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Black Mothers Speak About Raising and Teaching Black Lives in White Spaces
October 8, 2020 at 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm CDT
Black Mothers Speak About Raising and Teaching Black Lives in White Spaces
Free Live Virtual Event
Oct. 8, 2020, 4:30-6 p.m. PST
Join Oregon Episcopal School’s Director for Inclusion Dyan Watson, and educators Kara Hinderlie Stroman, and Natalie Labosierre as they share their experiences in raising, educating, and supporting Black children in mostly White spaces. Through storytelling and prose, these moms will provide glimpses into the conversations they have with their own children as well as Black students in their care. Participants will hear about the dilemmas these moms wrestle with as parent educators, and gain insight into how to keep Black lives safe in schools.This event is hosted by Oregon Episcopal School’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Participants will need access to Zoom. The event is 90 minutes. Participants will work together in breakout groups and have an opportunity to ask questions.Registration is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
About the Speakers
Kara Hinderlie Stroman is a kindergarten teacher at Irvington Elementary School in Portland, Oregon. She won the Enid and Selwyn Bloome Kindergarten Children’s Literature Book Award and has written articles for Rethinking Schools. She is also an Oregon Writing Project coach.
Natalie Labossiere is an assistant principal at Conestoga Middle School in Beaverton, Oregon, and a doctoral candidate at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling. She is a regular contributor for Rethinking Schools.
Dr. Dyan Watson is a former high school teacher and teacher educator. Currently, she is Director for Inclusion at Oregon Episcopal School and a Rethinking Schools editor. Some of her works include: Teaching for Black Lives, Rhythm and Resistance: Teaching Poetry for Social Justice, and Rethinking Elementary Education.