Striving for the Common Good: Mission-Based Equity and Inclusion in Catholic Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Equity and inclusion is the means by which we can attain the common good in Catholic education, it is at the heart of the Catholic mission. Understanding what equity and inclusion truly requires and represents is the focus of the symposium.This session will examine six key areas of Catholic education and schooling in light of the Church’s commitment to the marginalized, with a particular focus on the best practices in education that respect the dignity of the whole person. Topics include: restorative practices as an alternative to punitive discipline, supporting undocumented persons, othering of historically underserved populations, the USCCB framework for secondary Catholic religious education in the context of culturally sustaining curriculum, special education and women in leadership.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Catholic Education

Chair

• Jane Bleasdale, University of San Francisco

Papers

• New Narratives of Restorative Justice: How Catholic Education Can Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline - Perry Petrich, University of San Francisco

• Leveraging Catholic Identity to Support Undocumented Students - William Rutt, Brophy College Preparatory

• Women in Leadership in Jesuit Catholic Schools - Maura Toomb Estevez, Creighton University

• The Marginalization and Othering of Students of Color in Catholic Jesuit Education - Sonya Arriola, University of San Francisco

• Open Hearts and Closed Minds? Talking Back to the Framework Through the Pastoral Against Racism - Katie Sellers, University of Miami

• Special Education in Jesuit Catholic Education - Anthony Rizzo, University of San Francisco

Discussant

• Kevin James Stockbridge, Chapman University