• Alamada Parents for Racial Equity

     

    Courageous Conversations about Race with Alameda Parents (CCAR)

    This group provides parents with educational opportunities and community to build shared understanding of race and racism, including in our families, school and district.  Alameda PTA supports this work.  With knowledge and experience gained in this group, parents can engage in their own racial equity journey and support racial equity efforts in their school and community.  

    The effort started in 16-17 and has held 17 gatherings/workshops over the past 3 years.  Initially, facilitation support came from staff at èßäapp¹ÙÍø Office of Equity and Partnerships.  èßäapp¹ÙÍø leadership changed, restructured district departments, and that Office ceased to exist as of May 2018.  Currently, Alameda parent volunteers coordinate and facilitate the meetings. 

    Across èßäapp¹ÙÍø each school has its own path in racial equity.  This critical work addresses the harmful effects of historical and current institutional racism.  These dynamics result in children of color experiencing worse academic outcomes than their white peers, and they harm the safety and belonging of children of color in our schools (See  for data on academic outcomes and Ã¨ßäapp¹ÙÍø Successful Schools Survey website for data on belonging and safety).

    Parents for Racial Equity meetings occur 6pm -8pm with dinner and childcare provided, starting at 5:45.  Parents typically meet in the Alameda library, with childcare in the cafeteria.  During 2019-20, some meetings may take place at Beaumont (to be determined).

     

  • Resources

    Listed below are materials used in previous CCAR sessions.

    • . A powerpoint presentation prepared by èßäapp¹ÙÍø Office of Equity, and additional explanation of the protocol in the framework.

    • . Video, featuring a scholar from Oregon, that was used for introduction to Microaggressions.

    • , and .  Both resources examine the impact of microaggressions on children and youth at different ages.

    • . A powerpoint prepared by èßäapp¹ÙÍø Office of Equity.

    • : a tool for reflecting on your racial identity development and awareness.

    • and tools for community building and repairing harm among students and communities.

    • èßäapp¹ÙÍø area civil rights history: OPB documentary explores history of racism and civil rights in Oregon, while  takes a more in-depth look at the fight for civil rights in èßäapp¹ÙÍø.  PSU Professor Karen Gibson journal article, , analyzes the legacy of redlining and housing discrimination policies in èßäapp¹ÙÍø; those impacts are still playing out today in rapid gentrification.  

    • Exploring White Identity: Concepts of , , and .  And, , a 14 episode podcast on the social construction of race, including whiteness, and its impact on policy, law, and US society.

    • Understanding the importance of equity in .

    • Disparities in school discipline, from to , and Dignity in School's
    • School Integration: MacArthur Genius Nikole Hannah-Jones work with and her, examining the relationship between housing segregation and school segregation and options for truly changing the system.  A grassroots national organization, , offers mindful and intentional approaches for school integration.