Learn how to create identity-affirming classroom environments that honor the humanity of students. "For educators who are trying to live out their commitment to equitable classrooms and schools, Dr. Buchanan-Rivera is the guiding voice that our movement needs. Here, she starts with a question, and ends with a love letter. What lives between those pages is the insight, encouragement, and love that will help us to forge a nation of powerful classrooms."--Cornelius Minor, educator and author of We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to be Who our Students Need Us to Be, Brooklyn, New York "In?Identity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity, Dr. Erica Buchanan-Rivera draws on personal stories and student?voices to bring to life what it means to learn in an environment?that?affirms one's identity. This accessible text offers a significant contribution to the ongoing conversation about how to provide an equitable education to all students.?Identity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity?begins by offering foundational knowledge?about?identity development and concludes by asking educators to take a look at the beliefs and practices that impact students as soon as they walk into the room. Growing up, I was privileged to have classroom environments that affirmed my identity as a Black girl. It was not until I became an educator that I understood how rare my experience can be. Classrooms often privilege a single dominant identity, forcing marginalized students to diminish themselves. The experience leaves some students wondering if school is for them. Yet, as Dr. Buchanan-Rivera illustrates, every child deserves to learn in a space and with a teacher who sees who they are and what they can become."--Val Brown, Principal Academic Officer at the Center for Antiracist Education "As a parent of color and?educational?leader for Equity, I believe that our classrooms, all classrooms, should be identity affirming spaces where?every?student is nurtured, validated, and affirmed. Dr. Buchanan-Rivera skillfully provides the reader?with the knowledge and strategies that will create the spaces that "honor the humanity" of our children while growing our own awareness and consciousness.?Identity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity?is a timely and necessary read for every educator and educational leader."--Dr. Rosa Perez-Isiah, Director, Author, and Equity Advocate