by Sachi Feris The Covid Spring felt liberating as a parent compared to this Fall. Covid Spring, while hard, even under the best of possible conditions, felt temporary. Covid Fall feels permanent and indefinite. And anything but liberating. Instead, it…
A multi-racial facilitator group will offer 11 anti-racist workshop for “free,” with 100% of donation-based registration going directly to the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL). (The Movement for Black Lives is made up of over 150 organizations that coordinate actions,…
My children and I make rice krispie treats a few times a year and every time we make, we talk about the white, male elves on the packaging. Due to corona virus, we finally have had the time to take…
An interview with Lisa Raymond-Tolan Lisa Raymond-Tolan is a parent in Brooklyn’s District 15 whose son was part of the district’s new desegregation plan. As a result, her son was assigned to a school that was not on their list,…
by Sachi Feris Inspired by Stand for Kids and A Striving Parent, I asked my six-year-old daughter and two-and-a-half-year-old son whether they might like to make rice krispie treats to raise money for immigrant children who have been separated from their…
by Lori Taliaferro Riddick A few weeks ago my family and I visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D. C. As we walked to the museum from our car, my husband warned my children…
Raising Race Conscious Children created this comic in response to a comment on our Facebook feed after we shared this comic about class privilege. The commenter wrote that they wished there was a similar comic that addressed White privilege. So…
Join Raising Race Conscious Children for our first podcast, a conversation with Dr. Brigitte Vittrup, whose research (featured in “Nurture Shock”) we “sit on” quite literally, regarding the power of explicit conversations about race with young children. The podcast includes conversation…
by guest blogger Trina Greene Brown Yesterday, I went through my second-grader’s folder to review his homework and sign my initials on his daily agenda. In his folder, I was shocked to find a form with a personal note written…
Raising Race Conscious Children is launching a podcast series, “In conversation with Raising Race Conscious Children.” Dr. Brigitte Vittrup, whose research is referenced in the best-selling book “Nurture Shock” will honor us as our first guest. Dr. Vittrup, whose work…
