Estelle Baroung Hughes explains the role of visioning | DEIJ Hot Takes

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?

Estelle Baroung Hughes teaches us about 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 in this episode of DEIJ Hot Takes:

‘𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.’

Estelle Baroung Hughes

Estelle Baroung Hughes and I discussed the reflective considerations needed to ensure we are moving towards our vision, not getting dragged down by trauma.

Our conversation highlights the significance of creating a world where future generations can thrive, rather than being defined by past traumas.

Key Takeaways to build into our DEIJ work:

• Engaging with trauma is a critical part of DEIJ work but should not define us or others identities. Through reconciliation, compromise, and the establishment of new norms, trauma can be a catalyst for progress towards a vision of equity.
  
• Reconciliation and progress does not mean or require forgetting of important histories, this would be a harmful act of marginalisation.
  
• We must be clear and intentional in our vision for DEIJ work and what we intend the future to look like for our children and our learning communities.

Estelle Baroung Hughes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/estelle-baroung-hughes/ – https://www.africalearninginternational.org/

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