On Thursday, September 14, Glenn Singleton, the founder and president of Pacific Educational Group visited Gaynor. Singleton is the author of Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools and has traveled worldwide to teach Beyond Diversity™, a curriculum he developed to go hand-in-hand with his teachings.
Dr. Gaynor welcomed attendees to the presentation. “We just released Gaynor’s five-year strategic plan and one of the major pillars of the plan is about diversity and inclusion; how we communicate with our community and how we communicate with ourselves. Glenn is the perfect person to launch our speaker series for the year.”
Every audience member was provided with a copy of Singleton’s proprietary curriculum to work through and follow along with throughout the presentation. Those in attendance were able to answer the questions Singleton posed during his talk, as well as ask their own at the end.
“My big message to you tonight is to lean in with the school and be supportive of the school’s work to be culturally proficient,” said Singleton. “What happens at home and on the weekends is just as critical as what happens during the week. We want the next generation to have a different relationship with race so they can have an opportunity to eradicate racism. And it can’t be eradicated if you pretend it doesn’t exist.”
The school is grateful to the Parents’ Association Diversity Committee for sponsoring this event.
From left to right: Glenn Singleton, Megan Hogan, Traci Lester, Dr. Scott Gaynor, Adina Haller.