ABSTRACT
Most teacher education graduates complete their programs without having experienced deep and sustaining conversations about race and how it impacts the teaching and learning process. As it relates to teacher education specifically, teachers who develop racial literacy are able to engage in the necessary personal reflection about their racial beliefs and practices, and teach their students to do the same. Facilitated by national scholars, master's and doctoral students, Racial Literacy Roundtable Series (RLRs) seek to cross community boundaries and promote intergroup communication, collaboration, and education. The Roundtable topics explore how race intersects with language and literacy practices, and explores the challenges to well-being for youth involved in foster care and/or the juvenile injustice system. To complement the multiple perspectives that are brought to the RLR forums, the material used to initiate discussions is multimodal and includes the use of literature, free writing, spoken word, social media, and video.
