Part

EMS
Two Equity
Flip the Script
 Mission:
EMS “create a space for an
Equity open dialogue that will
allow us to begin to
address gaps between
Flip the Script student subgroups”
As a participant you will...
❖ Have the opportunity to critically consider common detours that
people take to avoid talking about race
❖ Develop a personal awareness about how who you are impacts your
work in schools and with students
❖ Learn skills for talking to other staff, parents, and students about race
and addressing issues you encounter
An ask...

No electronics please.
Essential Question
Who am I in relationship to the community I serve...

❖ In the skin I’m in

❖ In the role I play
❖ In the things I don’t know
❖ In my vulnerability
❖ In my responsibility?
 Do people avoid
talking about race?
Explain?
Turn and talk
Detours & our work today...
The purpose is NOT
to place blame. It is
NOT to make you
feel guilty.
The purpose is,
however, to create
AWARENESS.
This is a
re-education
process.
If folks can learn to
be racist, then they
can learn to be
anti-racist.
-Johnetta B. Cole
Individual v. systemic
racism
jona olsson doesn’t capitalize
her name on purpose.
The Structure
Concept Sort
Closing
b) the detour most
prevalent in our
a) the detour you EMS community;
see yourself taking;
c) the detour that they
feel can be more
impactful/dangerous.
 Ticket to leave

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important in this work!
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