Our students are often asked (or required) to ‘leave it at the door’ when they step into schools. By ‘it,’ the assumption is whatever occurs outside of school...culture, experiences, family, trauma, community, etc. But we don’t live in silos and we shouldn’t be requiring our students to pretend as if they do either. 

On this episode of ‘The State of Education,’ we are joined by the dynamic duo, Zenique and Jermar. Each side of this pair works to support youth both in and out of schools through visibility, mentoring, educating, and through building healthy relationships. Zenique comes to us with experience supporting young girls of color through modeling awareness of self, healthy boundaries, consent, and by building brave spaces to address the sexual violence these girls have already experienced in their lives. Jermar joins us with direct experiences supporting young boys of color who have already been ensnared by the criminal system by supporting their journeys back to community. Now, Jermar mentors and advocates for students of color in the districts he works within in hopes to increase visibility and representation of men of color in social work and education. 

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