School leaders shape the educational opportunities and experiences of young people. While students of color now make up the majority attending public schools in the United States, our school leaders continue to be overwhelmingly white. White leaders can harbor biases and show signs of discrimination that harm kids; white administrators also have the power to create equitable school experiences for their students through antiracist work. This begins with exploring their own racial identities, engaging in honest conversations about race and privilege, analyzing the systems of power, and holding each other accountable to move the work forward.
The White Anti-Racist Leaders Network will convene white school leaders to build a community where they can reflect upon and learn about race in schools, as well as identify what they as white leaders can do to adopt an antiracist, equity-focused approach to leadership.
This community of practice focuses on supporting white-identifying leaders to:
- Connect with other white leaders to ask questions and support growth
- Reflect on their racial identities and critically examine their experiences with systems of privilege in schools
- Learn from each other and key thinkers about whiteness and bias
- Transform their work as antiracist school leaders