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Anti-Racism & Our Classroom
The success of our classroom community is contingent upon the strength of our collective commitment to an anti-racist agenda. As such, we will co-create an environment that values every individual and celebrates a community made of multicultural perspectives, identities, stories, and voices. We will ground our practices in empathy, compassion, collaboration, and community. We will exercise our responsibility to confront and dismantle personal and institutional biases and structures that aim to silence, oppress, and erase and which have left a legacy of lasting harm. In their wake, we will create safe spaces to explore race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. We will strive to create a community in which each of us feels seen, heard, valued, represented and respected. The goal of such work, as noted by writer and anti-racist educator Felicia Chavez, “is to radically reorient [the classroom] away from a white supremacist arena of individualism and rivalry into a supportive, multicultural collective of [artists] with voice” (Chavez, 2020).
Your enrollment in this course reflects your commitment to engaging with and improving upon these core values and principles.
Inclusive Arts Communities
Inclusive Arts Communities
& Resources
& Resources
The following resources were first assembled by Felicia Rose Chavez in The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop. Additional resources and learning materials can be found here.
"de-canon is a literary social practice + publishing + library art project that centers works by BIPOC writers and artists, through creating spaces (virtual, physical, publication) where those works and voices are centered and honored."
"Together let’s dispel the myth of scarcity: That there aren’t any quality writers of color out there. Follow the link to access—and add to—an ever-evolving, multi-genre compilation of contemporary writers of color and progressive online publishing platforms. This living document is intended as a dynamic educational resource and springboard for further research. Call it recommended reading." -Felicia Rose Chavez
"The premier multi-genre workshop for BIPOC Writers, VONA is a Home where writers of color come to hone their craft and be in community. VONA honors its writers' unique histories, traditions and aesthetics and provides a protected mentoring space for learning and fellowship. VONA fosters the development of personal and political writing and engages in the work of social justice as we build our global community of writers."
"Music, trends, y cultura. Our mission is to be the most progressive media brand that puts emerging Latin culture on the map. The right way."
"Founded around a kitchen table in 2009 by Norma E. Cantú, Celeste Guzmán Mendoza, Pablo Miguel Martínez, Deborah Paredez, and Carmen Tafolla, CantoMundo is a national poetry organization that cultivates community for Latinx poets. Through its workshops, symposia, and public readings, CantoMundo is a celebration of the worlds of song within the community, from its elders to its youth."
"Founded by Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady in 1996 to remedy the under-representation and isolation of African American poets in the literary landscape, Cave Canem Foundation is a home for the many voices of African American poetry and is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets."
"Kundiman creates an affirming and rigorous space where Asian American writers can explore, through art, the unique challenges that face the new and ever changing diaspora. We see the arts as a tool of empowerment, of education and liberation, of addressing proactively the legacy we will leave for our future."
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