A6: This looks like policy advocacy and review as well as reaching out to and sharing multilingual teaching resources and volunteering with the local educators in the surrounding districts. I am always trying to look for opportunities to do both. (2/2) #literacies

A6: I am really looking forward to learning from what everyone shares. For me, I try to think about what I can do to dedicate energy to long-term, systemic changes as well as smaller scale, short-term changes. (1/2) #literacies

Thank you so much for sharing. As we are looking at (finally) building dual language programs in Arkansas, I will ensure to voice this reality as often as I can. #literacies

A5: ...leverage Marshallese as much as possible; using and creating any resources I could get my hands on (or that students could create) to ensure Marshallese was represented just as much... The manuscript is in the works, so stay tuned (lol!) (2/2) #literacies

A5: This became a HUGE consideration while working with @faythebeauch.bsky.social in my own second-grade #literacies classroom. As a teacher, the best thing for me was to notice the lack of Marshallese resources and language embedded opportunities in order to... (1/2)

A4: At the heart of many different communities, I see a communal connection around their indigenous languages. A shared, cultural dedication to use what they can, when they can, especially in more personal spaces that are not as inundated with White structures. A preservation. #literacies

A4: I have learned so much from the Marshallese & Cherokee educators, students, & community members I am so fortunate to work with in how to tackle this. There's SO MUCH nuance, so much that I do not know. I do not want to misrepresent their approaches, but a few #literacies examples include...(1/2)

My bilingual parenting requires me to grapple with these issues and ensure that my child, as a racialized emergent bilingual, understands that bilingualism is a matter of the heart but also a resistant practice in the face of English superiority in the U.S. #literacies

Would absolutely LOVE to hear more about how you are thinking of borders 👀 #literacies

A3: I am so fortunate to work with some AMAZING educators that are subverting this harmful, national rhetoric. If my research position can, in any way, spotlight the wonderful resistance #literacies work of these educators, I want to ensure I continue pursuing it.

A2: Love this! It reminds me how the communities, places, and spaces are such a major part of my own personhood & the identities I hold. Off the top of my head: mid-Southern, education, female friendships, learner, Whiteness (always something to critically reflect on), and so many more. #literacies

A1: I am a proud multilingual. I move fluidly move back and forth from English, Spanish, Spanglish in my life as a mom, scholar, and community member. I am also challenging myself to learn Maya Yucateco, which has been fun, but challenging! #literacies

A1: Trying to navigate my languaging shifts well while simultaneously continuing to read the sociopolitical moves interactionally made by others has become frustratingly difficult for my PTSD brain. I am very much still figuring out my new capacities. (3/3) #literacies

A1: Whether I am wife, friend, student, teacher, peer, subordinate, authority, etc. (or, more often, some combination), the ways I use and interpret language shift. This used to feel as natural as breathing, however... #literacies (2/3)

A1: My languaging practices have felt particularly tied to whatever role I am in, particularly as of late. The way I make meaning has felt so intimately tied to the position I am in (or placed in) in a given interaction... #literacies (1/3)

Oops, forgot my #literacies (don't be like me, everyone! Haha!)