A Special Message from BARWE

Since the 2018-2019 school year, BARWE has been writing and distributing a free monthly Inquiry Series discussion guide to help educators and those interested in developing an anti-racist identity interrogate their biases, experiences, and praxis in community groups.  BARWE resources are free, but producing the series does have annual costs.  

When we first set out to share the work which we were doing with each other and our colleagues, we self-funded any incurred costs. As our readership and community grew in 2019-2020, we were able to support our work with a generous grant from Teaching Tolerance (now Learning for Justice). This grant supported practical costs such as buying a web domain, and expanding our mailing list capacity and reach, while also allowing us to host a summer conference and compensate our accountability partners for their labor.

We saw exponential growth and engagement with BARWE resources through the COVID-19 pandemic, and added a professional zoom account to support national calls and collaboration with other groups leading the way on anti-racist community work.

The annual cost of maintaining BARWE is $2,603.81. We have previously gathered this funding through ticket sales for hosting virtual discussion series and author/speaker events, and the rare honorarium. 

While we plan to continue learning, working, and sharing with the BARWE community, it has become clear that we need to move away from relying on ticket sales or registration donations at one off virtual events, which have become less reliable and unpredictable. We are posting this as a request for donations to support the continued operation of BARWE. Any donation you make goes directly to paying our monthly MailChimp, Weebly/Square, and Zoom account costs, as well as paying our partners with Melanated Educators Collective to review our materials. 

Mailchimp - $1,425.6 annually
Zoom - $172.69
Weebly - $155.52
Accountability - $70/person/month (about $850 a year)
TOTAL = $2,603.81

If you have the means and have found BARWE materials helpful in your journey, consider supporting the future of BARWE by making a donation today. You can submit donations to BARWE through CashApp/Venmo/Paypal at (CashApp: $barwe215, Venmo: @John-MacElveen, Paypal:  [email protected]). If you would prefer to send a paper check through the mail, we are able to receive those at the following address: BARWE, PO Box 313, Liberty, ME, 04949.
Building Antiracist White Educators pushes and equips white educators to continuously address their own unconscious biases and take an active role in fighting white supremacy in our schools, communities, and in ourselves.
As educators, we want to do our jobs well. We want to be fair, we want to promote safe communities, and we want to support all our students in every aspect of their lives.
We believe that through consistent study, reflection, and action, white teachers can address our own unconscious biases and make changes so we can better support the academic, social, and emotional well-being of all students, especially Black and Brown students who are often negatively impacted by white supremacy culture in our schools.
Inquiry: We publish a monthly Inquiry Series with tools for learning, introspection, and discussion about issues of racism in our schools, classrooms and communities.
Programs: Summer and school year programs have included book clubs, speaker series, and virtual  discussion groups.
Resources: A set of resources for facilitating and attending monthly Inquiry Series meetings.