A student-centered, culturally responsive blueprint for building sustainable and just educational practices.
Third Place Books is proud to welcome friend of the store Diana Ma to our Lake Forest Park location for a conversation about her new book, Anti-Oppressive Universal Design for Teachers — a tool-focused guide to supporting each and every student in the classroom. Diana will be joined in conversation by Dr. Tanisha Brandon-Felder, the Director of Pre-K/Elementary Success in the Highline School District.
This event is free and open to the public. For important updates, RSVP is highly recommended in advance. This event will include a public signing and time for audience Q&A. Sustain our author series by purchasing a copy of the featured book!
About Anti-Oppressive Universal Design for Teachers. . .
Anti-Oppressive Universal Design for Teachers: Building Equitable Classrooms provides a student-centered, culturally responsive blueprint for building sustainable and just educational practices. Marginalized students face complex educational barriers, and undoing educational injustice requires intentional practices designed to be explicitly anti-oppressive. Yet schools continue to adopt trendy "one size fits all" practices that benefit only some. This is not equity.
Author Diana Ma presents a framework that takes the principles of equity and humanizing pedagogy from anti-oppressive theories and the principles of multiplicity and flexible design from Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Together, these principles form a framework designed to dismantle specific systemic oppression. The Anti-Oppressive Universal Design framework is designed for educators who want to build practices that work for all students.
The book's flexible design tools will help teachers create anti-oppressive and equitable education that frees students to be their full authentic selves in the classroom. In addition, there are classroom strategies and stories to show how this model benefits both students and teachers, providing sustainable alternatives to prescriptive practices.
Diana Ma is an anti-oppressive educator and Chinese American author of books that range from Middle Grade and Young Adult to educational nonfiction. She has led workshops on Anti-Oppressive Universal Design for teachers and presented on the importance of diverse representation at schools and national conferences. She was also a 2019 We Need Diverse Books mentee and a 2021-2023 Highlights Foundation Muslim Storytellers Fellow. Diana currently teaches at a community college in Seattle. She believes that it’s important for all kids to recognize themselves as the heroes of the books they read. Her belief that diverse books help us create a better world is what drives her writing and teaching. More information can be found about Diana on her website: Dianamaauthor.com.
Tanisha Brandon-Felder is currently the director of PreK and Elementary Success in the Highline School District. Dr. Brandon-Felder specializes in race and equity, culturally responsive practices and, primarily the opportunity gap occurring with Black and Brown students. A graduate of both Grambling State and University of Washington, she focuses on equitable leadership with adults. Dr. Brandon-Felder hosts a Youtube Channel, Talking Books With Tanisha, to promote literacy in both youth and adults. Being a Racial Equity and Anti Racism focused educator is the key to identifying the ways in which she strives to build strong learning partnerships and ensure equitable outcomes with and for students of color. Dr. Brandon-Felder is committed to collectively transforming institutional practices one system at a time.
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