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Ethnocultural Leadership Expert

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Welcome! I guide school and system leaders in emulating pre-1954 educational successes for Black children, where they were nurtured daily by Black educators within their communities. Our current approach revitalizes this ethos, aiming to create educational spaces that emphasize the importance of kinship, community, ancestry, and identity.

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Empower Your Educational Spaces 

WEBSITE

Before1954.com

SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

Suggest an educator that collectively prioritizes relationship with students, show responsibility for students, and demonstrate resistance to systemic anti-black racism in K-12 education? Make an introduction in the message box to get the dialogue started. The educator will be featured as an Education Liberator in the Before1954, Inc monthly spotlight series. The interview series will be a digital copy, delivered to your inbox. 

Education Liberator Spotlight: BEFORE1954 TRIBE

HOW I CAN HELP

Welcome! As an expert in Ethno-Cultural Leadership, I specialize in enlightening and engaging talks that delve into critical and transformative topics. Book me for your next leadership development or conference event to inspire and educate your audience with these powerful and essential topics. 

My key speaking areas include:

💡 Ethno-Cultural Leadership Framework: The Joy and Genius of Black Principals
💡 Black Principals Who Employ Ethno-Humanism and CRSL to Reduce Racial Bias Against Black Children
💡 Leveraging Feedback and Coaching: Journeying from District Initiatives to School Practices and Student Outcomes


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PUBLICATIONS

In this manuscript we chart the intersection of dis/ability and Afro-humanity. We propose that Afro­humanity is a contextual paradigm within African-centred ideology that can be applied to explore the ways in which disability may be …..

“Ain’t I Got a Right to the Tree of Life?”: Examining Special Education through the Application of Afro-Humanity

This case study explores the complex challenges facing Superintendent Gabriella Ramirez, a 25-year career educator and district leader. As the new superintendent of Metro City Public Schools (MCPSs), Dr. Ramirez was expected to execute…..

Are Educational Leaders of Color Truly Able to Lead for Equity? Maintaining the Status Quo or Disrupting Unequitable Systems? 

APPEARANCES

International Educators Ghana ASCD PPT July 5-7 2024

I am honored to foster a global dialogue on shaping the future of education -- presenting an ethnocultural leadership framework that seeks a self-determining and liberatory praxis through relationship, responsibility, and resistance.

UPCOMING: International Educator’s  Summit, ASCD Ghana | 5th July - 7th July 2024

This presentation was an introduction and call to action for systems and district leaders to employ ehtnocultural leadership to liberate black children. 

PAST: National Alliance of Black School Educators Principal Symposium | 2023

This was a presentation on Black Principals Who Employ Ethno-Humanism and CRSL to Reduce Racial Bias Against Black Children. 

PAST: Black Doctoral Network National Conference | 2023 

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