Leah

“Remember: It's not your fault that things are the way they are, but it is your responsibility to do something about them.”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“In recent years, social, political, and economic divisions in the United States, and elsewhere, have become even more glaringly apparent. We see where people can't listen to each other, haven't built the skill and ability to learn from each other, lack empathy for each other, and are failing to achieve their goals and visions for peace. And yet, there are many who believe, myself included, that the desire for connection, freedom, and healing is stronger than the desire to hurt, dominate, and oppress.”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“Perhaps the people who need criticality the most become those who share identities with the greatest oppressors of the world.”
― Gholdy Muhammad, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy

“Why can't there be more white people coaching each other on their racism?”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice