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A letter from our TFLTA president
6/1/2020
Dear Friends and Colleagues-
As I write to you today, I realize that usually this time is one of a great exhale, of closure and of renewal as we head into the summer months; however, 2020 has been anything but that. We are in pain, individually and collectively and it is felt near and far in the depths of who we are. It is in this pain that I’m reaching out to each of you, as members of this professional organization – to extend care and support. What we’ve witnessed from the literal and figurative losses due to Covid-19 and most recently from the blatant and brutal racist acts and deaths leading to nationwide protest have left many of us broken, angry, confused, grieving, and perhaps feeling even more isolated. For our peers, colleagues, friends, and families of color, these acts of racial violence are particularly painful. I want to share our deepest support for each of you as we navigate this landscape. TFLTA sees you, we are listening, and we stand with you as we fight against injustice.
Over the weekend, there were two scholars who guided some of my thinking. Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University, tweeted:
“Every era of equity progress has come on the heels of social upheaval, when people of conscience joined together to rebuff injustice and inequality: 1870s (reconstruction), 1900s, 1930s, 1960s, 1990s. 2020 is that moment once again. How will each of us contribute to equity now?”
And in an interview with Teaching Tolerance, Rich Milner, Vanderbilt University, said:
“My aim is to shepherd readers—educators—into reflective, proactive, and responsive spaces to move beyond complacency and beyond neutrality. Complacency is unacceptable if educators are committed to improving education for all. Moreover, neutrality is a conscious stance that works against social justice. In short, educators are either fighting for equitable education for all students, or they are fighting against it. There is no neutral space in this work.”
As a community, would you join me in taking on Milner and Darling-Hammond’s challenges to create equitable spaces, to make sense of this moment and to contribute and continue the fight for justice? As educators, I believe we are particularly well positioned to welcome this to our classrooms and I hope we can embark on this transformative work side-by-side.
In Solidarity-
Becky Peterson
TFLTA President
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Dear Friends and Colleagues-
As I write to you today, I realize that usually this time is one of a great exhale, of closure and of renewal as we head into the summer months; however, 2020 has been anything but that. We are in pain, individually and collectively and it is felt near and far in the depths of who we are. It is in this pain that I’m reaching out to each of you, as members of this professional organization – to extend care and support. What we’ve witnessed from the literal and figurative losses due to Covid-19 and most recently from the blatant and brutal racist acts and deaths leading to nationwide protest have left many of us broken, angry, confused, grieving, and perhaps feeling even more isolated. For our peers, colleagues, friends, and families of color, these acts of racial violence are particularly painful. I want to share our deepest support for each of you as we navigate this landscape. TFLTA sees you, we are listening, and we stand with you as we fight against injustice.
Over the weekend, there were two scholars who guided some of my thinking. Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University, tweeted:
“Every era of equity progress has come on the heels of social upheaval, when people of conscience joined together to rebuff injustice and inequality: 1870s (reconstruction), 1900s, 1930s, 1960s, 1990s. 2020 is that moment once again. How will each of us contribute to equity now?”
And in an interview with Teaching Tolerance, Rich Milner, Vanderbilt University, said:
“My aim is to shepherd readers—educators—into reflective, proactive, and responsive spaces to move beyond complacency and beyond neutrality. Complacency is unacceptable if educators are committed to improving education for all. Moreover, neutrality is a conscious stance that works against social justice. In short, educators are either fighting for equitable education for all students, or they are fighting against it. There is no neutral space in this work.”
As a community, would you join me in taking on Milner and Darling-Hammond’s challenges to create equitable spaces, to make sense of this moment and to contribute and continue the fight for justice? As educators, I believe we are particularly well positioned to welcome this to our classrooms and I hope we can embark on this transformative work side-by-side.
In Solidarity-
Becky Peterson
TFLTA President
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