In our inaugural episode of CCBE’s WELLRead podcast, we lean into the efforts of the Crescent community to improve our understanding and support of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. Aligning with Black History Month, this episode celebrates Black Excellence and shares insights from a panel discussion by Black Crescent community members.

Guests:

• Tega Ajise, Grade 12 student and Head Boy at Crescent School
• Dan Pringle, Class of 2005 alumnus and a member of the Crescent Alumni Diversity Committee
• Caleb McLeod, Grade 12 student and Assembly Prefect at Crescent School

Episode Themes:

• Connecting to one of CCBE’s research pillars
• Celebrating Black History Month
• Building understanding within the Crescent community
• Creating context of the intersectionality of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Resources referenced in this episode:

• Crescent School’s Diversity Statement
• Reflections by Dan Pringle

Diversity PLC Book Groups: In February 2021, 89 staff and faculty members participated in book discussion groups organized by Crescent’s Diversity Professional Learning Community (PLC). The books discussed were:

Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

How to Be Antiracist by Ibrahim Kendi

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds

The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teachings and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love