Educating is a vocation rooted in hopefulness. As teachers we believe that learning is possible, that nothing can keep an open mind from seeking after knowledge and finding a way to know.
– bell hooks
Dear Luna Community,
As a children’s dance education organization dedicated to equity, we believe Black children have the right to be free.
Engaging in anti-racist work is an ongoing learning process. The process of writing this message, as a group, at Luna, has revealed that as an organization, we have a lot of work to do. We are on a continuum of learning and are dedicated to continually challenging our assumptions and biases in an effort to dismantle white supremacy culture.
Anti-black racism is a local and global issue that operates on many levels – internalized, interpersonal, structural, and systemic.There are many layers of unlearning and healing that must happen in solidarity with one another in order for liberation to occur.
We recognize people have been doing this work for a long time. Below is a list of several resources Luna faculty have learned from and would like to share to support all of us along our journey, wherever we are. We welcome the process of learning as we dive into these resources with you.
Together in the movement,
Luna Dance Institute
Aiano Nakagawa, Cherie Hill, Heather Stockton, Jochelle Pereña, Nancy Ng, Patricia Reedy, Samia Karimi