Center Mission
The Banks Center for Educational Justice on Coast Salish Lands at the University of Washington is a central location for partnerships, program development, and collaborative research with educational settings that seek to center and sustain Native, Black, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander and all Global Majority young people and communities across multiple intersections with gender, disability, language, land, migration, class, and more.
Current Projects & Partnerships
- Tulalip Culturally Sustaining Education Project, a partnership with Chelsea Craig (Assistant Principal at Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary & Leadership for Learning Doctoral Student) and Anthony Craig (Center Affiliate Faculty & Leadership for Learning Director), funded by generous support from the Spencer Foundation
- Distinguished Summer Scholars Program, a summer graduate course at UW supported by the UW College of Education. Recent Summer Scholars: Sandy Grande and Leslie Williams (2019), Alexis Pauline Gumbs (2020), Eve Tuck (2021), Paige Pettibon (2022), Timothy San Pedro (2023), and Johnathan Rosa (2024)
- Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies series with Teachers College Press.
- Future Teachers of Color
- Seattle Children’s Culturally Sustaining Education Learning Collaborative, a partnership aimed at enhancing justice-centered teaching for educators in Education Services at Seattle Children’s Hospital through professional development led by Banks Center affiliate faculty