"The problem is with our culture and our belief in this historically supremacist concept of policing," Emedi said.
Conference: Unity Through Diversity
Eileen Yoshina, Tamasha Emedi, and Érica Gonzalez are three anti-racist educators and advocates revolutionizing from Olympia to Shoreline. Together they co-facilicate Educators of Color Leadership Community which is a regional collective that promotes the leadership of Educators of Color to transform education.
Meet Our Teachers
“Washington state has always been focused on making education best for the kids first.”
Tamasha Emedi
Highline School District
Conference: Institute for Teachers of Color
As a recipient of the 2019-2020 Racial Justice Teacher Innovation Grant (RJ-TIG), Tamasha is building bridges for Queer educators of Color in the Pacific Northwest. Tamasha’s project involves connecting Queer people of Color from around Seattle and South King County who work towards liberation by asking: “Can we create spaces for holistic approaches to self-care and affirmation for teachers of Color?”