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Erin Jones is a Black mom and DEI educator from Washington with 30 years of experience as an educator. On today’s episode of Just Talks, Erin describes how folks complaining most about public school curriculum are people who aren’t actually aware of what is going on in the classroom. She’ll teach us how to support educators locally, and educate ourselves to be better allies in the fight for racial justice in our public education system. Just Talks is a video podcast on education justice. Join me as I talk with a variety of thought leaders to learn what folks are doing to protect public education and create healing and affirming educational spaces for our kids. In this season, we’ll be discussing what’s going on across the country with attacks on antiracism curriculum and the educators leading the work.
Get educated and take actionErin talks about ways communities can work to ensure all students, families and educators feel safe in their schools. Join as a Patreon member to engage with other members of the JustTalks Fam to discuss ways to get educated and take action in your community!
Let’s talk about it!Patreon is a safe space for members of the Just Talks Fam to engage with one another and extend our learning. Below, I've posted a few questions to get the dialog going. Feel free to post your responses or share questions or observations of your own:
Erin Jones describes the ways that astroturf groups pretend to speak for public education when they are really out to tearing it down. She asks, “Are they lifting up public educators and public schools? Or are they tearing them down?”. What types of advocacy helps support and improve public education? And, which types of advocacy harms public education?
Erin says that any group that you are a part of should be representative of the group it’s meant to be serving. Can you think of organizations that are effectively doing this? Are there examples of organizations that don’t do this well?
How has the involvement of white Evangelical church impacting conversations about education? What responsibilities do Christians have to work within their communities to heal the harm caused by Christian Nationalist movements?
Erin speaks about ways she is working to build safe spaces for communities that are being harmed to support one another. (e.g. Erin’s “Equity Fishbowl”) These include affinity spaces in and outside of schools (e.g. Black Student or Parent Groups, etc.) What groups are you a part of? What ideas do you have on creating similar spaces?
Erin talks about simple practicle ways we help support educators on the frontlines? She mentions simple actions like sending teachers notes of love and appreciation. Or, signing up to regularly bring hot meals for teachers. Do you have ideas on ways to support educators in local schools?
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By Ali M. CollinsIn this episode
Erin Jones is a Black mom and DEI educator from Washington with 30 years of experience as an educator. On today’s episode of Just Talks, Erin describes how folks complaining most about public school curriculum are people who aren’t actually aware of what is going on in the classroom. She’ll teach us how to support educators locally, and educate ourselves to be better allies in the fight for racial justice in our public education system. Just Talks is a video podcast on education justice. Join me as I talk with a variety of thought leaders to learn what folks are doing to protect public education and create healing and affirming educational spaces for our kids. In this season, we’ll be discussing what’s going on across the country with attacks on antiracism curriculum and the educators leading the work.
Get educated and take actionErin talks about ways communities can work to ensure all students, families and educators feel safe in their schools. Join as a Patreon member to engage with other members of the JustTalks Fam to discuss ways to get educated and take action in your community!
Let’s talk about it!Patreon is a safe space for members of the Just Talks Fam to engage with one another and extend our learning. Below, I've posted a few questions to get the dialog going. Feel free to post your responses or share questions or observations of your own:
Erin Jones describes the ways that astroturf groups pretend to speak for public education when they are really out to tearing it down. She asks, “Are they lifting up public educators and public schools? Or are they tearing them down?”. What types of advocacy helps support and improve public education? And, which types of advocacy harms public education?
Erin says that any group that you are a part of should be representative of the group it’s meant to be serving. Can you think of organizations that are effectively doing this? Are there examples of organizations that don’t do this well?
How has the involvement of white Evangelical church impacting conversations about education? What responsibilities do Christians have to work within their communities to heal the harm caused by Christian Nationalist movements?
Erin speaks about ways she is working to build safe spaces for communities that are being harmed to support one another. (e.g. Erin’s “Equity Fishbowl”) These include affinity spaces in and outside of schools (e.g. Black Student or Parent Groups, etc.) What groups are you a part of? What ideas do you have on creating similar spaces?
Erin talks about simple practicle ways we help support educators on the frontlines? She mentions simple actions like sending teachers notes of love and appreciation. Or, signing up to regularly bring hot meals for teachers. Do you have ideas on ways to support educators in local schools?