American Federation for Children (AFC) pushes DEI, SEL, CRT in schools via their Black Minds Matter project.
A breakdown of AFC’s Black Minds Matter DEI, SEL, CRT initiatives and toolkits for privatization through School Choice™️.
You may have heard of Betsy Devos’s school choice organization, American Federation for Children, but have you researched the organization?
There are three special projects that under their umbrella.
Black Minds Matter
School Choice Boys
Federacion Para Los Ninos (Federation for the Children)
The face of the organization, Corey DeAngelis, can be seen here promoting the project.
As you navigate from the AFC to the Black Minds Matter website, you can find the “toolkit” of promotional images and documents.
In the “toolkit”, there is a link for this tool:
“The shifting demographics of the country as well as the educational benefits for all students who attend diverse schools should inspire private school leaders to pursue diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.”
This is a DEI tool for private school.
Let’s read the document.
First page.
“Finally, the American Federation for Children (AFC) solicited testimonials from students, alumni, school leaders and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practitioners as they offer invaluable examples of the triumphs and challenges of this work.”
Next page.
Table of Contents. Interesting.
“Intersectionality”
“the Work”
“Be Willing to Unlearn”
“For diversity and inclusion initiatives to transform independent schools and affect cultural change, much unlearning must occur that will be psychologically painful, particularly for the groups that have for so long benefited from a privilege status. Promoting diversity and inclusion within independent schools is hard work, but it is not impossible work.”
“Invest in DEI Work”
“This investment may look like hiring a consultant to assess school climate, developing a DEI plan, and creating a curriculum.”
That means it will be embedded into the child’s every day learning environment.
Stating that the DEI officer MUST be in Top Senior Leadership.
Affinity Spaces and Groups.
The other “CRT.”
Culturally Responsive (Relevant) Teaching.
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL).
AFC pushes CASEL’s social emotional learning framework.
“SEL programming can be a powerful tool to strengthen school culture.”
Restorative Justice.
“Invite parents to attend speaker events, film screenings, and other events where they can learn and engage in conversations about racism, classism, and relative privilege. Jessica Perez del Torro emphasized the importance of school leaders helping the entire community, including parents, to acknowledge how privilege and white fragility maintain silence and racial diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
The Authors of this DEI document are the State Director for American Federation for Children (AFC) and Teach for America (TFA) former Corps Member.
Republicans have attached themselves to big money national groups that push neo-Marxists agendas of DEI, SEL, CRT.
These groups are heavily funding the move to privatization of education with public funding.
The call themselves “School Choice” advocates. They are not advocating for Educational Freedom, they are pushing neoliberal policies to move the United States towards fascism.
Public Private Partnerships controlled only by corporations.
Learn more about these groups here 👇
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What can you do?
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