Susan Naimark

Susan Naimark “…the word community…simply means our endless connection with, and responsibility for, each ot

Susan Naimark provides consulting services that support parents, teachers, nonprofits and public agencies to promote racial equity and build community among diverse populations. In 2012 Susan authored The Education of a White Parent: Wrestling with Race and Opportunity in the Boston Public Schools. She has spent more than twenty years promoting racial equity in schools and communities, including a

s a co-founder and current Board Chair of the Boston Parent Organizing Network. Naimark has served in leadership roles in several national community development nonprofits. She assisted the start-up of dozens of local YouthBuild programs across the U.S., and supported community development organizations across the NeighborWorks network to expand and strengthen their community building and organizing efforts. Susan served eight years on the City of Boston’s school board, where she instituted community forums to seek broader input on key policy issues. She is a long-time Board member of Community Change, Inc., a Boston-based organization that educates and organizes for racial equity. Naimark has facilitated hundreds of trainings, workshops and dialogues on race, privilege, and creating equitable, healthy communities and organizations, in settings from grassroots groups to national conferences. Her work is driven by the belief that we are all only as well off as the larger community to which we all belong.

In need of major repairs (photo by Peter Ralston, shared by Heather Cox Richardson)
09/24/2023

In need of major repairs (photo by Peter Ralston, shared by Heather Cox Richardson)

11/22/2021

Liminal space: The time between "what was" and "what's next."

Author and Franciscan friar Richard Rohr describes this space as:
"where we are betwixt and between the familiar and the completely unknown. There alone is our old world left behind, while we are not yet sure of the new existence. That’s a good space where genuine newness can begin. Get there often and stay as long as you can by whatever means possible…This is the sacred space where the old world is able to fall apart, and a bigger world is revealed. If we don’t encounter liminal space in our lives, we start idealizing normalcy."
This is our time to RE-NORM.
Thank you Curdina Hill for introducing me to this concept!

My heart goes out to the Afghan people for all we have put them through and the mess we left behind. Especially the wome...
09/01/2021

My heart goes out to the Afghan people for all we have put them through and the mess we left behind. Especially the women. Many have deactivated their social media accounts for their safety. Here are a few who live outside the country whose voices we can amplify as a way to offer our support:
​Mariam Wardak - analyst and advocate for gender inclusion in Afghanistan and co-founder of Her Afghanistan
https://www.instagram.com/mariamwardakk/
​Munaza Shaheed - journalist, writer and anchor for Voice of America and co-founder of Her Afghanistan
https://www.instagram.com/munazashaheed/
​Roya Rahmani - Former Ambassador of the IR of Afghanistan to the US & Indonesia, and fierce advocate for peace, women’s rights, development, & democracy
https://twitter.com/royarahmani?lang=en
Shout out to Wanderful Women for the above information!

The latest Tweets from Roya Rahmani (). Former Ambassador of the IR of Afghanistan to the US& Indonesia,Fierce advocate for peace, women’s rights, development, & democracy. Mother of a young daughter. United States

08/21/2021

190 years ago today, Nat Turner, an enslaved American, let a rebellion against slavery. Seventy of his enslaved and free Black neighbors traveled through Southampton County, Virginia, freeing enslaved people and murdering their enslavers. The rebellion was put down within a couple of days, and hundreds of Black Virginians were murdered in retaliation. Because Turner was educated and considered "well treated", one reaction was for states across the South to pass laws making it a crime to teach enslaved people to read and write. Full access to quality education has remained a battle ever since. Education = liberation.

We beat back fascism but barely. The 47+% who voted for Trump have been fed a steady diet of white supremacy, much of it...
11/07/2020

We beat back fascism but barely. The 47+% who voted for Trump have been fed a steady diet of white supremacy, much of it barely disguised as concern for the economy or "freedom." Let's commit to keeping the heat on for real change, beyond this election.

Trump is out! AND we know that a vast majority of white voters still voted for him. Will you join me in recommitting to racial justice and pledging to do our white people's work to organize our own?

10/28/2020

“Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it.” – Arundhati Roy

Here's an excellent resource for preparing for the upcoming elections. Well researched strategies on what to do if the e...
10/23/2020

Here's an excellent resource for preparing for the upcoming elections. Well researched strategies on what to do if the election is stolen. We don't need to freeze in fear, there are concrete steps that we can take - now and after Nov. 3. We're not the first country to have our democracy undermined, and there are lessons we can learn from other countries who have been through this!

The democracy this nation was built on is not guaranteed. We can stop an undemocratic power grab, but only if we prepare and together, choose democracy.

Here's a brilliant and inspiring presentation by the Black Teacher Project. They cover the history of Black Panther scho...
09/11/2020

Here's a brilliant and inspiring presentation by the Black Teacher Project. They cover the history of Black Panther schools in the 1970s-80s, plus thoughts on how to create liberatory classrooms in the 2020s. So needed!

At the Black Teacher Project, we believe that honoring the wisdom of the past is necessary in creating a liberated future. Thus, we were thrilled to have the...

From CITY Center for Collaborative Learning Feminism & Social Justice Youth Summit. Says it all:
07/21/2020

From CITY Center for Collaborative Learning Feminism & Social Justice Youth Summit. Says it all:

Here is a very worthy 7 minute pause to reflect on today's holiday
07/04/2020

Here is a very worthy 7 minute pause to reflect on today's holiday

The U.S. celebrates this Independence Day amid calls for systemic reform. In this film, five descendants of Frederick Douglass read excerpts of his speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

Do you shop at Whole Foods? Consider alternatives. If you want to stop feeding the profits of the richest man in the uni...
06/22/2020

Do you shop at Whole Foods? Consider alternatives. If you want to stop feeding the profits of the richest man in the universe. Jeff Bezos tops the list - again- at $160 billion net worth. Yes that's BILLION. I know, I shop at Whole Foods too. With so many people suffering under unconscionable wealth divides, health divides, and racial oppression, this is as good a moment as any to find new ways to align our values with our actions. If equity is a value you hold. Thanks to for prodding me on this one.

Follow the money.

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