19:00:53 From Isabelle DeFosset : Hello! 19:00:54 From joule bazemore : Hello! 19:01:41 From Lawrence Nardolillo : I ask them questions about what they’ve been doing during their nights or on weekends. 19:01:45 From Carey Rhodes : Post about it being a safe/ brave space....Allow them to guide me.... 19:01:45 From Christina Nealy : Having them share their personal stories of their families, culture, etc. 19:01:46 From Isabelle DeFosset : We recently did a "song identity" activity 19:01:57 From Fyniss Nixon : I create spaces for them to speak their home language freely. 19:02:04 From Mehreen Aleem : I Am Poem 19:02:10 From joule bazemore : Our first intros are to introduce our selves by name/preferred pronouns/identity- ethnicity 19:02:15 From Karen Tanner-Oliphant : meeting each at the door, morning meetings, use their names 19:02:21 From Brooke Bryant : Adapting my classroom to better suit all identities in the class. 19:02:57 From Lily Newman : Multi-lingual greetings, telling our stories, identity plates 19:03:01 From Karin Rinderknecht : Creating opportunities for them to share about themselves, their interests, their ideas; also really listening to them when they share 19:03:14 From Brooke Bryant : ^ I really like what Karin said. 19:03:15 From Mary Jackson-Freeny : I share the “I am From” poem activity with teachers to use with their students. 19:03:37 From Holly Mueller : "Where I'm From" poems/videos, surveys, check-ins 19:03:52 From Shawn Ford : I teach ESL in a community college, so I always start with studentsʻ identities and follow an additive pedagogy for multiculturalism and multilingualism 19:03:58 From Tina Roberts : When I was in the classroom, the first thing I did was make sure I knew students' names on the first day of school. We did a cultural iceberg activity, as well, that allowed students to share about themselves and for me to learn about them. 19:04:03 From Christina Nealy : Student, Boone, NC 19:04:03 From Rebecca Grudzina-Macias : Curriculum developer, live and work in NYC 19:04:05 From Ariana Kretz (she/her/hers) : I’m a student, and originally from LA but am living in Berkeley at the moment! 19:04:06 From Shawn Ford : Honolulu, Hawaii 19:04:06 From Haley Bolduc (she/her) : Boone, NC 19:04:07 From Lawrence Nardolillo : From NJ, currently living and working in Columbia MD. 19:04:15 From Brooke Bryant : I am a student at Appalachian State University, majoring in Secondary English Education 19:04:16 From Karen Tanner-Oliphant : Roselle, New Jersey, 19:04:16 From Megan Barlow : Boone, NC 19:04:19 From Carey Rhodes : Philly, literacy coach 19:04:20 From Hannah Jenks : I teach 10th and 12th grade English in Sacramento, CA 19:04:24 From Victoria McGinnis : Student at Appalachian State in Boone, NC 19:04:25 From Holly Mueller : Education Consultant and Gifted Coordinator from Cincinnati 19:04:26 From Fyniss Nixon : Charlotte, NC. I teach NC Math 3 and AVID-11 to high school students. 19:04:27 From Karin Rinderknecht : Los Angeles, CA - Director of Literacy for Partnership for LA Schools 19:04:29 From Jennie Weschler : Boone, NC (student at Appalachian State) 19:04:31 From Mehreen Aleem : Indian from North Carolina, student and electives teacher. 19:04:31 From Lily Newman (She/Her) : I'm Lily. I live in MA. I am the Director of High School Design for a school expanding to high school in 2022 19:04:38 From Jill DeGoede : Seattle 19:04:38 From Tina Roberts : I am Tina. I'm from the Central Oregon Coast. I'm the ELA education specialist at the Oregon Department of Education. 19:04:41 From NaNetta Hullum : NaNetta Hullum Gates Mills Ohio Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 19:04:44 From Patricia Amezcua : Yuba City, California 19:04:47 From Alexa Arboleda : 6th grade ELA, Washington, DC 19:04:50 From Mary Jackson-Freeny : District Support Coordinator, Los Angeles, CA I live in Carson, work in San Fernando Valley 19:04:53 From Lisa Goldschmidt : Brooklyn. NY! 19:04:57 From Loretta Hickman : Hi! I’m in San Jose, CA and work as a director at nonprofit 19:04:59 From joule bazemore : I work in Danbury, CT but live in Moodus CT.; Dir. of Equity and Justice Center; Coordinator of Bridge Program 6-12; Literacy Teacher 19:05:00 From Jennie Beltramini (she/her/hers) : I'm Jennie. I'm with SAP and live near Seattle also! 19:05:05 From Dorothy Smith : Hello again from Appalachian State University, Boone, NC - Art Education Major 19:08:16 From Carey Rhodes : Thank you supporting us in our journey! It's great to do the work with others. 19:11:04 From Hannah Jenks : Followed! 19:12:56 From Lawrence Nardolillo : Ana - Did you design the course during the summer before the class? 