Heather Fleming Discusses MoEEP

Heather Fleming, founder of the Missouri Equity Education Partnership, or “MoEEP,” drops by to talk about topics related to equity in education. She started MoEEP as a grassroots non-profit organization that promotes an equitable community by supporting anti-bias and anti-racist approaches to education. MoEEP believes that diversity and equity education belong in our schools as much as math, science and language arts. MoEEP seeks to engage all students in active listening, belonging, cooperation and critical thinking. They believe in empowering teachers to teach - and students to learn - accurate history as well as gain skills needed to engage with people from different experiences and backgrounds.

MoEEP pushes back on the narrative that conflates equity with Critical Race Theory. They point out that Critical Race Theory is not the same thing as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. They fight back against the opponents who attack any lessons and ideas they disagree with and instead push the notion of “school choice.” They fight back against any legislation that censors curriculum, threatens teacher and student free speech and removes local control. In short, they fight back against vilification of the teachers that attempt to include the concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion in their lessons.