Lalitha Shastri, a consultant on equity and justice in independent schools spent two days at Emerson recently. Hers is an insightful new voice in an ever-continuing exploration within our school commmunity. What do we value? How are we doing in equity and justice? These are questions we always want to be asking ourselves.
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Lalitha visited classrooms and chatted with faculty, staff, and students. Meeting with the Diversity / Multi-culturalism / Equity / Social Justice Committee for the ISACS self-study, she asked good questions and offered encouragement and ideas.
Lalitha shared her thoughts that Emerson has all the most critical components of a school dedicated to DMEJ values: safety, good citizenship, trust, a strong sense of community. She will follow up her visit with ideas and recommendations as we continue to more forward.
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On November 4th, at the ISACS Annual Conference, Lalitha will share aspects of her Emerson experience with the participants in Andy Zimmer’s session: “Interrupting Injustice: Promoting Solidarity in Middle School.”