Diversity and inclusion are values that international schools strive to uphold as multicultural communities, including JIS. But how do they hold up in the lens of today’s growing movements and conversations about anti-racism, representation, and equality? Does JIS truly exemplify the principles of diversity and inclusion?

In this episode of the JIS Podcast, host Joanna Sommers (Middle and High School Curriculum Coordinator) seeks to answer these questions and more with three special guests: High School Principal Clint Calzini, PEL Grade 3 Teacher Donise Lyons, and High School Math Teacher Susan Lee.

As co-chairs of JIS’s Focus Group Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), they chat with Joanna about the meaning and importance of DEI, how more and more international schools are recognizing the need to review their approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and what JIS is doing to change the way we talk about this important issue and take action.