November Monthly Education Challenge
You are invited to learn with the Alki PTA!
In June, the Alki PTA made a resolution to increase education for families on how to be antiracist and become an ally. The resources below are a starting point, as each person has a different knowledge base, as well as a different amount of time to focus on antiracist education. The options below provide a range from adding an account to follow on your Instagram feed, reading a book for yourself or to your child, delving into art, listening to a podcast or supporting a black owned bookstore. Please choose something from this list or educate yourself in other ways throughout this month. You can add your learning, questions, and comments about these works on the Padlet. Remember that all commentary must follow the Alki Way: Always be responsible, Let kindness be your guide, Keep yourself and others safe, Inspire respect and pride.
Thank you,
Davina Dilley, Alki Advocacy Chair
Book:
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (available on Kindle and as an audiobook)
Teaching Guide for high school students (or scholarly adults) to accompany the book, created by Teaching Tolerance
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/publications/teaching-the-new-jim-crow
Podcast:
Code Switch by NPR https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
Children’s Books:
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, reading level age 10
At the Mountain’s Base by Traci Sorell illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre, picture book
Instagram:
@weshoyot -Native American artist and activist
@jacqueline_woodson -author
Art: Margaret Tayolor-Burroughs: artist, writer and educator
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.34217.html
Weshoyot Alvitre – artist https://www.weshoyot.com/