Choosing Nepantla for Abolitionist Teaching Amid a Global Pandemic

• In Event: Marginality and Solidarity: Centering Race and Justice in Teacher Education

Abstract

As teacher educators grapple with what it means to equip new teachers for abolitionist teaching, we are forced to consider how this knowledge is made. This study turns over the cards of our collaborative work as abolitionist teacher educators in the face of a global pandemic. While the pandemic pushes us to be creative in our approach, we demonstrate how the need for creating brave and vulnerable spaces is the linchpin for engaging new teachers to learn abolitionist teaching.

“Abolitionist teaching starts in the imagination of the educator” Love, B. L. (2019). We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Beacon Press.

Authors

• Alissa G. Irvin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Karie Christine Brown-Tess, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Kendra Nalubega-Booker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Jadyn Laixely, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign