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DRAKE PARENT RACIAL EQUITY TEAM
Presents…
The Drake Parent Racial Equity Team is a group of parents who meet several times a year to engage in conversations about racial equity and to come together in solidarity for anti-racism work. Their team purpose is to engage in equity work at Drake High School by addressing the institutional racism in our schools and community. Understanding the unique environment of Marin County, we strive to make our community a safe place for our students and members of our community. We are willing to confront colorblindness, bias and white supremacy in ourselves, the systems, and institutions. We will work in partnership with students, staff, and parents at Drake to recognize racial inequities and work to create a more inclusive and safe school for our community.
To help meet their purpose, the Team has developed a community book reads and a series of spring events for the community to engage in including a COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION WORKSHOP and a COMMUNITY CONVERSATION about race.
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Community members are encouraged to join our community book read by reading one or both of the following books. Both books can be purchased at Whyte’s Booksmith and Town Books and checked out at the San Anselmo Library.
How to be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi
Waking Up White by Debby Irving
You can still be on the “same page” if you are unable to read by accessing any of the below options.
How to be an AntiRacist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Listen to it: audiobook, or downloadable audiobook or E-book from library (check availability online)www.ibramxkendi.com
- NY Public Radio Interview: https://www.wamc.org/post/book-show-1624-ibram-x-kendi
- NPR interview: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/13/750709263/ibram-x-kendis-latest-book-how-to-be-an-antiracist
- NPR Review: https://www.npr.org/2019/08/15/751070344/theres-no-such-thing-as-not-racist-in-ibram-x-kendis-how-to-be-an-anitracist
- New York Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/books/review/how-to-be-an-antiracist-ibram-x-kendi.html
- Washington Post review (long article): https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2019/10/14/anti-racist-revelations-ibram-x-kendi/?arc404=true
- Summary: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-how-to-be-an-antiracist/#gsc.tab=0 (summary book for sale, and free chapter summary)
- Video clip: CBS This Morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG1tlZoSdZI
- Book Club Kit: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5913d00603596e07853ef761/t/5dc37dafd013963f1c034404/1573092786304/bookclubkit.ANTIRACIST.pdf
Waking Up White by Debby Irving
- Listen to it: https://www.audible.com/pd/Waking-up-White-and-Finding-Myself-in-the-Story-of-Race-Audiobook/B01EINR1M4
- TED TALK: Finding Myself in the Story or Race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD5Ox5XNEpg
- NPR Interview: https://www.wpr.org/listen/548346 & https://restorativejusticeontherise.org/waking-up-white-an-interview-conversation-with-author-debby-irving/
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATION Workshop
Where: Drake High School Student Center
Date: March 4, 2020
Times: 10am or 6pm
Join other parents and community members for a workshop with Pacific Education Group’s Dr. Lori Watson. Learn an award-winning protocol for effectively engaging, sustaining and deepening interracial dialogue to address persistent racial disparities intentionally, explicitly, and comprehensively.
Learn more: www.courageousconversation.com
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT RACE
Where: Drake High School Student Center
Date: April 2, 2020
Time: 6pm
This culminating event will allow for student voice, food and a community conversation about race. We welcome Drake High’s Students Organized for Anti-Racism (SOAR) to share with the Ross Valley community insights into their work at Drake. We will then share a meal and hold a community conversation about race, racism in the Ross Valley and our understandings from the book reads and workshops. We invite the community to attend, even if you have not been able to read the books.
