We’re sharing a special crossover: Dr. Val and Andrew join Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs and Adam Jacobs, co-hosts of the Raising Antiracist Kids podcast, to talk about parents as partners in building antiracist school communities. We dig into why relationships—especially across lines of race and class—are core to any multiracial democracy, what it looks like for White families to show up without centering themselves, and how we nurture brave, durable school communities together. Along the way, we sit with discomfort, model grace, and keep our eyes on the long game—this is a marathon relay, and we each carry the baton for a bit.

• Raising Antiracist Kids - Tabitha & Adam's substack
• The Raising Antiracist Kids Podcast
• White Parents, You Can't Support Black Lives Matter & Start A Private Learning Pod- Tabitha's article for Romper back in 2020
• Dr. Val's online organizing #ClearTheAir
• IntegrateNYC's 5R's of Real Integration
• Bettina Love on the spirit murdering of Black children
• S11E14 – What Was Lost: Noliwe Rooks on the Failures of Integration
• S7E2 – Moving and Choosing a School- Dr. Val's 2nd episode on the podcast

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