The Diversity-Equity committee notes indicate they are very engaged in the book “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”. They read chapters 3-5 and discussed understanding blackness in a white context. The discussion went through the early years, adolescences and adulthood. They will read chapters 6-7 next.
The group is interested in starting a new staff cafe called “a more prefect union cafe”. The website, provides the description:
“A More Perfect Union conversations occur at the nexus of social justice and parenting, allowing parents to explore the broader context for parenting in a complicated and often unjust world. Organized around the Strengthening Families™ Protective Factors, the questions mobilize shared civic values of freedom, prosperity, safety, justice, and healing to assist parents in talking to their children about difficult issues and brainstorming how to keep their families safe. Specific issues addressed include mass incarceration, gun violence, policing and police brutality, bullying, immigration, queer and trans issues, religious discrimination such as anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, housing rights, gender equality and feminism, racism and racial justice, and disability.”
Notes are available under the Department tab.
