Black Woman Educators in Conversation: Audio from the 4th annual BlackFemaleProject/Black Teacher Project Women’s History Month Event
QUOTE
"That's the most important lesson I have learned in all of my 50 years of teaching, that you must listen to the kids because they will teach you every single time." -Laroilyn Davis
SUMMARY
In this 2017 conversation hosted by BlackFemaleProject and Black Teacher Project, an intergenerational group of Black female educators discusses how they’ve strategically and innovatively navigated their journeys as Black women working in educational institutions. They lift up how they’ve shaped classroom spaces that nurture Black children and all students to know and love themselves, and they share their thoughts on what other educators should know about their experiences as Black women in the world of education. At the center of the group’s shared stories and sentiments is a deep sense of love and caring for Black children and for all people.
PARTICIPANTS
Michelle McAfee, 22 years, 2nd grade
Belinda Bellinger, 7th grade, 5 years
Ericka Duke, Kindergarten, 3 years
Laroilyn Davis, Retired 50+ years
Joya Brandon, 7 & 8, 4 years
Kia Walton, 3 years
Hattie Tate, 20 years teacher, 16+ as administrator