19:15:08 From Holly Mueller : "Students should be our main stakeholders." Yes! 19:15:56 From Jennie Beltramini (she/her/hers) : +1 Holly! 19:18:26 From Carey Rhodes : I heard recently from two educators the idea that our students can handle complex texts bc they experience complexity every day of their lives. 19:19:41 From Holly Mueller : Absolutely. So many times we keep kids from real stories because we think we're protecting them. However, those texts and stories could end up saving them. 19:19:55 From Christina Nealy : That is SO incredible and amazing that you did that!! 19:21:32 From Sarah Peterson : Yup Ariana - oppression baked-in 19:22:30 From Carey Rhodes : @ Ariana YES! 19:24:02 From Lawrence Nardolillo : You need to become Admin in a prestigious university. 19:24:53 From Brooke Bryant : Yes!! 19:26:28 From Brooke Bryant : Such powerful statements. 19:26:31 From Mehreen Aleem : Wow, nicely said! 19:29:08 From Tori McGinnis (she/her/hers) : Wow wow wow 19:30:22 From Brooke Bryant : A million times YES! 19:32:55 From Carey Rhodes : @ Ana- I can't tell you how important it is for teachers to hear your perspective. Thank you. I appreciate you. Your words are so powerful. 19:34:10 From Jennie Beltramini (she/her/hers) : Resources: http://bit.ly/donnormshierarchy 19:34:25 From Ana De Almeida Amaral (she/her) : JOIN OUR TEACHERS FACEBOOK GROUP <3 19:34:26 From Ana De Almeida Amaral (she/her) : www.facebook.com/groups/donteacherallies/ 19:37:30 From Hillary Arrendell : https://www.achievementnetwork.org/ 19:47:49 From Lily Newman (She/Her) : Question: How do we undo and disrupt white supremacy in education, while still preparing our students to navigate its reality and dismantle it? 19:48:49 From Adrienne Bailey : Check out Chris Emdin at Columbia TC on the equity and science front 19:49:32 From Dorothy Smith : Questions to https://pollev.com/sap001 19:50:02 From Jennie Weschler : I am a student studying Elementary Education, I was wondering how you would recommend addressing parents or guardians who disagree with your methods and topics that you talk to your kids about? 19:52:06 From Montana Murphy : such a good point! students are told not to speak the native language in the class at times - so damaging! 19:53:57 From Angela Epperson : That was so powerful Ana; the “Language of Power.” 19:54:13 From Lily Newman (She/Her) : THANK YOU!!! 19:54:17 From Lily Newman (She/Her) : I will share with our team 19:56:27 From Angela Epperson : In my District we are beginning conversations in “Diversity Cafes” where families have an opportunity to share their feelings about Antiracism and get to address their position/identity of “not Being Racist.” This will be an ongoing conversation. 19:57:04 From Tori McGinnis (she/her/hers) : ^ I love this idea 19:58:57 From Mary Jackson-Freeny : I love this as well. Will share with my district 20:00:27 From Maria Kruzdlo she/her/hers : I am working with 8th grade GT students and working through STAMPED by Jason Reynolds/Ibram Kendi- we talked about who defines who they are- very powerful discussion. They have shared that their education to date has cheated them. They are activating how to share what they are learning with others. 20:00:42 From Angela Epperson : Thank you Ana, Ariana & Joy! 20:00:47 From Ariana Kretz (she/her/hers) : One more plug! Join our teacher ally group! 20:00:49 From Ariana Kretz (she/her/hers) : https://www.facebook.com/groups/donteacherallies 20:00:52 From Ana De Almeida Amaral (she/her) : Facebook group <3 20:00:53 From Jennie Beltramini (she/her/hers) : Future Coffee & Conversations: http://coreadvocates.eventbrite.com 20:00:53 From Ana De Almeida Amaral (she/her) : https://www.facebook.com/groups/donteacherallies/ 20:01:02 From Erin Birden (she/her) : Thank you - wonderful 20:01:10 From Sarah Peterson : Thank you very, very much. A much needed opportunity. 20:01:12 From Montana Murphy : thank you all! very helpful! 20:01:20 From Haley Bolduc (she/her) : Thank you!! 20:01:23 From Isabelle DeFosset : *applause*!!!! 20:01:24 From Loretta Hickman : Thank you A & A :) 20:01:26 From Lily Newman (She/Her) : Thank you so much. Would love to learn more from you! 20:01:26 From Jennie Beltramini (she/her/hers) : Feedback Survey: http://bit.ly/oct20ccfeedback 20:01:32 From Carey Rhodes : Following! Thank you to Ana and Ariana as well as SAP. This was the best hour of my day! 20:01:33 From joule bazemore : Thank you all. 20:01:42 From Jennie Weschler : Thank you! 20:01:43 From Jennie Beltramini (she/her/hers) : Join our network: http://bit.ly/coreadvocatesignup