DESCRIPTION: Kalinda and Michelle have a candid conversation about authenticity in the midst of the recent racial reckoning in the United States by discussing the question, “As an educator in the midst of the racial reckoning in the United States, how do you remain authentic to your beliefs & continue to grow?” Michelle focuses on the importance of shielding your gifts from exploitation, and Kalinda weighs in on speaking up when POC’s voices are absent from a crucial conversation. This episode is part of Educators for Impact’s Enduring Essentials series, which is an ongoing conversation that focuses on sharing concepts, ideas, and sometimes advice for teachers, principals, counselors, and other stakeholders in the education system.

“Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.”

-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for Reparations