by lindaoppenheim | Aug 15, 2017 | Podcast
Psychologists Howard Stevenson (who spoke at the February 2017 Not in Our Town Continuing Conversation) and Tamar Chansky describe the conversations parents should be having with their children about racial violence on WHYY’s Newsworks. Sort out your own...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 15, 2017 | Article
Washington Post reporters William Wan and Sarah Kaplan interviewed two scientists to ask about persistent racism. (Click here to read the article.) Main takeaways are: People absorb the biases in their cultures. ” ‘The truth is that unless parents actively...
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 15, 2017 | Article
The New York Times lists books to help parents talk to their children about racism and anti-Semitism and those who stood up against oppression. See the article here.
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 2, 2017 | Opinion
Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez shares the ways her “white parent friends have proven to be allies in a non-invasive manner.” To read more, click here.
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 2, 2017 | Opinion
Having made the decision to send her children to a private rather than public school, white parent Shannon Cofrin Gaggero details how she began to engage her children’s school around issues of race, class and equity, including using the Action Kit for Talking...