If this is your first year doing this series as a group, we recommend working through Inquiry Series 3.
Don't forget to give us feedback!
Overview:
As the school year winds down, this will be the last month we send you new resources and action focused discussion questions. June’s guide will offer an opportunity to review your year.
Building off of the reflection we did in April, this month we want to take time to focus on action steps related to building accountable communities. Often antiracism work can, and should, be introspective and reflection-based. It’s important to remember however that without a grounding in action, we will not actually move the work forward. Cultivating a community where accountability is possible requires intentional and ongoing work.
The April resource had 10 steps to create community and laid those ideas out in broad strokes. This month, we encourage you to think very specifically about HOW to apply those strategies to build a more accountable relationship in one community of which you are a part (for example, you could think about your BARWE group). We encourage you to think granularly here: What concrete steps can you take between now and June to start the work?
This month’s resource is short and focused on providing a launching point for your action planning. In this podcast, you will hear from members of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), an organization made up of “Black youth activists creating justice and freedom for all Black people,” who share strategies that they employ for creating accountable communities. We acknowledge this is a super busy time in most schools, but often the end of the year is a great time to start thinking about and laying the groundwork for the future.
Primary Resource:
Deepening Community Agreements with BYP100 Healing & Safety Council (Ife Williams & Chris Roberts) from Irresistible Podcast (12 min)
The Accountability Resources document is available if your group is looking for more information after completing the Community Agreement exercise. We will continue adding resources and linking this document for the remainder of the year. If you know of any resources that you think should be on this list, please email us at [email protected].
Guiding Questions:
Facilitation Reference Guide:
Feedback Form:
As we grow in year four, we hope that one person in your group can take a few minutes to fill out our feedback form to let us know how it went.
Here is a takeaway from a previous meeting:
Don't forget to give us feedback!
Overview:
As the school year winds down, this will be the last month we send you new resources and action focused discussion questions. June’s guide will offer an opportunity to review your year.
Building off of the reflection we did in April, this month we want to take time to focus on action steps related to building accountable communities. Often antiracism work can, and should, be introspective and reflection-based. It’s important to remember however that without a grounding in action, we will not actually move the work forward. Cultivating a community where accountability is possible requires intentional and ongoing work.
The April resource had 10 steps to create community and laid those ideas out in broad strokes. This month, we encourage you to think very specifically about HOW to apply those strategies to build a more accountable relationship in one community of which you are a part (for example, you could think about your BARWE group). We encourage you to think granularly here: What concrete steps can you take between now and June to start the work?
This month’s resource is short and focused on providing a launching point for your action planning. In this podcast, you will hear from members of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100), an organization made up of “Black youth activists creating justice and freedom for all Black people,” who share strategies that they employ for creating accountable communities. We acknowledge this is a super busy time in most schools, but often the end of the year is a great time to start thinking about and laying the groundwork for the future.
Primary Resource:
Deepening Community Agreements with BYP100 Healing & Safety Council (Ife Williams & Chris Roberts) from Irresistible Podcast (12 min)
The Accountability Resources document is available if your group is looking for more information after completing the Community Agreement exercise. We will continue adding resources and linking this document for the remainder of the year. If you know of any resources that you think should be on this list, please email us at [email protected].
Guiding Questions:
- Last month we encouraged you to map the community connection web for your school or org (ex. families, outside community organizations, political groups, national groups, etc.). After listening to this month’s resource, brainstorm some concrete steps for HOW you could begin to build connections where they are missing.
- Think about the guiding questions posed by Williams and Roberts (see below). First, spend some time reflecting on these questions individually, and then together, brainstorm the actions you can take to make these tenets visible for your group. Use your responses and brainstorming to identify and strengthen gaps where your agreements are weak or inconsistent.
Safety within our group looks like…
Validation within our group looks like…
Trust within our group looks like…
Affirmation within our group looks like..
Accountability within our group looks like…
Facilitation Reference Guide:
- Set a day and time for your group to meet. Make sure to send reminders.
- Send this month’s Primary Resource to your group. Look through the additional readings to see if there is another reading that might be better suited to your group and its interests.
- Prepare yourself to facilitate by reading through our Norms and Discussion Protocol.
- Pass the Hat and collect donations for BYP100 this month.
- Complete the Feedback Form.
- Prepare yourself for May by setting a date and time, inviting colleagues, and looking out for our next Discussion Guide on May 1st.
Feedback Form:
As we grow in year four, we hope that one person in your group can take a few minutes to fill out our feedback form to let us know how it went.
Here is a takeaway from a previous meeting:
Thank you all for your feedback so far, please keep it coming!
Pass The Hat:
In addition to being accountable to our colleagues and students of color, we believe it is important to be financially accountable to people of color who are doing this work on a daily basis. Each month, we will recommend an organization led by people of color, in education and beyond, doing the work of pushing for justice.
At the end of each monthly discussion, pass a hat (or a box) and collect donations for the designated organization. You can then have one group member go online and donate in the name of your school. If you want, you can add “Building Anti-Racist White Educators” after your school name.
This month we are suggesting donations for BYP100. BYP100 “is a member-based organization of Black youth activists creating justice and freedom for all Black people. BYP100 was, at one point, just a hashtag for the 2013 “Beyond November Movement Convening” developed through the vision and leadership of Cathy Cohen.”
Pass The Hat:
In addition to being accountable to our colleagues and students of color, we believe it is important to be financially accountable to people of color who are doing this work on a daily basis. Each month, we will recommend an organization led by people of color, in education and beyond, doing the work of pushing for justice.
At the end of each monthly discussion, pass a hat (or a box) and collect donations for the designated organization. You can then have one group member go online and donate in the name of your school. If you want, you can add “Building Anti-Racist White Educators” after your school name.
This month we are suggesting donations for BYP100. BYP100 “is a member-based organization of Black youth activists creating justice and freedom for all Black people. BYP100 was, at one point, just a hashtag for the 2013 “Beyond November Movement Convening” developed through the vision and leadership of Cathy Cohen.”