Coaching for Equity Quotes

“Remember: It's not your fault that things are the way they are, but it is your responsibility to do something about them.”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“You can strive to make every conversation one that dismantles white supremacy and systems of oppression. Every conversation can contribute to building a more just and equitable world, a world in which every person's full humanity is centered and seen, a world in which conversations are bridges to connection and healing.”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. —Maya Angelou”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“I want to ask you, as clearly as I can, to bear with patience with all that is unresolved in your heart, and to try to love the questions themselves … Don't dig for answers that can't be given you yet: you cannot live them now. For everything must be lived. Live the questions now, then perhaps then, someday, you will gradually, without noticing, live into the answer. —RAINER MARIA RILKE”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“Why can't there be more white people coaching each other on their racism?”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“Resources are limited in many schools--however, if we prioritize dismantling systemic oppression, if we prioritize the needs of our most marginalized students, we can find the time, support, money, and resources that we need.”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice

“In recent years, social, political, and economic divisions in the United States, and elsewhere, have become even more glaringly apparent. We see where people can't listen to each other, haven't built the skill and ability to learn from each other, lack empathy for each other, and are failing to achieve their goals and visions for peace. And yet, there are many who believe, myself included, that the desire for connection, freedom, and healing is stronger than the desire to hurt, dominate, and oppress.”
― Elena Aguilar, Coaching for Equity: Conversations That Change Practice