Equity Spotlight

Equity work aims to Increase the racial, cultural, and social equity in a community, creating and modeling a safe space for learning, sharing and growing. Working in tandem with OYP is Courageous Conversations on Race (CCOR), a for-credit class that focuses on learning about racial equity and inequality, the history of all people in our country, and building of skills for belonging, listening and bridging across difference. Students utilize interactive techniques in presenting to all ninth-grader in the school, create curriculum and consult with faculty and administrators. CCOR and OYP students have also facilitated workshops in elementary and middle schools and in the greater community. Fostering a culture of equity is an ongoing process that requires commitment and collaboration from all members of the school community.

• Teach skills and strategies for responding to words and behaviors that marginalize or mistreat any individual or group in our community
• Decrease identification of people using only one factor, trait, etc. (increase awareness of people’s complex identities)
• Increase knowledge and closeness between ethnic and racial groups
• Increase mandatory curriculum for every student regarding ALL people of color and important people in history
• Hold “Courageous Conversations on Race” for every student