Golden Bridges School Norms
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For the Individual
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For the Collective
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Social Justice CommitteeLaunched in 2014, the Social Justice Committee is an advisory and inquiry body made up of parents, teachers and administrators committed to supporting Golden Bridges School in its social justice mission.
The essential question that guides our work is: What are we uprooting in ourselves and in our classrooms
in order to create and transform our school for the children who are here and for those not yet here? MeetingsFor the 2024-25 school year, the Social Justice Committee is comprised of nine core members who meet monthly on Mondays from 4:00pm-5:30pm.
Social Justice Committee Core Members: Miel Alegre (teacher, admin, parent, College of Teachers) Stephanie Blair (teacher, parent) Niku Bolourchi (teacher, parent) Christy Bovis (teacher, parent, College of Teachers) Roberta Chávez (parent) Abbie Coburn (teacher, Golden Bridges School founder) Kelly Holt (parent) Keith Stanley (parent) Kaori Yamashita (teacher, College of Teachers) GBS Social Justice PrioritiesIn November 2024, we created new priorities. These priorities inform and guide our work as a committee for this school year.
Read our Priorities. ContactPlease contact Roberta Chávez for questions related to the Social Justice Committee.
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Faculty WorkLed by teachers trained as ABAR facilitators, the faculty of Golden Bridges School have used text-based conversations to guide our process of inquiry.
Books faculty and staff have read and discussed include: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Ibram X. Kendi, How To Be An Antiracist bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom Liz Kleinrock, Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals 
(Aaron Johnson of Holistic Resistance leading a healing song circle at Hawk Creek Farm in October 2024)
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Partnerships
Golden Bridges School has partnered with SF-CESS since 2015 in order to train and facilitate adult conversations and guide us in creating a culturally competent, equitable, inclusive and antiracist school.
14 of our current teachers, administrators and parents are SF-CESS trained facilitators.
In summer 2024, Golden Bridges School entered a one-year partnership with Radicle Root Collective.
In October 2024, we hosted Aaron Johnson of Holistic Resistance for a series of restorative singing circles offered to the school community (students, families and faculty & staff).
We are grateful for generous funding from the Small Change Foundation and Golden Bridges School community members.
14 of our current teachers, administrators and parents are SF-CESS trained facilitators.
In summer 2024, Golden Bridges School entered a one-year partnership with Radicle Root Collective.
In October 2024, we hosted Aaron Johnson of Holistic Resistance for a series of restorative singing circles offered to the school community (students, families and faculty & staff).
We are grateful for generous funding from the Small Change Foundation and Golden Bridges School community members.
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept and celebrate those differences."
-Audre Lorde