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Resource Sheet: Creating Brave Spaces
Primary resource:
- Portico Toolkit How to Control the Heat: Quick Ways to Effectively Manage Difficult Topics & Situations (<5 minute read)
Secondary resources:
Resources re: preparing for hard conversations in schools
- We Are Teachers: Principals Share Their Tips for Keeping Cool During Hard Conversations (<5 min read) advice for managing your own emotions, with examples from principals
- Corwin: Seven Keys for Courageous Conversations by School Leaders (<5 min read) general advice around conversations with staff members
Resources re: talking about race
- Beginning Courageous Conversations About Race (10 min read) with four guidelines to frame dialogue about race and equity (also applicable to other conversations)
- The Atlantic: Do Conversations About Race Belong in the Classroom? (10 min read) interview with Beverly Daniel Tatum, author of Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Resources re: replacing safe spaces with brave spaces
- The Art of Effective Facilitation: From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces (15 min read) 2013 paper that introduced the term “brave spaces” in the field of social justice education
- The Six Pillars of a Brave Space (5 min read) provides a framework for how to approach difficult topics
- Priya Parker: Causing Good Controversy (3 min clip: 4:46 – 7:39) a TedTalk on creating meaningful gatherings
- Brene Brown: The Heart of Hard Conversations (47 min, transcript included) podcast conversation between Brene Brown and Aiko Bethea on inclusivity at work
Portico Toolkit Resources:
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