With a sponsorship from CommunityBuild Ventures, I had the pleasure of attending Presence Power Impact training with the CREATE Teacher Residency. This interactive institute allows participants to explore how the practices of compassion and discernment enhance their presence, power, and...
The other day, I was invited to attend a webinar entitled Unique Impact, Unique Burdens: Insights into the Black Male Educator Experience. It was hosted by DonorsChoose. During the webinar, Kristen Joye Lyles, Vice President, Equity & Impact at DonorsChoose,...
CommunityBuild Ventures is thrilled to announce their newest partnership with BMEsTalk as they power the launch of two new learning opportunities, BMEsTalk Catalyst and Incubator. Education has always been a pillar of CBV and this endeavor is just another way...
CommunityBuild Ventures often collaborates and partners with companies that help create center racial equity. CBV is thrilled to announce their partnership with BMEsTalk, who have made it their mission to create a safe, rich space for Black male educators to...
As a consulting firm that is driven to help organizations learn about and prioritize racial equity and healing, the team at CommunityBuild Ventures is excited to announce our new education partnership with KDSL Global. Together, CBV and KDSL Global are...
Picture yourself in a space that is structured with the intention of allowing the people within it to be their most authentic selves. A space where individuals feel connected not only to one another but also to themselves and the...
“Change culture and you change lives. You can also change the course of history...When strategy competes with culture, culture wins every time. This is one of the reasons why the most brilliant anti-white supremacy strategies in the world have failed to dislodge white-body supremacy from our culture...But we can never belong to a strategy. We can never belong to a movement, either, though we can be part of it. We can only belong to a culture.”
"There is a common misconception that equity and equality mean the same thing — and that they can be used interchangeably, especially when talking about education. But the truth is they do not — and cannot."
"Education can’t save us, we have to save education - To love all children, we must struggle to create schools we are taught to believe are impossible: Schools built on justice, love, and anti-racisim."
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