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Racism, Education, and Black Children’s Mental Health
Glad to be featured in the Psychology Today article discussing the need for nourishing spaces to protect Black children’s mental health. I’ve included an excerpt from Psychology Today below but click here to read the full article. “This is part of the work being tackled by the Round Rock Black Parents Association in Texas, which was formed…
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Policing in Schools Panel with Austin School of Film
Over the course of one weekend, Austin School of Film collaborated with the award-winning poet & activist KB Brookins to curate & teach a completely free 8-hour workshop encompassing poetry writing, analog filmmaking, and deep discussion on safety & policing in schools with students in grades 7-12. This event debuted the three film poems completely shot…
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Black parents organize to protect book on the history of racism from school ban in Texas
Natosha Daniels, a member of the Round Rock Black Parents Association, talks about how her group was able to organize to defend a book about the history of racism from being banned by the school board amid a frenzy of right-wing book-banning. Watch the interview below
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Local Writer Makes Black History Month Accessible to All
Natosha Daniels, a parent and assistant principal at a Round Rock school, has never been impressed with the Black history curriculum in schools. In a previous role as an instructional technology specialist in Round Rock ISD, she saw the huge variations in Black History Month curricula and decided to put together a website about local…
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How to beat a book ban: students, parents and librarians fight back
I had the privilege to speak to Adam Gabbatt and The Guardian to speak about Banned Books Week. This was a team effort of multiple community members and groups including Round Rock Black Parents Association and I’m honored to be a part of this. Click the image below to read more.
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A Better and Brighter World
Round Rock Parents feature in the April 2022 edition of Austin Woman
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To quarantine or not: The hard choices schools are leaving to parents and staff
Thank you to Amanda Gomez for elevating the story of many other parents in Round Rock and other districts around Texas with very loose or nonexistent mask mandates. Click the image below to hear my thoughts.
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Ted Talk – How Designing for the Margins Created Surprisingly Unintended Consequences
I was invited by the Teachers Guild/School Retool to speak at their launch party for their new design tools for education. I am humbled to have spoken with such dedicated and innovative education leaders.
