skill approach
-Universal design
- ]]> 2021-11-25 17:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020414 Sharing of best practices https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020865 2021-11-25 17:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020865 How to initiate/promote having the conversation with those staff members who remain unengaged/uninterested p0196403 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020925 2021-11-25 17:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020925 classroom based strategies https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020939 2021-11-25 17:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913020939 How are different disciplines/dept addressing the gaps in learning for our black students? https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913021171 2021-11-25 17:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913021171 How to support student's mental health while also having high expectations academically https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913021259 2021-11-25 17:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913021259 How to truly be an ally. How to go beyond tolerance of different to true acceptance and celebration. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913021379 2021-11-25 17:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913021379 How to bring students into this work and give them the skills to be effective activists https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913022503 2021-11-25 17:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913022503 Visual displays within the school that showcase values of diversity, acceptance and inclusion. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913022721 2021-11-25 17:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913022721 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913022844 Moving away from percentages and moving towards levels. Focus on skills attained rather than specific expectations. Most recent most consistent.]]> 2021-11-25 17:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913022844 p0039295 https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913023100 -overt vs covert racism (aggressions) having a deeper understanding of covert racism and how it manifests
disrupting aggressions

]]> 2021-11-25 17:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913023100 How to go beyond understanding and general discussion for students, to a dynamic where they feel empowered to express their viewpoint through voice and product. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913024559 2021-11-25 17:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913024559 Instructional Practices - A collective team effort to create a bank of lesson plans (especially in math) that reflect culture, our student bodies and real life / lived experiences etc that is accessible to all teachers for their students. https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913025992 2021-11-25 17:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/p0039070/pa2v2dfxzp0dytvu/wish/1913025992