EQUITYx #Black Educators Matter | September 26th at 5:00 pm CST

September 26, 2024
5:00-6:00 p.m. CST
Dr. Darrius Stanley

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CRSLI is kicking off the 2024-2025 season of EQUITYx with an extraordinary scholar, Dr. Darrius Stanley, author of #BlackEducatorsMatter: The Experiences of Black Teachers in an Anti-Black World. While people of color represent fewer than 10% of the teaching workforce in the United States, only 7% of teachers are Black (NCES, 2022). Systemic issues regarding diversification of the teacher workforce have begun to become more of a focus in some regions, but too little attention has been paid to the actual

experiences of Black educators working in U.S. schools. In this EQUITYx event, Dr. Stanley will discuss the challenges surrounding the Black educator experience and especially the role that anti-Blackness plays within the K-12 context. He will share findings from the book concerning the profound positive influence Black teachers have on students of color and the systems they work in; historical and contemporary issues that Black educators face; their efforts to fight oppression and institutionalized racism in schools; and the invaluable role that they play in creating humanizing learning experiences and educational systems. As an EQUITYx participant, you will learn about the strategies for recruiting, retaining, and supporting Black teachers that emerged through the research underlying Dr. Stanley's book and have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss issues concerning Black educators in your own context. You won't want to miss this EQUITYx event, so register today and add it to your calendar!

In our busy professional landscapes, we can be overwhelmed by information and struggle to distill the latest research and its implications for socially just practice. EQUITYx solves for this problem by bringing you the leading scholars in leadership for educational equity, antiracism and social justice in a distilled and practitioner-focused format. Each hour-long EQUITYx session includes:

EQUITYx Talk

A presentation by our guest scholar on timely, significant research and practice related to CRSL.

Facilitated Interview + Q&A

An interview with the guest scholar facilitated by the CRSL team, and time for YOU to ask questions and interact with our guest scholar.

Digital Downloads and Resources

Relevant resources, links and follow up material to help you implement ideas and practices you learn about at each event.

Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

Darrius Stanley, PhD

Darrius A. Stanley, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, where he holds the Carmen Starkson Campbell Endowed Faculty Fellowship for Innovation in Teacher Development. More importantly, he is a Black husband, father, brother, son, grandson, uncle, and friend to his community. Stanley is an alum of the prestigious Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a historically Black university. He received his master of education in educational leadership from the University of Central Florida and his PhD in K–12 educational administration from Michigan State University. Stanley is a former middle school educator and school leader. Stanley has published several peer-reviewed manuscripts centering the qualitative narratives of Black educators as they navigate racialized and gendered oppression within public school institutions. In his second strand of research, he further theorizes community-engaged educational leadership praxis (as imagined by Black educators) as a way to bridge schools and historically disenfranchised communities. This burgeoning research agenda has resulted in several peer-reviewed journal articles that conceptualize equity-focused and community-engaged educational leadership preparation. Stanley currently serves as plenum representative for the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA); UCEA conference program planning committee member; American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division A Newsletter Co-Editor; and Secretary Treasurer for the Research Focus on Black Education Special Interest Group (affiliated with the American Educational Research Association). Stanley’s commitments to research, teaching and service are inspired by his upbringing and the dreams of his ancestors.

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Darlinda Anderson serves as the senior vice president of Ajusted Equity Solutions/CRSLI. Her role within the organization is to charter leadership, organizational objectives, sustainable strategy, and advantageous expansion. For the last twenty years, she has worked in human resource management, K–12 education, and process-led project management. Overall, Darlinda’s passion for balance and equity in the service of societal disparities—especially those in disadvantaged groups and professions—was the start of her overarching search for finding and supporting an organization that creates long-term sustainable opportunity for disadvantaged minorities.

Because of her passion for systems and organizational development, after graduating from Purdue University, Darlinda went to work for Hewitt Associates, a global leader in human resources outsourcing and programmatic financial services. This was her segue into the fields of project management, education, interactive broadcast media, and marketing. Though she initially started in business within the healthcare sector, it allowed her to realize how deeply she loved working in the service of others and for an equitable cause. This was the beginning of her journey to earning her master's in educational leadership. As her multiple career paths progressed, Darlinda searched for an opportunity to serve with the US government agency Americorps. There, she completed her educational service through Teach for America. Darlinda continued to serve as a K–12 public education teacher after her initial service to Americorps ended for another ten plus years.

As a classroom teacher, Darlinda saw firsthand all the struggles that Title I schools faced. After becoming a department chair, she began studying full-time to earn her master’s of business administration in human resource management. She continued to seek out opportunities beyond the classroom, where she knew she’d be closer to influencing systematic and district-level change. She continued navigating impactful roles that affected internal shifts, which led to working as a district program manager for a few years and later leading as a director of programs over the span of the next few years in educational organizations across the country. Today, her overall goal is to continue to serve, cultivate, and create world-changing avenues that make far-reaching equitable ideals a reality.