[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Nominations to RHF

[Judith Green]

Dear colleagues,

I support Hilary’s suggestion.  We might also want to consider creating an early scholars initiative to support diverse scholars in the futures in literacy research and leadership.

Judith

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> On Jun 12, 2020, at 7:17 AM, Hilary Janks <hilary.janks at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues
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> I have a radical proposal. I believe that RHF should only accept nominations of academics of colour until such time as people of colour make up 40-50% of our members. It would be a move against systemic racism that would express solidarity with our colleagues of colour. Some of us would even be prepared to resign to help even up the numbers and to speed up the process should this be considered necessary.
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