2019-2021
Learning for Justice Advisory Board


Learning for Justice depends on the feedback and support of an important group of teachers, school counselors and psychologists, librarians, school- and district-level administrators and education professors: the Learning for Justice Advisory Board. These educators and leaders volunteer their time to review our resources, try our curriculum and act as ambassadors for our work. Our 2019-2021 Advisory Board is a group of 31 educators who represent a range of grade levels, regions and voices. They demonstrate incredible commitment to social justice in their classrooms and communities, and we’re honored to work with them.

  • Geneviève DeBose Akinnagbe | Literacy Coach | Los Angeles, California
  • Lhisa Almashy | ELL Teacher | Palm Beach County, Florida
  • Julie Bradley | ELL Teacher | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Hayley Breden | High School Teacher | Denver, Colorado
  • Tracy Castro-Gill | District Administrator | Seattle, Washington 
  • Kevin Cordi | Assistant Professor of Education | Ada, Ohio 
  • Toni Rose Deanon | Middle School Teacher | Washington, D.C.
  • Kari Deswood | Assistant Professor of English | Farmington, New Mexico
  • Marian Dingle | Elementary Teacher  
  • Kim Estelle | Middle School Teacher | Huntsville, Alabama
  • Barbie Garayúa Tudryn | Middle School Counselor | Chapel Hill, North Carolina 
  • Maribel Gonzalez | Middle School Teacher | San Antonio, Texas 
  • Kishanna Harley | High School Librarian | Washington, D.C.
  • Angela Hartman | High School Librarian | Hutto, Texas
  • Michelle Higgins | High School Teacher | Walla Walla, Washington
  • Stephanie Jones | Assistant Professor of Education | Grinnell, Iowa
  • Averill Kelley | High School Teacher | Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Amy Melik | ELL Teacher and Coordinator | Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
  • Veronica Menefee | Special Education Teacher | Baltimore, Maryland
  • Henry Cody Miller | Assistant Professor of English Education | Brockport, New York
  • Alice Mitchell | Elementary Teacher | Hyde Park, Massachusetts
  • Matilda Morrison | Elementary Teacher | Ventura, California
  • Alicia Oglesby | High School Counselor | Forestville, Maryland
  • Sonal Patel | District Administrator | San Leandro, California 
  • Celeste Payne | High School Teacher | West Chester, Pennsylvania
  • Jamilah Pitts | School Administrator | New York, New York
  • Natalie Odom Pough | Lecturer in Education | Clemson, South Carolina
  • Marvin Reed | Elementary Teacher | Berkeley, California
  • Kinette Richards | Middle School Psychologist | Aurora, Colorado
  • Frances Weaver | Middle School Teacher | Narberth, Pennsylvania
  • Bria Wright | Elementary Teacher | Cary, North Carolina

Articles by 2019-2021

What Educators Can Do in 100 Days

At the start of a new administration, we can all recommit to working for equity in schools. Members of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board suggest some ways to get started.

Advice for New Social Justice Educators: "I Wish I Had Known"

The Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board shares what they’ve learned as they’ve worked for justice in schools.
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