{"data":{"ID":1145,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1667358107,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"From DEI to Antiracist","Handle":"from_dei_to_antiracist","ShortDescription":"What is the difference between DEI and Antiracist efforts in education? In this interactive workshop, participants will come together to support each other in furthering antiracist education and activism. Participants will work in groups and apply a Design Thinking framework to examine an issue related to Identity, Equity and Diversity. Groups will investigate persistent racist policies and practices in education and generate innovative solutions  to mitigate these issues within schools and organizations. Additionally, data demonstrating inequity in education and practices that are yielding more equitable student outcomes will be shared and discussed. Participants will collaborate to set actionable goals and commit to holding themselves and their schools more accountable to antiracist education.","Description":"While we continually discuss and advocate for DEI work and multicultural education, and are making strides in uncovering oppressive systems in classrooms, we seem to overlook or avoid two major strategies that would move the needle towards antiracist action in dismantling oppressive systems, structures and practices at the school level. The first obstacle to progress is status quo leadership\u2013a reluctance to turn the lens inward to examine our own leadership practices which may inadvertently reinforce oppression and inequity. The second obstacle is the inability to recognize ingrained, status quo pedagogical, assessment, organizational and disciplinary practices that perpetuate oppression and racism. In this session, we hope to have a discussion that illuminates where we might be stuck in schools, where DEI work might derail antiracist action, what is working and how students are thriving. Participants will collectively generate innovative, critical actions to address unjust practices that do not serve the best interest of students.","Link":["https:\/\/www.equicentric.org\/"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"After recording answers, concrete ideas around increased antiracist leadership capacity and overall activism will be developed and any successful strategies\/experiences shared. Participants will consider data that substantiate racism in education; they will think critically about their own educational practices and continued professional development; they will connect with other educators who want to work for antiracist education; and they will collaborate, using a Design Thinking framework to name, identify and generate solutions to combat racist practices and policies in their school spaces.","Presenter":["Katie Culver","Carissa Casey"],"PresenterAffiliation":["EQuientric Consulting","the School District of Philadelphia","Westover School"],"PresenterEmail":["culverkatie@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":147,"ScheduleLocationID":28,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":10}}