In this Identity Talk, I had the pleasure of interviewing Afrika Afeni Mills, who shared some helpful tips on how educators can incorporate culturally responsive and anti-racist teaching practices in the classroom.

Watch the video and share your reflections in the Comments section.

AFRIKA AFENI MILLS

Afrika Afeni Mills is the Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with BetterLesson. She works with teachers, coaches and administrators to transform instructional practices and empower all students to thrive. A former teacher, administrator and prominent thought leader, she has been featured on podcasts discussing the school-to-prison pipeline and white fragility and co-presented Required Reading Reconsidered and Interrogating the Curriculum at conferences across the United States.

Afrika holds a Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education, where she graduated first in her class. Afrika believes that all teachers can be motivated, engaged, dynamic educators and leaders when provided with the supports needed to create student-centered, culturally responsive learning environments that inspire wonder and creativity and nurture diversity, equity and inclusion. Afrika is also a regular contributing writer for Education Post and other education publications.

To learn more about Afrika's work, you can visit her website linktr.ee/joyspirit or connect with her on the following social media platforms:

INSTAGRAM - @joyspirit

TWITTER - @AfeniMills