Ep. 77: Racial Healing Is A Crucial Component for Achieving Equity

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EQ: Why is racial healing a crucial component for achieving equity in our schools and communities?

Guest: Tovi Scruggs-Hussein is “a visionary educator, author, and award-winning urban high school principal with over 25 years of emotional intelligence training.” Her work on self-transformation and healing through courageous leadership development can be found at Ticiess. Highlights from our discussion include recognizing that educators can be smart and dedicated but still be racist (and uphold racist infrastructure in schools). We further discuss how to make long term change, and grow our compassion for colleagues and students. We cannot serve our students unless we are more balanced in our own personal lives and our understanding of racial and cultural identities. We often ignore that both teachers and students experience educational trauma.

Additional resources:

The Ethic of Radical Empathy

Healing-Centered & Trauma-Responsive Leadership & Classrooms

Do Your Fudging Homework:

Annie: Do some additional research about radical empathy!

Hope: Go read about Racial Healing Allies--download the ebook & sign up for an e-course

Tovi: Please pace yourself (white folks!) and do not burn out.