A California school district could pay an estimated six figures for a program that trains dozens of high school and middle school students to become “anti-racist” activists, according to publicly available documents.
Martinez Unified School District (MUSD) is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. approved unanimously be contract Cooperating with “Race Work”, an organization for “student leaders’ anti-racism movement”! September’s (SLAM) program, first on Daily Wire report. Not SLAM Required The program aims to “not only engage students in conversations about race, but also empower and mobilize them as catalysts for change through an anti-racist youth leadership movement. .” according to Go to the Lacework website.
Lori Watson, Director of Laceworks, said: suggestion In September, she told the school district that things like “subtle microaggressions” and “being ignored in class” are some of the “negative effects of race and racism” that nonwhite students experience “on a daily basis.” He said that. (Related: School board that recently flipped conservatives rescinds ‘anti-racism’ policy)
Watson’s anti-racism program would cost $37,750 in the first year, $37,000 in the second year and $34,250 in the final year for a total of $109,000, according to the proposal. The district signed Watson to a contract worth $37,750 for the school year in September.
“Participants will deepen their personal understanding of race and increase racial awareness while developing skills and tools to dismantle systemic racism,” Watson’s program proposal continued. Watson expects students who participate in the program to be “ready to ‘change’ the world and throw themselves into their work quickly and enthusiastically.”
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The program is divided into three stages: according to From a flyer published by Race Work.
Students “develop personal racial literacy and awareness through historical and current contexts. Develop tools and strategies for participating in discussions about race and identity. In the first phase of the program, students develop personal racial literacy and awareness through historical and current contexts. as well as developing leadership tools to begin to address and disrupt systemic racism.
In the second phase, students will “work with a trusted and supportive adult collaborator to define and enact their role as an anti-racist leader.” In the third phase of the program, students will “lead anti-racism work in a way that is most meaningful to them.
SLAM appears to align with the district’s policy on equity.
“The Board shall ensure that its decisions address the needs of students from racial, ethnic, and poor communities and redress the inequalities experienced by such communities during histories of exclusion, discrimination, and segregation. We will consider whether.” read.
Race Work has had other agreements with California school districts in the past.
Hayward Unified School District paid Race Work $43,000 for its SLAM program two Consecutive School year starting in 2021, according to the school board meeting agenda.district approved An additional $14,000 will be paid to Racework in 2023 for “required professional learning and required implicit bias training to support HUSD’s equity and anti-racism policies.” .
San Rafael City Schools paid For the same program in 2022, the group will pay $29,750.San Rafael City Schools under consideration Continuing SLAM, along with two other racial equity programs managed by Race Work, will cost the district $132,250, according to the school board meeting agenda.
MUSD paid Watson an additional $41,500 for consulting services for the following period: 2020 and 2021.
The Martinez Unified School Board did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. Mr. Watson declined to comment.
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