Women’s & Gender Studies / Lehman College-CUNY

Spring Lecture Series

Radical Care: Leading for Justice in Urban Schools

Rosa L. Rivera-McCutchen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Leadership Studies Coordinator, School & District Leadership Programs

In her new book Radical Care: Leading for Justice in Urban Schools, Dr. Rosa L. Rivera- McCutchen argues that care, as typically described and enacted, is not sufficient for leading schools, particularly those serving Black and Latinx children. Instead, school leaders need to embrace radical care. Dr. Rivera-McCutchen will outline the five components of radical care— adopting an antiracist stance, cultivating authentic relationships, believing in students’ and teachers’ capacity for excellence, leveraging power strategically, and embracing a spirit of radical hope—while sharing vignettes from her personal experiences and research that exemplify each of the components. Calling for educators to thoughtfully challenge existing structures that reproduce inequality, Radical Care offers a much-needed framework that will guide practice with a sense of urgency and a spirit of hope.

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