Ep.2 : Megan Neaves - Systemic Racism & White Privilege Home But Not Alone

In today’s episode we will focus on Systemic racism and White Privilege with Megan Neaves.

Megan Neaves is the Executive Director of Impowered Community Engagement & Consulting, an organization that aims to empower people to break the cycles of systemic racism in Nova Scotia. Megan is also a jr. high teacher with the Halifax Regional Centre of Education. This fall she will begin a Masters in Educational Foundations specializing in Anti-Racist Education.
In 2018 Megan developed a unit called “Empowering Changes” that aims to teach students how to recognize white privilege and how to use their privilege to create change.
 


This episode focuses on the following things:
- Systematic racism in Canada and Nova Scotia
- Recognizing White Privileges
- History of racism in Nova Scotia
- Discrepancies in the educational system
- How to support and educate yourself moving forward

Megan provides workshops and presentations on White Privilege and Systemic Racism for Impowered Community Engagement & Consulting. For any inquiries email her at Impowered@meganneaves.ca