Thinking Out Loud: Democracy, Imagination and Peeps of Color
Keynote Speech: “Diversity Revisited: A Conversation of Diversity in the Arts”
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. June 8, 2004. Sekou Sundiata.
Reading Room Resources
Check back often for a variety of articles and resources for teachers, teaching artists, arts administrators, and more!
Building Diverse, Inclusive Teams in Education to Deepen Impact, a road map from intention to action (2014)
Building Diverse, Inclusive Teams in Education to Deepen Impact, a road map from intention to action
Designing Socially Just Learning Communities: Critical Literacy Education across the Lifespan (2009)
Designing Socially Just Learning Communities: Critical Literacy Education across the Lifespan 1st Edition by Rebecca Rogers, Mary Ann Kramer, & Melissa Mosley, The Literacy for Social Justice Teacher Research Group, 2009
Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice: A Way Out of No Way (2013)
Culturally Relevant Arts Education for Social Justice: A Way Out of No Way 1st Edition, edited by Mary Stone Hanley, Gilda L Sheppard, George W. Noblit, and Thomas Barone, 2013
Open Minds to Equality: A Sourcebook of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity (1983)
Open Minds to Equality: A Sourcebook of Learning Activities to Affirm Diversity and Promote Equity, 3rd Edition by Nancy Schniedewind and Ellen Davidson (teaching artists may like to explore the activities in here)
Article from Grant Makers in the Arts about addressing race as an institution (Sept. 2014)
Article from Grant Makers in the Arts about addressing race as an institution
Culturally Responsive Teaching (2nd Edition ed.), by Gay, G. (2010)
Culturally Responsive Teaching (2nd Edition ed.), by Gay, G. (2010). New York, NY: Teachers College Press and Howard, T. C. (2003). Culturally relevant pedagogy: ingredients for critical teacher reflection. Theory Into Practice, 42 (3), 195-201.
Teachers’ Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform (Sept 2012)
Teachers’ Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform, NPR: WNYC Radio, Alix Spiegel
Teachers & Writers Magazine articles on diversity and equity (Nov. 2014)
Teachers & Writers Magazine articles on diversity and equity
Teaching About Racism: Toward a Shared History and Common Language by Alex Cuff
A Reflection on the Spring Valley High Matter: For the Tonyas by Dominque Morisseau
Reading While Black: Or, for Colored Children Who Considered Literary Suicide When the Rainbow Wasn’t Enough by Ibi Zoboi
Arts educators from the Roundtable community who would like to write about their experience exploring the issues of diversity and equity are invited to submit articles to Teachers &
2016 Report from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs: Diversity & Equity in NYC’s Cultural Workforce (2016)
2016 Report from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs: Diversity & Equity in NYC’s Cultural Workforce. Click here.