Really excited for this next session (and my last one at #NCTE19). I& #39;ve followed these folks on Twitter or Instagram for so long and they& #39;ve informed my knowledge of #antiracism during a critical period of my own learning.

@britthawthorne_ is starting the session. I loved her #FailureFriday series on Instagram. First bomb she drops is "convenience and nostalgia are two of the most dangerous ideas in education".

Next is the amazing @tiffanymjewell. Love that she is highlighting Dr. Barbara J. Love and liberatory consciousness https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💖" title="Sparkling heart" aria-label="Emoji: Sparkling heart">

I spy Baltimore& #39;s own @byDVNLLN on @tiffanymjewell& #39;s bookshelf during her #antiracism presentation https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😍" title="Smiling face with heart-shaped eyes" aria-label="Emoji: Smiling face with heart-shaped eyes">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍🏻" title="Thumbs up sign (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Thumbs up sign (light skin tone)">

@juliaerin80 is next up and blowing me out of my seat. "Do your actions work to liberate students or to make them dependent on you?"

*Just because we are teaching students to read, doesn& #39;t mean we& #39;ve given them a reading identity*

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Get on the wave with @PresidentPat! Love that he ended his time with a call to care for ourselves. "Sustainability is more than just a day off...it needs to be baked into our activism."

And I cannot leave out (sorry had to rush home and charge my phone https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤦🏻‍♀️" title="Woman facepalming (light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Woman facepalming (light skin tone)">) that @nenagerman closed us out by sharing a beautiful piece of poetry she had written and calling us to the work of #antiracism. So grateful to the five presenters for this space https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏" title="Person with folded hands" aria-label="Emoji: Person with folded hands">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤗" title="Hugging face" aria-label="Emoji: Hugging face">