Affinity Groups, Equity Ambassadors, Gender Identity and #BLM in Henrico County Public Schools
Incidents
Henrico County Public Schools prioritizes Diversity, Equity and Opportunity. Racial affinity groups of staff met three times over the summer — the groups included one for Black staff, one for teachers of color and one called the “allyship affinity group,” described in part as a “a space to recognize and process the impact of privilege on White educators.”
Henrico has a program in which students can apply to become “equity ambassadors.”
In October of 2020, the district sponsored a virtual event called “What LGBTQ+ Students Need: How COVID-19, the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Election are Impacting our Youth,” which was led by the executive director of Side by Side, a youth LGBTQ+ organization in Virginia. Below is a video of the entire training:
On its Diversity, Equity and Opportunity page, the district website has a section called ‘Girls for a Change’ that lists enrichment opportunities and programs for girls. There is no mention of boys on the page, nor any opportunities listed for boys.
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References
Henrico County Public Schools hires equity and diversity director Enrico Citizen, March 28, 2018
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