STREAMING LIVE VIA FACEBOOK & ZOOM!
Arkansans Against School Paddling’s (AASP) motto is simple:
“Educate. Advocate. Repeat.” But it’s more than motto; it’s a promise. The AASP is made up of a diverse team of passionate advocates with educational and medical expertise. They’re teachers, nurses, mothers, fathers — and above all, Arkansans.
Their goal is to protect the dignity and safety of every child in Arkansas, and we won’t rest until corrective violence is illegal in schools.
Policies to end corporal punishment in our schools is something the Arkansas Public Policy Panel supports. It’s also one of the top 5 short-time legislative priorities of our sister organization, Citizens First Congress.
So, join in and participate during our live webinar at noon Friday, Sept. 29 as our CFC Outreach Coordinator Shaytrese Byers speaks with the AASP Co-Director Jeffery Burton and Yolanda Williams, who is a Conscious Parenting Coach and also works with AASP.
As always, we’ll have time to take questions from live viewers! You can join live – either on Facebook or by Zoom – at noon Sept. 29: https://shorturl.at/nqzLR
This live event is part of the Arkansas Public Policy Panel’s ongoing Friday Noon Webinars.
Find more information about Ending Corporal Punishment: https://drive.google.com/.../19BaycBn6dQUpMKP5...
(This Google Drive folder will be updated with more resources post-webinar)
🔹 MEET OUR GUEST(S) 🔹
🔹Yolanda Williams
Yolanda Williams is a Conscious Parenting Coach, Social Justice Instructor, and most importantly a single Mom to one amazing toddler. She also works with Arkansans Against School Paddling.
Yolanda empowers parents with tools to be more intentional, conscious parents in order to raise the next generation of emotionally-well, liberated, free-thinkers and in the process, form deeper more intentional relationships with their children.
Through her podcast, conferences, webinars, and writings, Yolanda curates critical and candid conversations about race, social justice, and parenting with authenticity, truth, and compassion and helps people find tangible tools to create personal and collective transformation. Yolanda provides coaching, DEI training for educators and many more on her website parentingdecolonized.com.
You can also follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Social Media Handles:
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/parentingdecolonized/Facebook group for Black parents: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CPTime/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/prntgdcolonized
🔹Jeffery Burton
Jeffery is a High School Administrator in Arkansas and Co-Director of Arkansas Against School Paddling. He is currently working on his doctorate in Rural and Diverse Communities at Southern Arkansas University, where he also obtained his Master's. He has a passion for liberating students within the current educational model. Early in his career as an administrator, he was asked to use corporal punishment as a discipline method. Once he realized its ineffectiveness, Jeffery started researching other methods of discipline that did not include the use of physical punishment. His goal to impact his students through mentorship and being a positive role model.
Learn more about Arkansas Against School Paddling and their work at banpaddlingar.com.