Born to Reform

Just gonna drop this here….

https://connectioninc.org/2023/06/02/elevating-educator-voices/

Elevating Educator Voices Opportunity awaits! Announcing Born to Reform’s Upcoming Podcast! We ALL got into education (or at least the grand majority of us) to make a difference. We BELIEVE in the power of education.…

Many of us have been devastated by the hate demonstrated this week at the hands of yet another hate-filled white man.

But… GOD!🙌🏼

This young man has a bright future ahead regardless.

I will continue to pray for this nation and repent for our sins of racism, white supremacy/nationalism, associated idolatry, and hate… among others.. but for today this is good news for the soul DESPITE.

We have to do better!

What are your thoughts on school safety and gun reform? Let us hear from you! This has gone on too long.

It’s time! Lmk if you want the link!



Doctoral Candidate: Micah Griffith

Program: Curriculum & Instruction- Urban Education

Date: April 3, 2023

Time: 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Committee Chair: Dr. Erin Miller

Committee Members: Dr. Brittany Anderson, Dr. Greg Wiggan, & Dr. Stephen Hancock

Title: The Intersections of White Identity and the Instructional Practices of Self-Identified Antiracist Educators

Abstract: While there was much research on whiteness, especially the role of whiteness in the classroom and the associated impact of racial mismatch and implicit bias, and also some research surrounding white racial identity development devoid of intersectionality, there was previously no existing research examining the multiplicities of white racial identity in self-identified antiracist educators. This study served to fill the gap within the research and began to analyze how sociopolitical systems potentially serve to replicate and reinforce whiteness and racial bias through intersections of racial identity, and also potentially identify how those intersections can be disrupted in such a way as to foster critical consciousness and antiracist activism within classrooms nationally. This study answers the questions: “How do intersections of identity shape the way teachers view themselves in the classroom?” and “How do the varied intersections of white identity inform teacher experiences, philosophical and pedagogical paradigms, and instructional practice amongst self-identified antiracist educators?” Using interpretive phenomenology and employing the theoretical frameworks of critical whiteness (Roediger, 1994), critical whiteness feminism, and double-imagery (Seidl & Hancock, 2011), the following themes were identified as relevant to forming white teachers’ critical consciousness (Freire, 2018), thus supporting an
antiracist paradigm: gender, religion, proximity to people of color, and education.

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On Wednesday 19th April 1967, runner Kathrine Switzer made history — despite attempts to stop her. 🏃‍♀️⁠
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Signing up to run the Boston Marathon under the pseudonym 'K. V Switzer', Kathrine knew she could run the race. The problem was, women weren't actually allowed to participate.⁠
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About 4 miles into the race, after various incredulous looks at the start line, she heard fast footsteps behind her. It was the race director chasing after her, trying to remove her number and get her to stop racing.⁠
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Despite everything, Kathrine did finish the race (in 4 hours and 20 minutes) — and went on to run the Boston marathon eight more times, getting her time down to 2 hours and 51 minutes by 1975.⁠
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She became the 3rd fastest American woman and the 6th fastest woman in the world, and returned to complete the Boston Marathon again in 2017, 50 years after her first appearance. She was 70 years old at the time. 🏆⁠
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Here she is pictured handing runner Gotytom Gebreslase her gold medal for winning the Women's Marathon in the World Athletics Championships in Oregon in July 2022.⁠
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📸: Getty images

Nina Simone

Eunice Waymon was born in Tyron, North Carolina, and originally aspired to be a concert pianist, but became so much more. Professionally known as, Nina Simone, Waymon was a civil rights activist, and prolific songwriter, performer, and musician, whose music and influence transcended more barriers than musical. She attended Julliard in New York City and started performing in Atlantic City as Nina Simone to disguise herself from her family, who attributed secular music as "the devil's music." Her arrangements fused pop with classical and she recorded over 40 albums in her career.



Source: https://www.mynchomes.com/blog/10-famous-north-carolina-women.html

Maya Angelou was not born in North Carolina but called North Carolina home and her presence was formative in North Carolina, and the United States. She taught and was celebrated at Wake Forest University and lived in Winston-Salem. Angelou was a civil rights activist, actress, prolific writer, and role model, nominated for Grammys, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.


Source: https://www.mynchomes.com/blog/10-famous-north-carolina-women.html

Women’s History

During the four decades since its founding, the Women’s Commission evolved dramatically under several dynamic directors. Pat Grigg, who served as director from 1989-2004, developed the first witness program for children who live in homes where domestic violence is a threat. Grigg also fought to bring more social workers into the Women’s Commission and to expand services for women who are displaced from their homes by domestic violence or other issues and need help.

The Women’s Commission was also a catalyst for the establishment of the first Shelter for Battered Women, the Council for Children, Charlotte Emergency Housing and the first batterer’s intervention program (ADAM, now known as New Options for Violent Actions (NOVA).



Source: https://www.mecknc.gov/news/Pages/Women's-History-Month-in-Mecklenburg-County.aspx