Learn to be an antiracist

Learn and explore new ways of thinking about racism, antiracism, and what it means to be an antiracist.

Through three “core” sessions that are open to all District 65 and Evanston community members, we will explore the kinds of nuanced and not-often considered racist and antiracist ideas presented in the book How to be an Antiracist. Through this exploration, we will develop a new lens to examine our own ideas and behaviors and then examine and course-correct what we model and teach our children. This new lens will also be applied to PTA, school, and district policies and practices.

Check out our calendar for details about the sessions.

• LEARN #3 on 3.25.2020: Webinar with Dr. John Diamond

  click here for the recording > summary > la traducción al español del resumen >
  
  “Treating ignorance and hate and expecting racism to shrink suddenly seemed like treating a cancer patient’s symptoms and expecting the tumors to shrink….Educational and moral suasion is not only a failed strategy. It is a suicidal strategy.” - Dr. Kendi

• LEARN #2 on 1.28.2020: Haven Middle School with Dr. Jacqueline Battalora

  click here for the summary > session handout > presentation > la traducción al español del resumen >
  

  “My journey to being an antiracist first recognized the intersectionality of my ethnic racism, and then my bodily racism, and then my cultural racism, and then my color racism, and then my class racism, and when I entered graduate school, my gender racism and queer racism.” - Dr. Kendi

• LEARN #1 on 10.17.2019: Nichols Middle School with Dr. John Diamond

  click here for the summary > la traducción al español del resumen >
  

  “There is no such thing as a not-racist idea, only racist ideas and antiracist ideas.” - Dr. Kendi

ACT TOGETHER FOR CHANGE

An opportunity to act and connect with your school community to create change.

Each of the three core sessions will be followed by a session where concepts like ‘there is no such thing as not-racist policies, only racist and antiracist policies’ can be applied to school’s policies and practices. Participants will leave the first ACT sessions with an antiracist action plan focused on a policy or practice of their choosing. ACT sessions two and three will be opportunities to plan for implementation and sustainability as well as troubleshoot. Systems for cross-school collaboration will be provided.

Click here to view your school’s upcoming sessions >

• #3 ACT Sessions

  • March 31 for Haven and Haven feeder schools click here to register >

  • April 14 for Nichols, Chute, feeders, BRGS, and open to everyone click here to register >

  • April 16 for Dewey families click here to register >

  • April 22 at Lincoln CANCELLED - please join the April 14 session

  • April 29 for King Arts Literary & Fine Arts families click here to register >

GROW YOUR CAPACITY

Grow your capacity to effect change by taking a deep dive into the book How to be an Antiracist. Join Evanstonians the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. See our book discussion calendar for details.

• November 5: Chapters 1-6 at Family Focus

• December 3: Chapters 7-9 at Family Focus

• January 7: Chapters 10-12 at Family Focus

• February 4: Chapters 13-15 at Family Focus

• March 3: Chapters 16-18 at Family Focus