Race Resilience
Achieving Equity Through Self and Systems Transformation
- Victoria E. Romero - Educational Consultant
- Amber N. Warner - Social Worker
- Justin Hendrickson - PreK-8 Principal
Foreword by Nancy Boyd-Franklin
Review, rethink, and redesign racial support systems NOW
As schools engage in courageous conversations about how racialization and racial positioning influences thinking, behaviors, and expectations, many educators still lack the resources to start this challenging and personally transformative work. Race Resilience offers guidance to educators who are ready to rethink, review, and redesign their support systems and foster the building blocks of resiliency for staff.
Readers will learn how to:
- Model ethical, professional, and social-emotional sensitivity
- Develop, advocate, and enact on a collective culture
- Maintain a continuously evaluative process for self and school wellness
- Engage meaningfully with students and their families
- Improve academic and behavioral outcomes
Race resilient educators work continuously to grow their awareness of how their racial identity impacts their practice. When educators feel they are cared for, have trusting relationships, and are autonomous, they are in a better position to teach and model resilience to their students.
Free resources
Podcast: Examining Student Trauma Through the Lens of Race
Along with their home and natural environments, a child’s community is now recognized as a potential contributor to adverse childhood experiences. The results can be devastating for development. Substandard schools, intolerance, discrimination, and racism can lead to chronic health issues, minimum employment, and long-term poverty. Authors and educators Victoria Romero and Justin Hendrickson take us through an explanation.
Podcast: Examining Student Trauma Through the Lens of Race
Listen as authors Victoria Romero and Justin Hendrickson discuss building resilience and addressing trauma through the lens of race.
Race Resilience Foreword and Introduction
Read the foreword and introduction from Race Resilience and see how this inspirational book is a powerful tool for educators who want to make a difference in the lives of students, in particular, students of color.
"Fostering Educator Resilience is practical, useful, and very realistic. I would love to use this book in professional development with my staff or in a workshop. The activities, vignettes, and reflection activities will help administrators create or change the culture and climate in whatever environment they find themselves.”
"Fostering Educator Resilience provides timely and immediately applicable guidance. The resources and ability to reflect on them with prompts guides your reflection. The book provides realistic and practical guidance that educators can easily relate to and that resonate with their current needs.
One of the major strengths of the book is the variety of ways resources are being shared. I walked away knowing new people I wanted to read up on, new resources I needed to check out, and thinking about how I could take the exercises in this book into my work. It’s a resource full of resources!"
"A major strength of this book is the reflective opportunities and personal perspectives which give the reader the opportunity to internalize the information that is presented."
