Because you can't improve schools without talking.
Read the Op-ed I wrote featured on edweek.org, “No, It Isn’t Racist to Teach Anti-Racism”.
Link to original article: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/opinion-no-it-isnt-racist-to-teach-anti-racism/2021/05
View article PDF here.
I was featured in a Center for Anti Racist Education’s (CARE) web series episode on unpacking CARE Principles and exploring what it means to be an antiracist educator.
Visit their website: https://antiracistfuture.org/.
A workshop for educators, designed to help build confidence and competency around equity-forward professional practices, and to encourage racially aware personal exploration and accountability.
Slides available here.
In October 2020, I spoke with colleagues at the Berkeley Graduate School of Education about three “onramps” to K12 antiracism I have designed and helped design: Everyday Antiracism (edited, 2008), Schooltalk (2017), and #USvsHate (2017+). Check it out!
Presentation slides here.
In March 2021, I spoke with principal Candace Hunstad, school instructional coach Brigid Dux, ESOL teacher/school equity lead Samantha Gauta (all of Fairhill Elementary), and district coordinator of professional learning/cultural responsiveness Junena Thomas — all educators from Fairfax County, Virginia — about their use of Schooltalk for sustained antiracist equity work at the school level. It was a really exciting discussion about how to go beyond initial use of books to long-term use of texts for change. Sharing here to support others in similarly sustained efforts!
Session guide here.
An article I wrote featured in ASCD’s November 2020 newsletter, Education Update (Volume 62, Number 11).
Read here.
Read the whole issue here.
An excerpt from Everday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School.
Link here.
A podcast done with Ethical Schools where I speak about USvsHate and Schooltalk.
Episode description: “We speak with Mica Pollock about US vs Hate and Schooltalk. Student anti-racism messaging in any medium can catalyze youth activism. Comments embedded in teachers’ everyday communication can impact students’ lifetime trajectories.”
Link here.
to help folks apply texts to make change where we work: the Antiracist Equity Action Planner.
to get folks going beyond reading only, to repairing opportunity systems and the treatment of children in schools: https://bit.ly/WhileYouRead
