Anti-Racism Teach-Ins
Introduction
Citizens across the nation and world responded to the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. In Toledo, faculty and Ph.D. students from SPFE joined with others across the university to create Anti-Racism Teach-Ins.
Rooted in the 1950s and ‘60s civil rights and Vietnam war protests, a teach-in is simply an activity intended to share knowledge and generate energy toward confronting the important political issue of white supremacy that penetrates all levels of schooling in the US: P-12 and higher education.
The teach-ins provide a safe, expertly facilitated environment, especially intended for teachers, administrators, students, and community members, where we will explore white supremacy and expand their anti-racism knowledge and tools for recognizing and addressing it.
Materials from past teach-ins
Synopses of teach-ins are printed in The Sojourner’s Truth and powerpoints and other materials from each session can be accessed here:
Introduction, Part I. Lynne Hamer, Anti-Racism Teach-Ins: Safe Spaces to Tackle White Supremacy. Retrieve from https://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/072920pdf.pdf or http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/072920/lynne.htm
Introduction, Part II. Lynne Hamer, Anti-Racism Teach-Ins: Policy and Practice for Anti-Racism. Retrieve from https://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/080520pdf.pdf or http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/080520/anti.htm
Teach-Ins # 1 & 2. Shingi Mavima and Dale Snauwaert. Synopses in The Sojourner’s Truth, retrieve from https://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/081220pdf.pdf, pp. 10-11, or http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/081220/afrocentricity.htm and http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/081220/teachin.htm
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- Mavima, Why Afrocentricity? The Importance of an African-Centered Approach in Anti-Racism - PowerPoint
- Snauwaert, Pedagogy of Reflective Inquiry: Racial Inequity, Racist Policy and Anti-Racist Teaching - PowerPoint
Teach-Ins # 3 & 4. Aaron Baker and Chelsea Griffis. Synopses in The Sojourner’s Truth, retrieve from https://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/081920pdf.pdf, pp. 10, 12, or http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/081920/ut.htm
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- Baker, Critical Self-Reflection: Tools for Unpacking Seen, Unseen, and Unforeseen Racial Biases - PowerPoint
- Griffis, Exposing and Challenging White Privilege - PowerPoint
Teach-Ins # 5 & 6. Jason Cox and Renee Heberle. Synopses in The Sojourner’s Truth, retrieve from http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/082620/teachin.htm
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- Cox, Crap, My Curriculum Is Racist! What Do I Do? - PowerPoint
- Heberle, Teaching about White Violence: History, Framing and Accountability - PowerPoint
Teach-Ins #7 & 8. Hope Bland and Quatez Scott. Synopses in The Sojourner’s Truth, retrieve from http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/090220/teachin.htm and http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/090220pdf.pdf, pp. 6-7, 11-13
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- Bland, A critical look at systemic racism in education: The need for a racial equity policy - Powerpoint
- Scott, Antiracist Pedagogy as Praxis: Personal Commitments to Racially Inclusive Classrooms – Powerpoint
Teach-Ins # 9 & 10. Sakui Malakpa and Lynne Hamer. Synopses in The Sojourner’s Truth, Parts 1 of each presentation, retrieve from http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/090920/teachin.htm and https://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/090920pdf.pdfpp. 4, 6, 10-12; parts 2 of each presentation, retrieve from http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/story/2020/091620/ed.htm and http://www.thetruthtoledo.com/pdf/2020/091620pdf.pdf, pp. 5-6, 8, 12-13
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- Malakpa, Ideologies and Advantages of Diversity in Higher Education – Powerpoint
- Hamer, Knowing the Past Makes Sense of the Present: White Violence and School Segregation in Toledo - Powerpoint