Windows & Mirrors

What are Windows and Mirrors: 

It is the conceptual framework conceived by Emily Styles as part of the national SEED project. (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity)  Mirrors are stories that reflect your culture/reality and help you understand yourself. They help you feel seen, valued, and affirmed.

Windows are books, movies, art, etc that offer you a view into someone else’s experience.  Getting insight into other people's lives, cultures and perspectives helps develop empathy and understanding.

We all need both in our lives. 

When you just have mirrors, your world view lacks the beauty of a wide range of perspectives. When you just have windows you feel like you don’t belong. But when you see life through this lens, and make room for both windows and mirrors, a rich, diverse, global world reveals that there are multiple ways of being.

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