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Beaverton School District
Beaverton School District

Beaverton Schools

Community-Wide Conversation Around Race March 8, 2023

Registration is now open for the Fourth Annual Community Conversations Around Race.  This year’s conversation will be an in person event and consist of a Soft Opening with Table Conversation Starters and Community Resource Fair, followed by a Student Panel and Break Out Sessions, from 4:30-6:30. Optional Racial Affinity Space Debrief Discussions will take place from 6:30-7:15 PM 

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MARCH 7, 2023

 

The Student Panel will elevate high school students' voices, sharing their personal narratives and experiences while allowing the listeners to lean into their own racial literacy.  Racial literacy is the knowledge, skills, and awareness needed to talk thoughtfully about race and racism, with the goal of eradicating racism.

The optional Racial Affinity Space will be an opportunity for participants to reflect on their learning from the student panel and engage in discussions based on their racial identity. Racial Literacy:  It is a concept developed by sociology professor France Twine from her research in the UK with mixed race families.  The concept describes “a set of practices designed by parents and others to teach their children how to recognize, respond to and counter forms of everyday racism.  The emphasis on teaching children as well as adults how to identify routine forms of racism and to develop strategies for countering it and coping with it.” To learn more, please consider watching the TED Talk by Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo, "What it takes to be racially literate"

Racial Affinity (Caucus):  "A caucus is an intentionally created space for those who share an identity to convene for learning, support, and connections. Caucuses based on racial identity are often comprised, respectively, of people of color, white people, people who hold multiracial identities, or people who share specific racial or ethnic identities."  Racial Equity Tools

An email will be sent to all registrants the day before the event with the agenda and list of Break Out sessions..  We thank you for your interest in joining us on March 8, from 4:30-6:30 pm.

You can register at: https://forms.gle/G4ZaenBctRQRVQFt5 or through this QR Code:

 

For registration assistance please contact susan_ouellette@beaverton.k12.or.us

Community Conversation Around Race 

Wednesday, March 8, 2023, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.