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For all of you working to be more effective intersectional allies, this crew was made for you. The Enough Y’all community newsletter was designed to support aspiring allies for lifelong growth.

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Inclusive syllabus and course design

Tip #1 from the Syllabus Challenge

Update your terminology and phrasing. Some of you may be...

Tip #2 from the Syllabus Challenge

Rewrite your learning goals. The Syllabus Challenge provides critically reflective questions and...

Tip #3 from the Syllabus Challenge

Show students you are a real human. The Syllabus Challenge provides critically...

Tip #4 from the Syllabus Challenge

Enhance visibility; highlight strengths. The Syllabus Challenge provides critically reflective questions and...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Series: Learning about Privilege

Shattering Myths of Education and Embracing Growth In the next...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 1: Do we even know what anti-racist pedagogy means?

As I mentioned in previous posts and my recent workshops,...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 2: Inclusive does not equal anti-racist

We all want to be “inclusive. Nothing wrong with that....

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 3: Teaching Silence and Culture vs. Critiquing Systems

What harm are we doing? Because my life allows for...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 4: Core Elements of ARP (according to this white girl)

Full disclosure. I am white. When I get my blood...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 5: Why is anti-racist pedagogy so threatening?

Anyone who was willing to click on this post is...

Anti-Racist Pedagogy Part 6: The Hope in ARP

For those of us who teach about systemic racism, white...

An Open Letter to (some) White Feminist Friends: by Indu Viswanathan

Dear some white feminist friends, I write this to you...

Stepping up to educate white people

white anti-racism & action to dismantle white supremacy Written after George...

If not now, when? Anti-racism cannot wait.

In summer 2020, I visited the (formerly known as) Robert...

Students are not the problem. We are: Anti-racism questions for your institution.

Before my Twitter account got hacked yesterday, I had posted...

How NOT to be an Ally – Part 1 “Centering the Privileged”

Students, faculty, and community members often approach me seeking advice...

How NOT to be an Ally – Part 2 “He-peat, Re-white, and Amplification”

Scenario: We walk into the monthly faculty meeting expecting announcements,...

How NOT to be an Ally – Part 3 “Spoken-Language Microaggressions”

A few weeks ago, I boarded a flight from Houston...

Slowing down without feeling like a failure (is it possible?)

As social justice leaders, running yourself into the ground is...

Trending now: Toxic ally shaming

Anyone else noticed the trend of shaming allies and potential...

Vulnerability: not optional for social justice leadership

3 years ago this month…my world collapsed. Y’all. Not gonna...

Educators are People, Too: Reflecting on Social Location in the Classroom

If we truly strive to be allies in the classroom,...