Social Justice/Social Justice Leadership Philosophy by Alida Abdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i EOL 568, Spring 2019 en-us 2019-04-02 03:32:49 UTC 2025-12-07 19:39:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/d1/6d16067a-86ae-5c2c-b794-e0976122cf61/59ded3b70e8c6.image.jpg?resize=1626%2C914 Black Lives Matter, So Have the Courage to Show It afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347461290 Black people matter, but some schools don't show it because they lack the courage and boldness to stand up for their most vulnerable populations. This song/video is being used because I wanted to use it as a part of a black history presentation with my son when he was in the 5th grade, but the administration wouldn’t allow it. They were so afraid of being aligned/associated with the BLM movement, that just the words “Black Lives Matter” couldn’t be used to uplift and affirm their more than 60% black population. ]]> 2019-04-02 03:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347461290 Honor Diversity afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347916466 For far too long, the educational system has been one that has sought to “transform” students by instilling the main culture’s norms, ideals, beliefs, and teachings, but Social Justice Leadership and Education takes that concept and flips it on its head.  Instead of attempting to transform students into a homogenous mish-mash of people operating for the benefit of the system, Social Justice and Social Justice Leadership accepts, respects, and celebrates the uniqueness of each individual and allows that individuality to be an asset to all. ]]> 2019-04-03 04:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347916466 Don't Be Scared afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347965696 Fearlessness in the face of fear; courage in the face of cowardice; selflessness in the face of 
egotism; and boldness in the face of weakness are the foundation of social justice and social justice leadership. 
]]> 2019-04-03 08:31:34 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347965696 Protect the Vulnerable and Oppressed afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347968568 It is important that leaders of social justice are protective of those who are most vulnerable and who have suffered (either directly or indirectly), the effects of oppression. It requires the relinquishing of power and perceived power in order to effectively ensure that ALL people are equitably treated, educated, and led. For descendants of the oppressors, this is not a denouncement of the history that has led to systems that oppress and mistreat others, but instead a bold facing of that history head on and a diving into dismantling its effects face first.]]> 2019-04-03 08:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347968568 The Golden Rule is Great... afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347971958 2019-04-03 08:53:58 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347971958 But Platinum is Always Better afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347973178 2019-04-03 08:58:46 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347973178 Transformative Leadership afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347975961 Transformative Leadership, as defined by Carolyn Shields, ”focuses on content as well as processes and starts with the recognition of the material disparities in the wider society that impend on the ability of an organization to work successfully with all students and on the ability of all students to be successful within the organization unless we make changes.”
 
]]> 2019-04-03 09:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347975961 Intersecting Diversity and Leadership afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347977852 “Enacting social justice (as a leader) is a holistic endeavor that entails attending simultaneously not only to the multiple dimensions of diversity, but also to multiple aspects of leadership: from student achievement to school structures to curriculum and instruction to culture and community” (Scanlan, Theoharis)]]> 2019-04-03 09:16:50 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347977852 "See" Me afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347982113 2019-04-03 09:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347982113 References afdabdullah https://padlet.com/afdabdullah/vnculud1wt5i/wish/347982496 Gooden, M. (2012). What does racism have to do with leadership? Countering the idea of color-blind leadership: A reflection on race and the growing pressures on the urban principalship. Educational Foundations, 26(1), 67-84. 
 
Shields, C.M. (2010). Transformative leadership: Working for equity in diverse contexts. Educational Administration Quarterly, 46, 558-589.
 
Scanlan, M. & Theoharis, G. (2015)Intersectionality in educational leadership. In G. Theoharis & M. Scanlan (Eds.), Leadership for increasingly diverse Schools (pp.1-10). New York, NY: Routledge.
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