“Good intentions don’t equal good outcomes.”
– Dena Simmons
“You can’t be trauma informed if you’re not talking about racism. Without an anti-racist lens, SEL (Social Emotional Learning) is white supremacy with a hug.”
– Dena Simmons (Talking about most schools)
“They’re spirit murdering our babies. Daily.”
– Bettina Love
“Our children can’t breathe in our curriculum. They can’t live and learn freely. It isn’t responsive to their histories, identities, and their desired future selves.”
– Gholdy Muhammad (TalkinG about Black Teachers)
“We get spirit murdered trying to keep our children from being spirit murdered.”
– Dena Simmons
Article by Dena Simmons: If we aren’t addressing racism, we aren’t addressing trauma
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