Repairing the Fractures: Steps Forward in Building Bridges Across Racial Divide

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session Eleven
  In Roundtable Session: Navigating Gaps, Fractures, and Incongruencies Across Difference (Table 10)

Abstract

Black communities experience a generational disconnect and mistrust of the educational system. In an effort to better understand innovative approaches to dismantle this cyclical injustice, we sought to examine the impact that advocacy, relatedness, and care and concern, three tenets of Black othermothering, served as a structure to engage Black students and families through cultural brokering.
Findings show white teachers in this study found othermothering helped improve their connection to Black students and families through advocacy, relatedness, and care and concern. Black parents/guardians equally expressed their desire for this essential support.
These findings suggest the need for increased cultural representation within our schools as well as holistic and equitable methods of inclusion for Black students and their families.

Authors

• Sarah M. Jouganatos, California State University - Sacramento
  Presenting Author

• Wicondra Tunisha Stovall, Just Like a Mom
  Presenting Author

• Rose Mary Borunda, California State University - Sacramento
  Presenting Author