The Promise – Part 2

Part 2

In his interview in this film, David Kirkland shared the following: “Education matters–especially when it’s…loving and that love is expressed through practice.” Advocating for students through policy is a form of practice. In the last section of the film, Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Lester W. Young, Jr. provide us with a closer look at the affordances of critical love and social and emotional learning for youth development. When students are guided through critical love, they develop the self-awareness and language to navigate their worlds, and the agency to make decisions in their best interest, regardless of circumstance.