About Kids for Racial Justice
Kids for Racial Justice supports children ages 6-14 in developing the commitment and tools to dismantle racism.
Kids for Racial Justice offers engaging programs that inspire children to be change makers. Our age-appropriate curriculum allows children to explore important topics related to race, racism, and activism, in a supportive and fun environment. With adult guidance, children have the empowering experience of planning and carrying out antiracist action. Kids for Racial Justice also works with families to extend this learning into the home, by curating resources for children and adults to learn more, and by supporting family conversations.
Kids for Racial Justice's parent education programs complement its offerings for children. These include small group workshops that provide parents with tools to engage their children in conversations about race and racism, individualized coaching sessions that are tailored to a family’s needs, and a variety of special events.
Kids for Racial Justice partners with schools and out-of-school-time providers to develop and implement professional development for educators as well as antiracist programs for students.
Kids for Racial Justice offers engaging programs that inspire children to be change makers. Our age-appropriate curriculum allows children to explore important topics related to race, racism, and activism, in a supportive and fun environment. With adult guidance, children have the empowering experience of planning and carrying out antiracist action. Kids for Racial Justice also works with families to extend this learning into the home, by curating resources for children and adults to learn more, and by supporting family conversations.
Kids for Racial Justice's parent education programs complement its offerings for children. These include small group workshops that provide parents with tools to engage their children in conversations about race and racism, individualized coaching sessions that are tailored to a family’s needs, and a variety of special events.
Kids for Racial Justice partners with schools and out-of-school-time providers to develop and implement professional development for educators as well as antiracist programs for students.
About Us
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Meredith Moore, Ph.D, Director and Lead Educator
Meredith has two decades of experience as a K-12 teacher, curriculum developer, professional developer, and researcher. She is committed to using her position as a White educator to help others to recognize and ultimately dismantle racist structures. With a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard University and an M.S. in Childhood Education from Bank Street College, Meredith spent the first decade of her career teaching in elementary and middle schools. Through her experiences teaching in varied settings, including a majority Latinx charter school, a racially diverse public school, and a predominantly White private school, Meredith saw firsthand the stark inequalities baked into our current educational system. She researched institutional racism and its far-reaching impacts in the course of her doctoral work at Boston College, where she received a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. In the last few years, she has developed her approach to creating shared understandings of issues related to race by facilitating workshops for her colleagues at MIT's Playful Journey Lab and for parents at Cambridge's Haggerty School, by working with children in Kids for Racial Justice's clubs, and by trying things out with her own kids. Kids for Racial Justice brings together Meredith's passions for teaching and racial equity. She can't think of anything more rewarding than working with kids to try to change the world. |
Advisory Council
The advisory council is group of dedicated volunteers with expertise in a range of areas, including education, leadership, and communications. The advisory council helps to guide the development of Kids for Racial Justice.
The advisory council is group of dedicated volunteers with expertise in a range of areas, including education, leadership, and communications. The advisory council helps to guide the development of Kids for Racial Justice.
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Anjali Deshpande, Ph.D.
Anjali is a professor of Mathematics Education at High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning in affiliation with MIT. Anjali served as a public middle school teacher in the South Bronx for eight years and a secondary mathematics coach based in New York City and working nationally for eight years. While the majority of her teaching experience is with BIPOC middle school students from low income backgrounds, Anjali has worked with high school students from a variety of backgrounds during her time as faculty for NYU college preparation programs in Abu Dhabi and New York. Her passions include developing the next generation of educators to teach for justice, designing teaching strategies that foster the development of positive mathematics identity, and promoting justice and equity through STEAM education. Anjali has long believed that children can and should be guided and trusted to usher in a more just and equitable era, and she therefore takes great care and great pride in contributing to the powerful work happening at the Kids for Racial Justice. |
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Christian Henry
Christian builds learning communities in his career and volunteer efforts. He comes to the work of fostering anti-racist ideas and policies as a teacher, as parent of two elementary school students, and with a range of leadership and governance experience in resource constrained organizations. As a search consultant he helps schools and values-driven endeavors complete their leadership teams. Kids for Racial Justice has shaped how his children view themselves and others, and he's passionate about extending that impact to others. |
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Kris Wilton
Kris is a communications strategist and content producer with more than 20 years experience across nonprofit and media organizations. She is currently Director of Creative Content and Digital Engagement at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, where she oversees web platforms, social media, digital communications, and video production and has led cross-departmental Accessibility and Virtual Programming teams. Before joining the ICA in 2013, she worked as an arts writer and editor in New York, as Editor for the Fulbright Commission in Berlin, and in publishing and media in Philadelphia. She is passionate about communicating clearly and accessibly, dissecting culture and class, and raising her son to be kind, empathic, and informed. She believes that the work of dismantling racism depends on the willingness to press beyond one's lived experience and make mistakes along the way. |
