Raising Antiracist Kids #3: A Workshop Series

As parents of young children, Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs and Adam St. Bernard Jacobs will share what they have learned on their journey that is focused on having an antiracist family, with other parents and caregivers. These three workshops will cover the components of an antiracist family, the need for a deep commitment to unlearning and learning about systemic racism, the importance of a multifaceted approach to this journey, how to move from learning to action and how to find joy in liberation. They will delve into how to have tough but essential conversations with children around race and privilege that leads to action for the whole family and how to move past discomfort around these conversations.

Follow their work on Instagram at @antiracistparenting101.

Follow Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs at @tabithastb

WORKSHOP #3

This workshop will focus on gaining the confidence to have these conversations and how to seek out opportunities to address race. This will touch on some common opportunities that parents and caregivers can use as entry points for important conversations, including curating your child’s media diet to center experiences of people of color. We will also delve into guideposts around talking to kids about:

• Colorism and white privilege
• Police violence and current issues
• Racist systems
• Providing conversation jump-off points for kids and adults based on this workshop’s focus

(you may come to any workshop in the series, just two, or all three)

Learn more about our facilitators:

Tabitha St. Bernard-Jacobs is a Trinidadian-American mom, writer, and award-winning artist and organizer. She is also a leading voice on parenting anti-racist children and is the author of the biweekly column, Raising Anti-Racist Kids with Romper.com. Tabitha consulted with Penguin on the kids book, Little Activists. Tabitha is a founding organizer of Women’s March. She currently serves as Senior Advisor of the organization after serving as Deputy Executive Director of Program. She co-founded Youth Empower, the youth arm of Women's March where, among other things, she led the team that organized the historic 2018 National School Walkouts against gun violence. Together with 24 other Women's March organizers, she was recognized as one of Glamour Magazine’s 2017 Women of the Year. She has been featured in the book, 200 Women Who Will Change The Way You See The World. Tabitha is raising two kids with her favorite human, Adam.

Adam St. Bernard Jacobs is a peace educator, nonprofit leader, and proud parent. He was the founding Executive Director of Kids Creative in NYC for 19 years and is currently the Director of Development and Communications at Ramapo for Children NYC, which includes the National School Climate Center, Ramapo Training, and the Youth Development Institute. He was a member of the team that founded P.S. 536, a progressive elementary school in the Bronx. He also sits on national organizing committees working to dismantle white supremacy in arts education and Jewish institutions. He has written articles and led workshops in conflict resolution and the arts, giving talks and workshops at Columbia University, The Peace and Justice Studies Conference, Gettysburg College, and The University of Istanbul, among others. He was also Mr. Clown, a lead performer in the internationally acclaimed rock group for kids, The Dirty Sock Funtime Band, and was a regular on Nick Jr. and Chuck E Cheese TV.  He is raising 2 fantastic children with his life partner Tabitha.