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NURTURING THE HUMAN SPIRIT TO
CREATE HUMANIZING EDUCATIONAL
SPACES Learning Outcomes:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2021 Comprehension the conceptualization of a USA
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM tridemic in the form of biological, sociological,

Target audience: All and ideological pandemic currently gripping our
Strand(s): Early Childhood Education, Transitional nation and its impact on human interactions in all
Kindergarten, Afterschool Care, Special Education, spaces
Apprenticeships in education (early childhood, youth Basic comprehension of African Ubuntu Pedagogy
and more), K-12 Education, Careers in Higher Education or A-Up as non-Western educational approach that
uses Spirit-Teaching as an effective model for
Hosted by: City College of San Francisco teaching and learnings that can be applied to all
Presenter(s): Dr Patricia Nunley people groups.

ECE Faculty & Educational Consultant Recognition of the critical role educators can play
Coordinator: Dr Patricia Nunley in providing humanizing, safe learning spaces that
E-mail: patricianunley@aol.com allow for healing from the impact of the USA’s
current tridemic.

We have long understood that the public education
classroom reflects society. COVID-19, overt racism,
and divisive political ideologies have all combined to
create not just individual, collective, and racial
trauma, but a society that seems to have forgot how to
be kind to each other. While there has been a focus on
socio-emotional development and even trauma-
informed practices, these approaches do not
effectively address the need to recognize each other’s
humanity and respond accordingly. They fail to
acknowledge the Human Spirit. As educators of
children and youth we have an opportunity to create
learning spaces that model how to act humanely

toward everyone regardless of their race, culture,
gender, or other characteristics that divide us. This
workshop provides a theoretical framework and
practical strategies for touching the human spirit
using African Ubuntu Pedagogy or A-Up.

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