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Explore our Unique Approach to Racial Healing in this Six-Article Series with Mindful Magazine

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This first article in a series with Mindful highlights the importance of bringing mindfulness to our work for racial justice and identifies six critical elements of racial healing. 

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March 2024

The second article of our series with Mindful emphasizes the importance us practicing mindfulness for challenging bias. 

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April 2024

The third article of our series with Mindful challenges us to build compassion and courage into our toolkit for racial healing.

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May 2024

The fourth article of our series with Mindful invites us to engage shame rather than avoid it for transformative growth. 

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July 2024

The fifth and final article of our series with Mindful helps us to interrupt aggressions with curiosity and care. 

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Aug 2024

A follow-up to our racial healing series with commonly asked questions and answers from Tovi and her team!

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Honoring African American parents as partners in education

Educators must explicitly grant families of color authentic access to share their voices. That means allowing ourselves to be more uncomfortable than they are and not pulling rank by posture, tone or title.

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Playing your part in the orchestra of leadership

No matter where we are or what we're doing, our values are the fundamental notes our instruments play. They should be heard and felt in everything we do. Identifying your two values will help you stay conscious and connected in your leadership. 

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Trauma-informed leadership in schools: From the inside-out

The foundation of being a trauma-informed leader is transformational “inside-out” work that heals adult trauma and develops social-emotional intelligence. How can we teach what we do not embody?

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What's the data behind the data?

The numbers don't lie. For decades, the disaggregated data of our schools has been heartbreaking. I assert that there are adult data metrics we ignore that directly contribute to the problematic trends we find in our school data.

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Rest as a leadership strategy

Reclaim your peace and set the foundation for a successful school year with R.E.S.T: Restoratively Embracing Self Today. We do not need to lead our students and teams into an exhausted future. We can model a rested future — one built on clarity, creativity, and connection.

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