These curated resources are a combination of our research, suggestions from webinars and other professional development, and the hard work of other ABAR educators who were already working to provide resources. We gratefully acknowledge their contributions and guidance as we collected and curated materials for this toolkit. Further, the writings in this toolkit are based in learnings from Lorena Germán’s “The Anti-Racist Teacher: Reading Instruction Workbook."
Amy L. Eva
BARWE (Building AntiRacist White Educators)
Chicago Public Schools
Clare de Leon
Keisha Rembert
Liberate & Chill
Lit C.I.R.C.L.E.
Liz Kleinrock
Lorena Germán
National Council of Teachers of English
NNSTOY
Paul Gorski
Teaching Tolerance
Tierionna Pinkston
Zinn Education Project
Deborah Menhart
Many thanks to the educators and leaders who provided feedback on the content and layout of this toolkit. Your time and thoughts were essential to its development.
Afrika Afeni Mills
Sharon Bush
Isaac Castalez
Violeta Cerna-Prado
Noemi Cortez
Bill Curtin
Fanny Diego Alvarez
Charity Freeman
Rikeita Harris
Victor Idowu
Crystal Jameau
Kwalee Kemp
Josh Kaufmann
Autumn Laidler
Bethea Lane
Dr. Lawrence Mamiya
Ashley McCall
Maurice McDavid
Clarissa Peterson
Bill Polasky
Elissa Rabin
L’Rae Robinson
Lisset Rosales
Janelle Scharon
Gloria Trejo
Diamond Walls
Jacinta Warnie
Oak Park Elementary School District 97
La Grange Elementary School District 102//Alex is a Black and Latinx, cis-gender man. In his 7th year of education, Alex is currently a 4th grade teacher. His teaching, and district leadership roles, focus on equity and ABAR practices. Outside of the classroom, Alex's work is research focused, exploring disability advocacy and social and emotional learning implementation in elementary students.
Chicago Public Schools
CCSD181 // Jacquelyn is a Latinx cis-gender woman. Over her 13 years in education, she has taught high school and middle school Language Arts and served in leadership positions. She creates professional development opportunities on Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and student advocacy.
Chicago Public Schools // Jessica is a white, cis-gender woman. She is a teacher and social science content lead in a Chicago Public School on the near south side. A CPS graduate from Hyde Park, Chicago, she majored in Africana Studies in college, focusing on race in America's mass incarceration system. She is invested in coupling social justice with education policy, and deeply believes in liberatory teaching as a form of activism.
East St. Louis School District 189 // Jordan is a white, cis-gender man. He teaches Social Studies in the alternative high school setting. He is in his 8th year of teaching and enjoys engaging in issues of education policy and curriculum development.
National Louis University //Keisha is a Black cis-gender woman. As an 18 year educator, her passion for equity, social justice, history and youth literature coalesce in her membership and work on the National Council for Teachers of English’s Committee Against Racism and Bias, as a member of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE Committee for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, a Gilder Lerhman Insititute Master Teacher and a Teacher Advisory Board member and in her service on the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center’s Educator Advisory Board. Keisha was named the 2019 Illinois History Teacher of the Year as well as the 2019 National Council for Teachers of English Outstanding Middle-Level English Educator.
Chicago Public Schools // Rachel is a white, cis-gender woman. She is bilingual and teaches Spanish Language Arts and English as a Second language at a high school in the Chicago Public Schools. She is in her 13th year of teaching, and has held teacher leadership positions in addition to her classroom roles. She advocates for equity and promotion of ABAR work within the CPS network through various initiatives.