What does culturally sustaining pedagogy mean as families, educators, and communities care for young people, elders, each other, the lands, as we face a global pandemic and an ongoing uprising for racial and decolonial justice? In this interactive presentation, I share our collective work on culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP)-- teaching and learning that sustains the valued lifeways of communities-- spending significant time thinking about settings enacting CSP with Native and Black young people and families.  Building from decades of strength-centered pedagogical work, I offer some ways to think historically and in the present time about education and social movements, and engage how educators can join communities in sustaining valued lifeways through teaching and learning in this time of global pandemic and uprising for Black Lives, Native Sovereignty, and a livable planet and possible future for all peoples and lands. There will be opportunities to apply this work to your own teaching and learning settings.  

Facilitated by Dr. Django Paris, inaugural James A. and Cherry A. Banks Professor of Multicultural Education and director of the Banks Center for Educational Justice at the University of Washington.

October 28th, 2020
10 - 11:30 AM via Zoom