Our Work Continues
On May 31st Bluecoats made a commitment to the Bluecoats Community: that our mission compels us to learn more, teach more, and listen more within our community so that, together, we will make Bluecoats a better, more inclusive, and anti-racist space for all of our students, staff, and stakeholders. Our values as an organization insist that we must go beyond simply acknowledging and denouncing racism in our society, but instead work to understand how systemic racism impacts our organization and how the Bluecoats Community can not just be non-racist, but instead anti-racist.
Bluecoats educators Ric Brown and Bryen Warfield have assembled an advisory council of staff, participants, and alumni that will lead Bluecoats as we seek to learn about and incorporate anti-racist ideas into our educational practices and implement anti-racist policies within our organization. This council will work in the near term on educational and conversational initiatives, and in the long term on broader goals for an anti-racist, diverse, and inclusive Bluecoats Community.
This is just a first step in honoring our commitment and moving forward toward a better future for our community. Black Lives Matter. We have work to do.
