ABSTRACT
I recently heard the term "daylighting" used by a kindergarten teacher at the Oakland public school my son attends. Urban environmentalists use this term, she explained, for the uncovering of small streams that run through Oakland beneath streets and sidewalks. Often the presence of these creeks and streams is unknown to the people who live near them. At a meeting where the volatile issue of institutionalized racism in the public school system was being discussed, the teacher suggested we think of our work as a process of daylighting the complex, deeply buried forces that make it difficult for many children of color and poor children to be successful.
