I co-authored an essay that was published on World Trust’s website! I’m not sure if that makes me an official freelancer now or…??? But an excerpt is below and the entire piece can be read at the link at the bottom!!
Spaces of Possibility: Building Radically Open Classrooms Allows for Organic Dialogue about Race, Power, and Social Justice
This year World Trust is collaborating with several individuals, across different sectors, to underline the importance of open authentic dialogue about inclusion, race, and power. In this piece Educator Bobby Biedrzycki and Graduate student Courtney Zellars examine why building a foundation is important for that work.
Bobby:
As an educator, some of the most beautiful, transformative, and scary spaces I find myself in are dialogues about race and identity. Any classroom space where people are sharing stories and experiences, and others are listening and reacting to that openness, can be life-changing. Much of the work I find myself doing in the classroom (and my classrooms are everything from college lecture halls to living rooms) is rooted in finding ways to collaborate with people on creating these kinds of spaces. Safe spaces. Honest spaces. Spaces of radical possibility.
Courtney:
Listen to your body….
More of this essay I helped author can be found here.
Inside the Ink 