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Current Events and Starbucks Moments Connecting our school with its neighbors to build inclusive communities Deborra Sines Pancoe Mary Lynn Ellis Toni Graves Williamson Director of Equity and Inclusion Associate Director English Teacher

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Current Events and Starbucks Moments

Connecting our school with its neighbors to build inclusive communities

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Toni Graves Williamson

Director of Equity and Inclusion Friends Select School Philadelphia, PA

Mary Lynn Ellis

Associate Director Friends Council on Education Philadelphia, PA English Teacher Abington Friends School Jenkintown, PA

Deborra Sines Pancoe

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Abington Friends School

Witness and Worship

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Friends Council on Education

Living Lives That Speak

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Friends Select School

In the City, Of the City

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Starbucks Moment

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What would your response have been if you were sitting in that Starbucks? What tools do you have/need to respond? In Triads:

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Hosts

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Sponsors

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Community Conversations

  • Ongoing
  • In the community
  • Skill - Building
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Why do this?

“As with any other skill set, you have to practice to become competent at racial conflict

  • management. The triumphs should be applauded

and praised, and the mistakes or incompetencies should be held accountable—not shamed, but treated as areas to improve.”

  • Dr. Howard Stevenson
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Why do people come?

“My kids were talking about this stuff at the dinner table, and I realized that I wanted to be part of the conversation; I wanted to learn the same things that they are learning.”

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Benefits for your school

➢ Building community connections of all types. ➢ Create resources for your school ➢ Skill building ➢ Mission alignment. Puts your school’s work in the community ➢ Parents connect with their students’ experience ➢ Retention and admissions

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What’s one thing that you heard? What’s one question it raised for you? In Triads:

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Challenges

  • Differentiating instruction
  • Inconsistency of

attendance

  • Racial Makeup Varies
  • Potential for conflict

Always have Plan A, Plan B, (and possibly Plan C!)

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What’s next?

The Hate U Give 13th? Just Mercy?

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Testimonials

“Excellent experience because it gave me lot to think about-- even about things I didn't even know needed thinking about. Toni asked us to 'lean into discomfort' and I did..” “One evening, I was already in my pajamas and it was raining and I really didn’t want to go out. But I knew what I’d be missing, so I got up and went.”

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Resource List

tinyurl.com/starbucks-moments

Toni: tonigraveswilliamson@gmail.com Deborra: Deborra@friendscouncil.org Mary Lynn: mellis@abingtonfriends.net