Read Dr. Bettina L. Love
Book: We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom "An Essay for Teachers Who Understand Racism Is Real" "Teachers, We Cannot Go Back to the Way Things Were" "White Teachers Need Anti-Racist Therapy" "How Schools Are 'Spirit Murdering' Black and Brown Students" "Dear White Teachers: You Can't Love Your Black Students If You Don't Know Them" "'Grit Is in Our DNA': Why Teaching Grit Is Inherently Anti-Black" Reading List "Reading Towards Abolition: A Reading List on Policing, Rebellion, and the Criminalization of Blackness" More Recommended Books The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Resources to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing, by Annelise E. Singh How To Be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi Start Where You Are, But Don't Stay There: Understanding Diversity, Opportunity Gaps, and Teaching in Today's Classrooms, by H. Richard Milner IV Cultivating Genius: An Equity Model for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy, by Gholdy Muhammad Recommended Podcasts Healing Justice (Kate Werning) NYC Healing Collective (Angel Acosta) 1619 (Nikole Hannah-Jones) Speaking of Racism (Tina Strawn, Jen Kinney) Still Processing (Wesley Morris, Jenna Wortham) |
Contact: Kumi Watanabe-Schock, Big Read Program Coordinator
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