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- ISBN 9781032609386
- Dimensions: 178 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 28 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The work of advancing and embedding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts within school systems requires a roadmap for success. This book provides step-by-step advice for any educator who is serving in the capacity of a DEI-related role, from a teacher or director to an assistant superintendent.
Author Erica Buchanan-Rivera takes you through the complexities and controversies of the work, the commonly shared roles and responsibilities of DEI practitioners, and pitfalls to avoid. She shows you how to create an inclusive institutional culture, which involves the work of building capacity and a common language for DEI, normalizing critical conversations, creating coalitions, and honoring human and civil rights. In addition, she helps you tackle challenging aspects of DEI roles such as dealing with resistance and pushback, responding to political and oppositional movements, plugging families into systems work, and protecting your wellness and peace.
Through detailed accounts that uplift experiences of DEI practitioners across the country, this resource will help you understand how to thrive and navigate your crucial school and community role.
Erica Buchanan-Rivera is an educational equity scholar, consultant, community organizer, and fierce advocate for children and liberatory spaces where people can be their authentic selves. She has served as a teacher, principal, director of curriculum, and a district DEI administrator (e.g., Chief Equity Officer and Director of Equity and Inclusion) in a suburban and an urban school district. Buchanan-Rivera is an Assistant Professor in the Leadership, Language, and Curriculum Department of DePaul University, who brings a lens of justice into her educational leadership courses. She is also the author of the book, Identity-Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity (2022).
