JOIN RAISING RACE CONSCIOUS CHILDREN FOR INTERACTIVE OCTOBER 2024 WORKSHOP SERIES
The October 2024 interactive workshop series will take place on Sunday, October 20th at 8 PM, EST (and Follow-Up Workshop on October 27th at 8 PM, EST). NOTE: Registration for this workshop series may close 48 hours prior. We often avoid talking about…
New Coaching Circle with Raising Race Conscious Children
Have you already participated in Raising Race Conscious Children’s workshop series? Are you supporting/leading racial justice work in your school or community? Join Raising Race Conscious Children on eight Sunday evenings from 7:30-9:30 PM beginning on November 5th to strengthen…
Holding the tension: Watching the super bowl with my white family
by guest blogger Amanda Hambrick Ashcraft Along with 101 million others, we had the Super Bowl on our television last Sunday. During the pre-game, I was startled to see the Black National Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” performed. As…
When children encounter racism: A story I grew up hearing
by Sachi Feris When I was little, we almost never talked about race. But there is one story my mom told more than once about her mother, Rose. Though I never met my grandmother Rose, I “remember” her through stories….
Stories that hold trauma: Considering when/how to tell children
by Sachi Feris I must have been around sixteen because my grandmother, Mary, died a few months after my seventeenth birthday. She was sitting at the far, right corner of the dining table, where my mom usually sat. More often,…