Equity and Justice at LCS
As a community, Lake Country School is committed the following actions:
-to be an anti-racist/anti-bias community
-to implement a comprehensive anti-racist/anti-bias education at all levels
-to actively recruit staff and families of the global majority
-to remove barriers through financial support for Montessori training for people of the global majority
-to listen, support, and work in partnership with organizations in our community and nationally that support equity and justice for people of the global majority
WE MUST ACT AGAINST RACISM AND FOR PEACE
Our mission and values of respect, responsibility, diversity, inclusion, Montessori education, love of work, peaceful community, and stewardship demand us to follow through with these commitments - if we do not, then we can no longer exist.
Ben Moudry
Head of School
Ongoing initiatives (2021-2022 school year)
- Board members will participate in 3 equity training workshops with Rochelle Younan-Montgomery (Holistic Workplace Inclusion, LLC & Catch Your Dream Consulting)
- New board members will take IDI
- Board Equity and Justice Committee will be offering parent education opportunities throughout the year
Links to Educational Resources:
Talking about Race and Anti-Racism with Children (Reading List from Ramsey County Library):
https://rclreads.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1569723949_rcl_kids/1648013359_talking_about_race_and_anti-racism_with_children?_ga=2.180844071.1818974350.1591021740-262246362.1574182014&fbclid=IwAR1IgHGFuGormRbW90aJd3L3MXB5V5Me0oKTLAmnCNffB8WPTO7XKS00OZw
Link to page at Hennepin County Library with great resources for caregivers:
https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/643988441/1658044129
Hennepin County ebooks and audiobooks widely available:
https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/619268670/1657764469
Teaching about race, racism and police violence:
https://www.tolerance.org/moment/racism-and-police-violence
How should teachers and parents talk to kids about police violence - The Washington Post
https://www.teachingforchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/How-should-teachers-and-parents-talk-to-kids-about-police-violence-The-Washington-Post.pdf
Teaching Tolerance - Don't Say Nothing - the importance of talking about racism
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/fall-2016/dont-say-nothing
How to talk to kids about racism: An age by age guide:
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-racism-an-age-by-age-guide/
Are your kids too young to talk about race? Use this helpful chart as a guide to starting these conversations with children and adolescents: https://www.prettygooddesign.org/
Anti-racism resources for white people:
https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR2MVYHgnztw5sBxjG2Zk7wkMocHztGZKeV_xtvbAFDSW65js7Q0jlYBITY&usp=gmail
Talking to Children Authentically about Race and Racism (PBS Kids for Parents):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq6McHf8iO4&feature=emb_logo
