06/12/2020
At Intellidance®, we will continue to do better!
As the founder of Intellidance® I strive to lead our company and international community from a place of growth, integrity, honesty, and excellence. This includes continually going within and digging deeper into our core values, as we stand hand and hand in friendship and solidarity with Black, Indigenous and People of Color.
While I know we may make mistakes along the way, we are not afraid to do the work. I recognize that this process and dialogue provide us with the opportunity to learn, improve, and strengthen our advocacy in dance and music education for ALL children.
Our team is ready to educate ourselves in the complex histories, perspectives, and needs of the young families we seek to empower. We are critically re-examining our curriculum to ensure it is inclusive and representative of the BIPOC community. We are learning how we can support anti-racist education by learning from BIPOC educators. We are slowly developing resources that address racism to empower the families we serve.
We will continue to nurture meaningful connections with our fellow human beings through listening to the stories, needs and demands of the BIPOC community with compassion, kindness, and empathy. We understand we can truly only build inclusive, diverse communities when we scrutinize our privilege and actively seek to dismantle barriers that obstruct justice and equality for all.
We acknowledge that this is steady work that must be repeated relentlessly until we get it right. We will be vulnerable and strong enough to ask questions and know that true wholehearted leadership means letting go of our ego. We don’t know it all, but we are ready, willing, and eager to learn.
We will do better!
@ Intellidance Method: Early Childhood Dance and Music Teacher Resources
