Description: Joe Truss and I start the conversation off talking about taking care of ourselves so that we can be better leaders. Then we move on to meditation in schools, and then on to what it means to be a culturally responsible leader. The focus is on hearing the voices of the disadvantaged, and power differences for those that are disadvantaged, including students in relation to teachers and adults. “Moving from more equitable to equal.”

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Joe Truss – Blog: Culturally Responsive Leadership  Twitter: @TrussLeadership and also on LinkedIn.
Joe’s Upcoming Virtual Workshop – Dismantling White Supremacy Culture in Schools – June 2020.
Blog post mentioned: A School Principal Ponders Pandemic Pedagogy and a Coronavirus Project Plan (4 part series) – specifically mentioned Part 4 – A Coronavirus Cross-Curricular Project (coming soon!)
More about Joe:

A tweet response I made to Joe’s video tweet about mobile conferencing (like he did with me):

Loved our chat, (on one of your walks last weekend), Joe! Will be sharing it this weekend on my podcast.
A buddy of mine, @dkuropatwa used to do #whilewalking videos https://t.co/8sq43mkyCq, now you’ve taken the baton… love it! https://t.co/iOzcCIMRfA
— David Truss (@datruss) April 8, 2020

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge.
The MLK quote that I couldn’t remember: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” from Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr, August 1963
My blog post: Expecting appropriate student behav...