'Moving Beyond Representation Toward Liberation' explores antiracism in the classroom
Sonja Cherry-Paul, the author of 鈥淪tamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You,鈥 and other books on antiracism, equity and education, will speak at a community event for teachers on Tuesday, April 23 at Western.
鈥溾 will explore essential characteristics of antiracist teaching and give teachers strategies to use in their own classrooms that help students challenge racist ideas.
Cherry-Paul is the founder of the Red Clay Educators, co-director of Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy, co-director of the Teach Black History All Year Institute, and executive producer and host of The Black Creators Series. She is an educator with more than 20 years of classroom experience who has written several books that support reading and writing instruction including 鈥淎ntiracist Reading Revolution: A Framework for Teaching Beyond Representation Toward Liberation.鈥
Cherry-Paul will speak Tuesday, April 23, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Academic Instructional Center West, Room 210. .
Cherry-Paul鈥檚 talk is sponsored by Woodring College of Education, Bellingham public Schools, Whatcom CARE, Happy Valley PTA and The Foundation for 草榴社区 & Alumni.