Centering On Our Why by Angela Nantamu https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj What brought you to this space? What is your purpose in doing this work? en-us 2021-12-20 21:05:31 UTC 2022-02-10 19:25:36 UTC hello@padlet.com I'm very invested in this work because I want to do better for students. anantamu https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/1957687495 2021-12-20 21:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/1957687495 A more equitable world https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/1990983454 2022-01-13 18:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/1990983454 Equity is at the center of City Year's work, and fostering equity in both personal and professional spaces is crucial for a better reality japroett https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2003549265 2022-01-20 18:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2003549265 I came because I didn't really want to come? But if we have these spaces and I choose not to show up, I don't know what is being learned or said in these spaces and am choosing to be inactive in this community. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614082 2022-02-09 18:34:25 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614082 Everything this organization does affects students - if we/I are perpetuating inequity and harm, this will continue to perpetuate existing inequity. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614201 2022-02-09 18:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614201 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614334 I want to have a space to learn and grow in my awareness as a white person where people of color are not burdened with educating me or other white people about race or racism.]]> 2022-02-09 18:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614334 Bee Holmes https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614959 It is important to me to meet other people who feel they are/want to be anti-racist and figure out how do we move beyond individual reflection to help enact the change we want to see within City Year and our culture as a whole as well as how we can best support and uplift our community members who identify as BIPOC]]> 2022-02-09 18:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038614959 I want to be an anti-racist parent and do better than my own upbringing did me. Living and fostering equity in my life, work, and home is important to me. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038615554 2022-02-09 18:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038615554 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038615659 Wanting to investigate the way I lead, think or work, how it could be contributing to harm or injustice. ]]> 2022-02-09 18:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038615659 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038615745 In order to identify as anti-racist, I think you have to continuously engage in work that makes you better at helping to dismantle racism in our culture. So I will never be "done" engaging in this kind of learning, it's part of my identity. ]]> 2022-02-09 18:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038615745 Having not been aware of my own privilege and the where the inequities in schools come from for so long, being here helps me continue learning/unlearning, and increases my ability to do better in my work and life, including raising two privileged white kids. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038617069 2022-02-09 18:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038617069 I want to show up better for my friends and coworkers of color. And, on a systems level I want to be part of making actual positive change to racist systems to help everyone have the same access to what they need to live a joyful and meaningful life. I need spaces like this to build community, wrestle through things I'm struggling with, hear what others are thinking about - it just helps me be so much better to think and work alongside other white people committed to antiracism. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038619105 2022-02-09 18:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038619105 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038620099 People of color have historically been discriminated against, limiting their opportunities in schools, jobs, housing, etc. I want to make sure that my actions add to a more equitable world for these individuals, rather than add to the systems that are built to tear them down. ]]> 2022-02-09 18:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038620099 There are an overwhelming number of places I need to continue to do self-work on my white identity and how I show up, and so in this space to give myself focus and purpose I'd like to focus on my role in making City Year an inclusive space where my colleagues of color truly feel that they belong nkerr14 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038620573 2022-02-09 18:37:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038620573 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038624819 I am in this space because I feel an urge to grow. It is not enough for me to pat myself on the back as a white person who moved from a suburb to serve in an urban environment. I want to be active in bettering this organization for its members, and I hope that this work yields meaningful change to City Year's culture and impact.]]> 2022-02-09 18:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038624819 I'm someone who likes to constantly learn and educate myself. Therefore, I wanted to also not be a burden to people of color by doing my own research and being held accountable. My purpose is to be more aware and to be an advocate that knows how to confront racism. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038626826 2022-02-09 18:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038626826 What brought you to this space mrdavidson31 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038634968 2022-02-09 18:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038634968 To think about how to make AmeriCorps as a whole a more equitable opportunity for all to serve. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038636107 2022-02-09 18:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038636107 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038638380 I'm here because anti-racism isn't a place to arrive at, rather it is a constant journey. Spaces like this where I can reflect, learn, and unlearn help to keep me on that path. ]]> 2022-02-09 18:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038638380 We learn to be racist in community, so we must learn to be anti-racist in community as well mwernsdorfer https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038639091 2022-02-09 18:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038639091 This is deep work that is hard to do alone. So thankful to have a community to lean on and learn from while I'm on this journey to becoming a better human. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038641186 2022-02-09 18:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038641186 I'm here because I can't exist ethically, nor do this work ethically, without constantly challenging my ways of thinking. I'm a product of a racist, white supremist culture and white dominant education and community. I need to dismantle and rethink how I see, experience, and interact with the world around me. https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038641596 2022-02-09 18:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038641596 What is your personal purpose in this work? mrdavidson31 https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038641690 2022-02-09 18:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/anantamu/vu0h700i79bihcjj/wish/2038641690