Why Examine and Address Race? Race matters—in society and in our schools. It is critical for educators to address racial issues in order to uncover personal and institutional biases that prevent all students, and especially students of color, from reaching their fullest potential. https://courageousconversation.com/about/ Every year,...

The Pacific Education Group (PEG) summit is an annual opportunity for individuals and organizations to engage in deepened conversations about systemic racism and its impact on opportunity and achievement for all people. Utilizing the Courageous Conversation™ Protocol, participants can engage in examining race in their personal, professional and...

Having a conversation around racial equity can be hard. But, it is necessary. The growing diversity, around the country and specifically our region, makes it imperative that such conversations become a focal point around the work we do. There is also much interest in this...

The Pacific Educational Group (PEG), a consulting firm committed to forging racial equity, believes that an earnest and honest discussion on race and racism is the first step to eliminating racially predictable outcomes of our lives. It has developed Courageous Conversation™, a process to understand and discuss race...

On June 27, 110 individuals from 40 organizations (see below) gathered together at the Odle Middle School in Bellevue for the first Eastside Racial Equity Summit. Organized by the Bellevue School District (BSD), City of Bellevue, Eastside Pathways, and Leadership Eastside, the purpose of the summit was to bring together...

In 2014, the Eastside Pathways Backbone began engaging in the Pacific Educational Group’s (PEG) Courageous Conversations training, a protocol for engaging, sustaining, and deepening interracial dialogue, in an effort to learn more about how to move towards racial equity as a community in Bellevue. Eastside Pathways...

On June 25 and 26, Eastside Pathways, along with the Bellevue School District and community partners like Jubilee REACH, the Bellevue Family YMCA, and Leadership Eastside, attended the Courageous Conversations Regional Summit in Portland, Oregon. The Regional Summits, which are held throughout the year, are...

Susan Sullivan, Brent Christie, Kelly Jones, and Charlotte Anthony share their thoughts on attending the Courageous Converastions Summit.        I am white Susan Sullivan, board member of Eastside Pathways Black. Brown. Red. Yellow. White. These are the labels we use to describe people’s skin. Last month, I attended...

Representatives from the Bellevue School District, Eastside Pathways, Jubilee REACH, and the City of Bellevue attended “Beyond Diversity,” a regional training in Portland, Oregon.  Beyond Diversity is an introduction to Courageous Conversations and a platform to speak about deinstitutionalizing racism and eliminating racial achievement disparities. It...

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