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Embracing Soul Work: Black Educators Teaching for Justice

Sat, April 14, 8:15 to 9:45am, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, West Room 222

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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The five papers presented in this session all speak to the idea that some Black educators in the United States teach with an epistemology of soul, one that inspires intimate connections between their personal identities and their advocacy for children of color who are marginalized in oppressive educational processes. This pedagogy of soul prevents them from disengaging from work that requires persistent intimacy with educational processes that can demean and erase people of color. It is this tension between engagement and purposeful disengagement that papers in this session will explore.

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