When people rose up a year ago against the murder of George Floyd and other Black Americans killed by police, it reignited a racial justice movement in Oregon and across the world with calls for change in every corner of our communities.
Schools were specifically challenged for perpetuating racism through whitewashed and incomplete histories and were called on to play a new role: to teach the next generation to be anti-racist.
Eugene School District 4J also has made changes, in large part due to school board decisions.
Misael Flores Gutierrez, the district’s equity, instruction and partnerships administrator, is a COE alumnus.