A Big Win for Equity

Originally Published March 1st, Greater Park Hill News STEAM Academy Will Celebrate Black History, Black Joy and Black Culture 365 Days A Year By Erin Pier For the GPHN Erin Pier As a contributing columnist for Park Hill Neighbors for Equity in Education, I write...

Owning Our History

Originally Published in the Greater Park Hill News, Feb 2nd, 2021 It’s Time For Reflection And Action In Our Classrooms By Erin Pier For the GPHN Erin Pier Over the past year, Americans have been confronted with numerous examples of irrefutable racism. Ahmaud Arbery....

An Education Unlike Any Other

Originally published in The Greater Park Hill News on Dec 1st, 2020 Reflections Of A Year Of Schools, Interrupted Erin Pier I left my in-person job for the last time on a Thursday in March, under the impression I was beginning a three-week “extended spring break.”...

EdEquity: Five Ways To Be Antiracist

Originally published on Oct 1st in the Greater Park Hill News by Erin Pier For the GPHN Committing To A Long Journey Toward Equality Erin Pier In August, Park Hill Neighbors for Equity in Education (PHNEE) introduced EdEquity Corner, a monthly Zoom meeting that...

A Tale Of Two Crises

Originally published in Greater Park Hill News on August 31st, 2020 Living In A State Of Suspended Animation I was only 17 at the time, but I can recall in vivid detail the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Anyone who is old enough remembers exactly where they were and what...

Educational Equity in the Time of COVID

During these challenging times of a pandemic, and with ongoing concerns about racial justice staring us in the face every day, we at PHNEE have been discussing how we can balance remote learning, childcare and our own jobs with our mission of improving equity for all...