This fall, Cathedral launched its Anti-Racism Action Plan, which identifies both short- and long-term goals across five immediate areas of focus: Students and Curriculum, Employees, Alumni, Community, and the Board of Trustees. As a part of this plan, the school invites all alumni and parents of alumni to take part in a Focus Group, during which we hope to learn from you and your Cathedral experiences:

 

 

Questions? Contact alumni@cathedralnyc.org

Ms. Stewart will discuss The 1619 Project as well as her essay—"We are committing educational malpractice: Why slavery is mistaught — and worse — in American schools."

Katie Kingsbury, Cathedral Parent and Opinion Editor of The New York Times will introduce Ms. Stewart and her work. Dr. Worokya Duncan, Head of Upper School and Director of Equity and Engagement, will moderate a Q & A session after Ms. Stewart addresses the group.

Questions? Contact doingthework@cathedralnyc.org.

Dear Parents,

 

The POSOC and PA are teaming up to form a special Equity Club for parents. The club is akin to a monthly book club, but we plan to discuss all kinds of content related to equity. We want to talk about that issue, and we want to talk about it together. Our goal is to get to know each other, share our perspectives, and become a closer community that values equity and equality.   

 

The club’s first book will be Caste by Isabel Wilkerson, a #1 New York Times Bestseller and Oprah’s Book Club pick. Come to this first session to learn about the club and our first book selection. This is simply an introductory session and doesn’t obligate you to join the club, so come-one, come all! 

The Zoom link for this session will be made available in the 2/21 PA Notes and 2/23 Peacock Post as well as the Doing the Work eblast parents received on 2/19.

 

Thanks so much,

POSOC and PA

In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings.

This annual Evensong honors The Rev. Absalom  Jones, an abolitionist, community organizer, and clergyman who was born into slavery in 1746. He taught himself to read, purchased his wife’s freedom, and then his own in 1783. He later founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen and went on to become the first African-American priest ordained in the Episcopal Church in 1802. Absalom Jones’s lifelong work denouncing slavery and oppression serves as an inspiration for The Cathedral School’s ongoing commitment to equity, justice, and inclusion.

The full community will receive a link to the Absalom Jones Evensong recording for personal viewing on Friday, February 26.