Friends,
The Texas Association for Talented and Gifted (TAGT) Gifted +
Equity Conference concludes today.? They have made
recordings of these sessions on racism from earlier this week
available at their website:?
Speaker Colin Seale, has a Blog post on the NAGC website titled:
Black Lives Matter. Black Minds Matter, Too: The Case For
Prioritizing Equity In Gifted Education As An Urgent Racial
Justice Issue. ?
As an advocate for TAG, I am concerned that because of the many
financial and logistical challenges facing school districts in the
fall they will eliminate TAG programs and advanced instruction in
general.?? In the words of Mr. Seale, "fighting for equity should
never result in an outcome where everyone gets nothing, even if
the equity issues are not being resolved rapidly enough."
Judy Smith
On 6/5/2020 6:15 PM, Margaret DeLacy
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Friends:
This is forwarded from the Texas TAG association (TAGT)
This last week has been difficult for our country, state, and
communities
as we experience sadness and outrage at the injustices that we
continue
to see across our nation. As we head into a conference focused on
equity,
access, and serving the underserved, we realized the great
opportunity we
have as an organization to lean into these difficult conversations
about
racism, bias, and inequity. To that end we have made a few
additions to
the program. These two sessions are open to anyone,
registration for
the conference is not necessary or required. To RSVP, please
click here:
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Monday, 1:00 pm 2:00 pm CT
No More Silence: Tools for White People Who Want to Actively
Fight
Racism
Speakers: Kelsey Karcher, Allen ISD and Colin Seale,
thinkLaw
It is impossible to detach the fight for equity in education, and
in
gifted education in particular, from the broader struggle for
racial
justice in this country. At a time when racial tensions are
flaring up
nationally at a level unseen in generations, one thing is
abundantly
clear: racism cannot, and will not be wiped out without active
involvement from white people committed to the cause. This panel
discussion and workshop will give all attendees the practical
tools to
understand how to not just be "not racist," but become an
anti-racist, active participant in ending racism. After this
session, you
will have the practical tools needed to transform from a mere ally
to a
true co-conspirator in the fight against racism.
?
Wednesday, 12:30 pm 1:00 pm CT
A Conversation about Difficult Conversations with Jelani Memory,
Author
of ¡°A Kids Book About Racism¡±
Join Jelani Memory, author of ¡°A Kids Book About Racism¡± and
founder
of A Kids Book About publishing company, in a conversation about
race and
how to have conversations about difficult topics with kids.
Jelani, a
black man married to a white woman, has a blended family of 6 kids
and
the topic of race comes up often. Jelani wrote a straight-forward
book
about it called ¡°A Kids Book About Racism¡± that sparked
conversation and
interest from all of his adult friends because it gave kids and
adults
permission to talk about such a difficult topic. What started as a
small
project is now a series of a dozen books around racism, feminism,
body
image, cancer, belonging, gratitude, and launching 30 new books
every
year!
?In unity,
Paulina van Eeden Hill, CAE | Executive Director
