USNA discusses raising anti-racist kids at 6 p.m. July 9
Belmont University Associate Professor Mona Ivey-Soto will lead the conversation "How to Teach our Kids to be Anti-Racist" with parents. Please click here to join us on Zoom for this important discussion.
By Anna Cramer and Joanna Hall, USNA Co-Presidents
USNA will host a talk with Mona Ivey-Soto on how to cultivate anti-racism in children and schools on Thursday, July 9 at 6 p.m.
Ivey-Soto is an Associate Professor in the Education Department at Belmont University and teaches extensively on issues of racial inequality within K-12 schools and how teachers can utilize social justice pedagogy as a way to combat systemic racism within the classroom and the broader community. She prides herself on being an academic who is deeply committed to urban schools and community-based programs and she seeks to learn alongside children, families, and those who advocate for justice for children and families every day.
Click here to watch the recording.
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USNA will host a talk with Mona Ivey-Soto on how to cultivate anti-racism in children and schools on Thursday, July 9 at 6 p.m.
Ivey-Soto is an Associate Professor in the Education Department at Belmont University and teaches extensively on issues of racial inequality within K-12 schools and how teachers can utilize social justice pedagogy as a way to combat systemic racism within the classroom and the broader community. She prides herself on being an academic who is deeply committed to urban schools and community-based programs and she seeks to learn alongside children, families, and those who advocate for justice for children and families every day.
Click here to watch the recording.
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Phone: 615-321-8000
Fax: 615-321-0889
Email: info@usn.org
River Campus
1200 County Hospital Road
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University School of Nashville models the best educational practices. In an environment that represents the cultural and ethnic composition of Metropolitan Nashville, USN fosters each student’s intellectual, artistic, and athletic potential, valuing and inspiring integrity, creative expression, a love of learning, and the pursuit of excellence.