Following a racial incident at Willard school in 2019, Jasmine Sebaggala had a call to action for the school community to do something more in addressing issues of racism in a more a structured, intentional, and responsive way. Based on her advocacy and support of her fellow teachers and administrators Willard School’s school climate team created the Call to Action - Protocol for Responding to Hateful Language and Actions at School, with contributions by Meghan Rice, Chris Skoglund, Emily Castillo-Oh, Adrian Gancarczyk, Lara Galicia, Brittany Noble, Khloe Battle, Alejandra Neri, Frances Blair-Collins, Jerry Succes, and Jerry Michel. The Willard team shared this version with district office to use as a base for what is now called D65 Call to Action - Responding to Racism, Discriminatory Language, and Hateful Acts.
This document was brought to principals and assistant principals to incorporate district-wide building-level perspectives and also includes valuable feedback from members of the District Equity Leadership Team, members of the African American, Black, and Caribbean (ABC) parent group, Black Parents of King Arts group, Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC), Asociaión de Familias Hispanas District 65 (AFHD65), D65 parents whose children have had documented experiences with racism, and school and district leadership.