Finding Your Community

This week Malik discusses educators’ need for community support with Sakura Hamada, school counselor for the Portland Public Schools. Sakura explains the importance of finding one’s affinity space, a place to share a common identity, either within one’s school or in the outside community. She also feels that students, even those in the earlier grades, benefit from these spaces of belonging. Malik and Sakura encourage listeners to explore the resources for community building offered by OEA, such as Affinity Groups and the Equity SPARKS Retreat. 

 

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Educational Affinity Groups: The Why and How

Harvard’s Implicit Association Test, referenced by Malik in this episode

OEA Affinity Spaces 

OEA BIPOC Equity SPARKS Retreats