JEDI Committee
The Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee consists of representatives committed to personal and systemic anti-racist practice and change within Great Lakes Waldorf Institute (GLWI) and the broader Waldorf community. They are a joint board, faculty, staff, student, Waldorf parent, and community member committee, consisting of representatives who have a demonstrated commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Committee members have a significant role in the development of strategies and best practices and strive to offer guidance, policies, and procedures to deeply integrate diverse perspectives and backgrounds into GLWI and GLWI’s students’ teaching.
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The overarching goal of the Committee is to drive lasting, systemic change within GLWI and the wider Waldorf community. Members strive to improve GLWI’s culture and teaching program to create an educational, inclusive, and culturally responsive experience that empowers GLWI students to develop personal anti-racist teaching practice and implement systemic change within their own environments. The Committee develops, explains, and promotes strategies and best practices within the realms of racial, social, socioeconomic, religious, disability, sexual, and gender diversity.
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Committee Members
Amber Chavez MS
Committee Co-Chair
Faiza Hashim
GLWI Student
Gyasi Ayo Kress
Committee Co-Chair
Dawn VanKley-Imes
Faculty
Moriya Russell
Community Member
Monika Sutherland MMus
Faculty
Megan Keller
Community Member