For the last several years I've had the honor of being a member of the faculty of the NAIS Diversity Institute (name has been changed to Diversity Leadership Institute for summer 2013). I work closely with Nishant Mehta, an extraordinary, innovative educator and friend who is the head-elect of The Children's School in Atlanta, team teaching a strand on leading and managing change for diversity and inclusion. We were asked to write a chapter for the new NAIS Diversity Handbook, to be published this spring. So this afternoon there was a session to introduce/promote the book. Nishant and I spoke for a few minutes about our chapter and several other contributors did the same. Since the book has yet to be published, I didn't know exactly how it would be organized or what other content would be included. What's clear from today's session is that the book will definitely be a valuable resource for heads, boards, diversity practitioners, and faculty.
Every time I'm asked to speak at a conference the biggest worry isn't how best to present the information. Rather, the fear is that no one will show. I'm happy - and relieved - to report that we had 35 or 40 people interested in learning about the Handbook, and we enjoyed a really rich conversation about diversity in schools, how far we've come, and how to make sure the work continues
Thanks to Gene Batiste at NAIS for including me in this project.
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