Turns Out There Are Dope Education Warriors in Rhode Island

A grant from the Rhode Island Foundation has helped the William M. Davies Jr. Career & Technical High School Kiara Butler is the founder and executive director of Diversity Talks in Providence. I love how Diversity Talks is flipping the script—it actually gives students the opportunity to teach the teachers on how to better support them.

Kiara is a warrior. She has overcome the endless obstacles thrown at women of color who want to be entrepreneurs. She’s survived childhood trauma. And because of her own experiences growing up in and navigating public schools in Mississippi, she has become a warrior for students.

Just check her out in this TEDx talk.

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