On this episode, we welcome Jamilah Pitts for an interview. She is the author of Toward Liberation: Education Practices Rooted In Activism, Healing, and Love (Beacon Press) (order here: http://www.beacon.org/Toward-Liberation-P1979.aspx)
Jamilah Pitts is an educational consultant and equity and justice strategist whose work centers the liberation, healing and holistic development of youth, particularly children of color. In partnership with schools, leaders and organizations, Jamilah provides training, strategic planning and thought leadership on anti-racist, culturally responsive, equitable and restorative practices; anti-bias curriculum development; and wellness and yoga practices for student and staff self-preservation. She has served as a teacher, coach, dean of instruction, dean of students and assistant principal, and has worked at schools in Massachusetts, New York City, The Dominican Republic, China and India. Jamilah threads her passion for human rights and social justice into her teaching, writing, scholarship and other artistic pursuits. She sees education as her life’s work and calling and truly believes that education should be an avenue through which empathy, healing and justice are promoted. Jamilah holds degrees from Spelman College and Boston College, and she is pursuing an additional graduate degree at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a Woodrow Wilson National Teaching Fellow, Donovan Urban Teaching Scholar, a Fund for Teachers Fellow and a member of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board. She can be found at www.jamilahpitts.com
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