OIE News and Announcements
Sanctuary and Abolition
When I worked in a continuation high school in the San Francisco Bay Area, my coworker told me a story about one of our former students.
November 10, 2021Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with LOVE
I recently facilitated a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) workshop where one of the Black female participants was expressing her experience as a woman in upper management in the company.
November 8, 2021Critical Consciousness: A Process for Rooting Out Anti-Black Racism
Racism does not exist in the mind of a five-year-old. Strolling the aisles at Target and looking at all of the dolls, my daughter selects a beautiful dark skinned doll.
November 8, 2021Good Teachers
From a young age I have felt that how things are isn’t right. It took longer for me to articulate the massive, massive wrong that is capitalism/colonialism/white supremacy.
October 29, 2021Abolish RTP! Visions of Transformative Justice
I want to share something that my body has been so kind enough to make me aware of, the heavy weight of “RTP.” Retention. Tenure. Promotion.
October 29, 2021Is it time to red pen AP style?
As we think about decolonizing the curriculum, journalism instructors are faced with the challenge of deciding if and how best to teach students Associated Press (AP) Style.
October 28, 2021