Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Ph.D. is Professor of English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and the recipient of the 2024 Dorothy Height Distinguished Alumna Award from New York University. Yolanda is co-editor of All About Black Girl Love in Education: bell hooks and Pedagogies of Love (2024), co-author of Advancing Racial Literacies in Teacher Education: Activism for Equity in Digital Spaces (2021), and author of two poetry books: Love from the Vortex & Other Poems and The Peace Chronicles. She is founder of the Racial Literacy Project [...] Yolanda has been featured in documentaries by Spike Lee and CWK Network.

Part 1: Excavating the Self: Racial Literacy as a Process and Way of Being 1. Growing Up Bronx: Racial Literacy Lessons from My South Bronx Beginnings 2. From Self-Discovery to Collective Change: The Journey to Racial Literacy 3. Doing the Work Where We Are: Advancing Racial Literacy in Education 4. The Archaeological Approach to Teaching 5. Archaeology of Self as Practice: An Invitation to Teachers Part 2: Excavating the Heart of Teaching, Learning, and Becoming 6. Layers of the Self: Uncovering Teacher Identity 7. An Artful Journey: Excavating Identity and Bias Through (Un)Final Multimodal Storytelling Projects 8. Towards Critical (Self) Love Part 3: Excavating Truth, Healing, and Justice: The Work of Self and Community 9. Archaeologists of the Self: Addressing Trauma, Healing, and Growth 10. Reconstructing Self and Community for a Just Future 11. Preparation Meets Purpose: A National Call for Racial Literacy Lesson Plans 12. Racial Literacy Lesson Plans 13. Artifacts, Tools, and Resources