AAPS: Community High School: CRAD

Committee on Race and Diversity (CRAD)

CRAD is a committee composed of staff, students, and parents who are dedicated to encouraging conversations and designing activities for the school community that address racial equity, diversity, and social justice.

Past activities:

Book club: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Film series: Rize & Style Wars
Anti-racism workshop and lecture with Tim Wise at the UM
Promotion of MLK activities at the UM
Increasing knowledge about other activities and organizations at the UM
Seeking out theater troupes to perform plays about diversity issues
Sponsoring support groups for African American young men and women
Creating a new photo display in vestibule display case
Crafted a discussion guide (with Cheryl Grace) for NSAU documentary Boys of Baraka
Created an artistic installation in commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Members model themselves as open listeners and sources of information about diversity issues
Expanding our conversations beyond race, while keeping race as a powerful part of the conversation
Working on creating student led focus groups
End of year diversity summit
Involvement in Multi Culti

CRAD Sub-Groups

Equity Team: There are equity teams at every AAPS school. The CHS equity team includes 5 staff members and is a sub-group of C-RAD. They represent the school at district level equity team meetings and trainings. The focus is to work toward reducing the achievement gap. Toward this end, the group will encourage and help facilitate courageous conversations among staff. AAPS is in the third year of an Anti-Racism and Equity Initiative guided by the work of Glenn Singleton. Our equity team is charged with bringing this work to the CHS staff through staff development. Activities:

Plan mini-course on Whiteness or White Privilege
Discussing and brainstorming strategies for more critical conversations among the staff
Creating situational vignettes for professional development discussions

Outreach Committee: This committee works in collaboration with C-RAD and has the specific goal of increasing racial/ethnic diversity among the student population at Community.