What Is The Evolving Education Project?

The Evolving Education Project centers the educational joys, passions, interests, and inquiries of people of Color.

By People of Color,

we mean non-white individuals throughout the world who experience racism daily and who are affected by structural racism. Some groups that fall under the broad (and vague) category of “people of Color” include people who identify as either Black, Brown, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, bi-racial, and/or multiracial. Still, these identifiers can also be unclear when detached from ethnicity, language, tribe, culture, histories, and land. Thus, at the Evolving Education Project, our discussions of people and groups of Color are historically and contextually situated; responsive to the ever-changing times and political needs of particular groups among people of Color; and attentive to their multiple intersecting identities (e.g., gender, language, sexuality, ability, able-bodiedness, nationality, religion, social class, etc.).

New Perspectives

With this in mind, the Evolving Education Project is a generative space where conversations and learning around the education of children of Color, youth of Color, and people of Color are actually shaped by the perspectives and knowledges of people of Color, collectively and/or among distinct groups. In this way, we advance loving people of Color just as we are and seeing the stories and knowledge among distinct groups of people of Color as legitimate and enough. For a long time, questions around the education of “these children” have been answered under the white gaze and in ways that re-center whiteness. At the Evolving Education Project, we disrupt this norm by learning from various members of these groups who are invested in the lives of people of Color such as, parent(s), caregivers, tias, tios, abuelas, abuelos, othermothers, big cousins, community workers, teachers, educators, collectives, and coalitions. As we learn with and from people of Color, we co-construct knowledge in ways that honor and revive the knowledge production and knowledge dissemination practices of our ancestors.

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The purpose of The Evolving Education Project Podcast is to make discussions and knowledge around the education of people of Color more accessible to families and all educators, and more inclusive to non-traditional educators and to a variety of educational spaces.

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Tiffany M. Nyachae

As a Black Feminist pedagogue and a transdisciplinary, community-engaged scholar, Tiffany’s lived experiences and complicated historical connection to this land foreground her justice work in various contexts, for the purposes of reimagining schools, our world, and overall social transformation.

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AFTER WORKING WITH THE EVOLVING EDUCATION PROJECT…

“I wholeheartedly enjoyed the professional development that Dr. Nyachae conducted regarding culturally responsive and linguistic teaching. She understands the complexity and the necessity of the work; throughout the duration of her sessions, she was able to provide us with theoretical background knowledge and practical skills to implement. We left the session prepared to implement and engage in the work.”

Dr. Christopher Spence, Assistant Principal of Math, Science & Tech Preparatory School, Buffalo Public Schools

“Dr. Nyachae’s passion and expertise were matched only by her compassion and warmth. She was able to quickly establish rapport with faculty and staff, allowing her to address difficult subjects and provide technical advice in a manner that was well-received by everyone. It was easy to see why she came so highly recommended.”

Jeffrey Papia, Vice President of Mission Integration & Campus Ministry at Hilbert College

“Dr. Nyachae is a dedicated and compassionate educator with a talent for understanding the needs and demands of students of Color. Justice and purpose is woven throughout all of her work, inside and outside of the classroom. Dr. Nyachae was also a pleasure to have briefly as a co-facilitator during our summer program, where her positivity and collaborative spirit helped us build an effective program that made summer literacy fun.”

Krista Ehasz, Program Associate at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York

“Dr. Nyachae and the Evolving Education Project’s training about pedagogy was one of the most thorough and creative trainings I have been through. I have been in afterschool programming for 10 years and this training helped open my eyes to the ways that I have been teaching subconsciously and has allowed me to be intentional about preparing lessons for youth and the community as a whole. The three pillars of developing pedagogy: co-construction of knowledge, truth-making, and sense-making/meaning-making are so important that teaching without intentionally developing these pillars does our scholars a disservice. I look forward to using this training to grow as an educator this year. Dr. Nyachae is real, raw, and understanding. After training with her, you and your audience will
never be the same.”

Da’Von L. McCune, Program Director of the Wakanda Alliance Program and Program Manager of PUSH Buffalo’s Grant Street Neighborhood Center

“The Evolving Education Project is such an empowering informative approach to learning. It helps provide a way for teachers and students to engage in conversation that can help them both; where the students can be free to express themselves and learn at the same time. Tiffany Nyachae is so hands on. If we had more teachers like her, more students would achieve goals beyond their imaginations. Thank you Dr. Tiffany M. Nyachae!”

DQ AbdulWali Grant, Co-Founder of the Wakanda Alliance Program and the Galactic Tribe

“When I was informed about the Evolving Education Project, I was excited just by hearing about it. The lesson itself exceeded my expectations! It made so much sense, it’s a wonder our school systems never put these perspectives and techniques into collegiate training! The methods used really helped me to add value to what I was learning. You were fun, attentive, open for critique, yet firm in your material. I wish all the best to this fantastic program!”

Anthony “ATO” Pierce, Co-Founder of the Galactic Tribe and Co-Director of the Wakanda Alliance Program

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