Welcome to the Great Plains Orff Chapter
Letter
from the President Hello GPOC Membership, We made it through the 2020-2021 school year! It's been quite the year, and you deserve this summer more than ever! Hopefully you are able to take some time off and recover from the most unique year we've ever experienced. This summer brings a much needed time of rest and relaxation. We will be hosting a few socials throughout the summer, as well as Levels I and III in Lincoln at UNL. Check our social media pages for the most up to date information. Our Facebook and Twitter pages are active and another wonderful way to gain knowledge, connect, and foster discussion within the GPOC community. GPOC members have a wealth of ideas and we are very willing to share! We also are proud to announce our 2021-2022 workshop season. We are excited to get back to a more "normal" routine with our in-person workshops, although attending virtually may still be an option. The dates are as follows: Jay Broeker: October 23, 2021--9-3 p.m. Winter Chapter Sharing: January 23, 2022--9-1 p.m. Ashley Woodside Brown: April 9, 2022--9-1 p.m. Thank you for visiting our website. I hope you have found some useful information, and please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of the GPOC board with further questions. Carolyn Janke, GPOC President cjanke52@gmail.com |
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GPOC Anti-Racism Statement
The Great Plains Orff Chapter believes that inclusion and respect should be at the core of all Orff Schulwerk learning environments, and practiced by our membership both inside and outside of their classrooms. We denounce injustices imposed on any communities of color and particularly condemn violence against Black communities in our country. We stand in solidarity with our Black teachers, Black students, and Black families. We believe #BlackLivesMatter.
Anti-racism is an ongoing discussion among GPOC board members, and we will continue to reflect on our own organizational practices as well as systemic racial inequities within our country and local communities. As our awareness of who GPOC is and what we represent evolves, we are dedicated to listening, learning, and acting in ways that support BBIP (Black, Brown, Indigenous People) and all communities of color.
We also acknowledge that personal growth requires reflection, work, and pressing ourselves for change. Confronting truths about ourselves is difficult, but actively taking this journey as a board and chapter is the only way to grow.
Below are resources our board members have found important on their personal journeys, and we encourage you to use them on your own journey.
Websites
Anti-Racism Resources (by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein)
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic
Decolonizing the Music Room
https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/?fbclid=IwAR02fe--zNeUdGe8fv1VlwvmmcGrMpVooslUAxnNXWWi6NHF909A6xCMY8c
GAMEPLAN content concerns by DeLelles & Kriske
https://bit.ly/3hmmIPY
Institute for Composer Diversity
https://www.composerdiversity.com/?fbclid=IwAR3STWhWN9t-_-L3ZXAn9IdskHZSXGiJiTYve1LcFNtl5SdjmmAY113-s8w
The Anti-Racist Starter Pack
https://parade.com/1046031/breabaker/anti-racist-tv-movies-documentaries-ted-talks-books/
Webinars
“Making Good Choices: How Can Teachers Better Research Repertoire for the Classroom?”; Scroll down this linked page until you find the title: https://nafme.org/my-classroom/nafme-online-professional-learning-community/#Webinar%20Recordings;
“Say Her Name: Racial Profiling of Black Women During the Pandemic”
https://facebook.com/events/s/say-her-nameracial-profiling-o/559941954895444/?ti=as;
A Conversation about Race and the Choral Music Classroom
https://bit.ly/2zlZR5I (Access Password: 0U#8X&4*)
Books/Articles
White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo; How To Be An Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi; For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education, by Christopher Emdin; First Steps in Global Music, by Karen Howard; Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books https://www.teachingforchange.org/selecting-anti-bias-books ; Narratives of Musical Resilience and the Perpetuation of Whiteness in the Music History Classroom, by Travis Stimeling and Kayla Tokar http://ams-net.org/ojs/index.php/jmhp/article/view/312
Podcasts
Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist
Films/Documentaries
Out of Omaha, 2018; 13th, 2016; Slavery By Another Name (PBS), 2012; When They See Us, 2019; Selma, 2014; Just Mercy, 2019 (FREE streaming https://bit.ly/37qK8Pp); A Time for Burning, 1966 (FREE streaming https://filmstreams.org/films/a-time-for-burning)
The Great Plains Orff Chapter believes that inclusion and respect should be at the core of all Orff Schulwerk learning environments, and practiced by our membership both inside and outside of their classrooms. We denounce injustices imposed on any communities of color and particularly condemn violence against Black communities in our country. We stand in solidarity with our Black teachers, Black students, and Black families. We believe #BlackLivesMatter.
Anti-racism is an ongoing discussion among GPOC board members, and we will continue to reflect on our own organizational practices as well as systemic racial inequities within our country and local communities. As our awareness of who GPOC is and what we represent evolves, we are dedicated to listening, learning, and acting in ways that support BBIP (Black, Brown, Indigenous People) and all communities of color.
We also acknowledge that personal growth requires reflection, work, and pressing ourselves for change. Confronting truths about ourselves is difficult, but actively taking this journey as a board and chapter is the only way to grow.
Below are resources our board members have found important on their personal journeys, and we encourage you to use them on your own journey.
Websites
Anti-Racism Resources (by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein)
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic
Decolonizing the Music Room
https://decolonizingthemusicroom.com/?fbclid=IwAR02fe--zNeUdGe8fv1VlwvmmcGrMpVooslUAxnNXWWi6NHF909A6xCMY8c
GAMEPLAN content concerns by DeLelles & Kriske
https://bit.ly/3hmmIPY
Institute for Composer Diversity
https://www.composerdiversity.com/?fbclid=IwAR3STWhWN9t-_-L3ZXAn9IdskHZSXGiJiTYve1LcFNtl5SdjmmAY113-s8w
The Anti-Racist Starter Pack
https://parade.com/1046031/breabaker/anti-racist-tv-movies-documentaries-ted-talks-books/
Webinars
“Making Good Choices: How Can Teachers Better Research Repertoire for the Classroom?”; Scroll down this linked page until you find the title: https://nafme.org/my-classroom/nafme-online-professional-learning-community/#Webinar%20Recordings;
“Say Her Name: Racial Profiling of Black Women During the Pandemic”
https://facebook.com/events/s/say-her-nameracial-profiling-o/559941954895444/?ti=as;
A Conversation about Race and the Choral Music Classroom
https://bit.ly/2zlZR5I (Access Password: 0U#8X&4*)
Books/Articles
White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo; How To Be An Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi; For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education, by Christopher Emdin; First Steps in Global Music, by Karen Howard; Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books https://www.teachingforchange.org/selecting-anti-bias-books ; Narratives of Musical Resilience and the Perpetuation of Whiteness in the Music History Classroom, by Travis Stimeling and Kayla Tokar http://ams-net.org/ojs/index.php/jmhp/article/view/312
Podcasts
Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
https://brenebrown.com/podcast/brene-with-ibram-x-kendi-on-how-to-be-an-antiracist
Films/Documentaries
Out of Omaha, 2018; 13th, 2016; Slavery By Another Name (PBS), 2012; When They See Us, 2019; Selma, 2014; Just Mercy, 2019 (FREE streaming https://bit.ly/37qK8Pp); A Time for Burning, 1966 (FREE streaming https://filmstreams.org/films/a-time-for-burning)