Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Register Now for Middle School Diversity Conference
The 13th annual Middle School Diversity Conference will be held virtually on March 11.
What we believe
We believe that creating healing, connection, and friendship across lines of difference makes a stronger community.
The pre-kindergarten-12 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program empowers our community with stress reduction strategies, spaces for practicing the navigation of difference and sameness, and the freedom to make mistakes. It includes direct training for faculty, staff, and parents; school-based student leadership development; and ongoing practice with regional and national partners.
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Brendon Jobs also teaches history at The Haverford School, including electives like Modern Black Lives.
Brendon Jobs, Director of Diversity, Equity, and InclusionInclusion lessens the pressure for competing interests, experiences, or realities to battle for dominance. More than a celebration of the kinds of difference represented in our community, inclusivity demands that together, we cultivate a community that represents us all. Preparing boys for life requires that we actively practice such methods of social empowerment and engagement.
Notes at a faculty SEED seminar.
What we're doing
Your Sphere of Influence: Danielle Coke
"While fighting racism will be a long and difficult journey because of how engrained it is in many aspects of society, there are so many steps you can take in the short-term to contribute to change." - Danielle Coke
School-Based Overt vs. Covert Racism
Becoming Anti-Racist
Anti-racist awareness and action is a continual process of becoming. It is fundamentally iterative.
Resources
Our Team
Brendon Jobs
Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
bjobs@haverford.org
Katharine Hudson
Upper School DEI Coordinator
khudson@haverford.org
Kerry Kettering-Goens
Middle School DEI Coordinator
kgoens@haverford.org
Ryan Meyer
Middle School DEI Coordinator
rmeyer@haverford.org
Maureen Finlan
Lower School DEI Coordinator
mfinlan@haverford.org
Susana Lambour-Smotkin
Faculty SEED Coordinator
slambour@haverford.org
Sara Barton & Cheryl Joloza
Family SEED Coordinators
sbarton@haverford.org
cjoloza@haverford.org
Donta Evans
Director of Community Relations
devans@haverford.org
@InclusiveTHS on Twitter
News and Progress
Philadelphia Inquirer:
To confront the 2020 election cycle, we need emotional intelligence in schools >
“The Role of the Diversity Director” Third Space Podcast with Jen Cort >
Brendon Jobs on Radnor Studio 21 >
Middle School hosts region's largest diversity conference >
Philadelphia Inquirer: How to talk to kids about race >
Philadelphia Magazine: 19 Philly-Area Schools Rethinking Education in Big Ways and Small >
Middle School teacher presents at People of Color Conference >
Middle schoolers reflect on Young Men of Color Symposium/(Re)defining Power Conference >
Dr. Howard Stevenson educates Haverford School faculty on racial literacy >
About Brendon Jobs
Brendon Jobs is the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at The Haverford School, where he teaches Modern World History and Modern Black Lives in the Upper School.
A veteran educator of the Philadelphia School District, Jobs has taught since 2007. He was named a James Madison Fellow, Lehrman Fellow, National Constitution Center Annenberg Fellow, Education Pioneer Fellow. Ongoing training with Penn GSE's Racial Empowerment Collaborative and the Race Institute informs his approach to imagining and building inclusive communities.
He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University and M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania.