During this past school year I participated in a seminar called Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity (SEED) in an effort to educate myself about the social inequities and the systemic racism in our nation. SEED awakened a part of me that lay dormant due to the lack of vocabulary of how to express my frustrations and the shockingly repetitions of gas-lighting and internalized racism. I also discovered my own biases that I need to address. If you ever have an opportunity to participate SEED in the United States, I highly, highly recommend it. 

  I want to continue my journey of anti-racism. First to educate myself on the topic and then to find ways to implement it in my school curriculum. As our nation struggles to acknowledge that #Black Lives Matter, it is now evident that we have a lot of work to do to make our nation better and the work starts with us. There are tons of book lists created that offer suggestions on how to learn about race and racism and I urge you to take note of them and seek them out for yourselves. I really do hope these books remain in our forefront and in our social conscious. 

  I wanted to create a list for myself and hold myself accountable while I am on this journey. Given the fact that race is hard topic and we are still grappling with the Covid pandemic, I also want to practice self care. My goal is to read at least one anti-racist book per month. This is not a complete list as I am always adding more titles but a start. I hope you can join me.