Alma Partners launched in 2020 and was founded on the belief that institutions are first and foremost communities that have an opportunity and a responsibility to build a culture of belonging, courage, and honesty, in collaboration with the people that make up their communities. Decades of firsthand experiences have shown us that, in most communities, a gap between ideals and actions often opens over time. We came together to address that gap: to see it, name it, and take steps to close it.

Each month, we post an updated version of our popular resources and reading list. We love to hear from you about your favorite, most inspirational and actionable reads (and videos and other resources), so drop us a line if you’d like to see something on here that isn’t!

Take a look at this article, which offers new ways of thinking about student-teacher interaction.

By popular demand, we’ll be posting our ever-evolving resource list monthly, here on the blog.

We’re so excited to be offering this course! Sign up today before it’s full.

We get asked all the time for resource recommendations. We’ve created this BIG list over the past few years and we update it regularly. We’ll post it here and on social media monthly.

We have taken — and highly recommend — courses by the wonderful folks at Rise for Racial Justice. Learn more and register at their website.

As we continue to carry forward what we learned during Native American Heritage Month in November, we share this list of resources from Adrienne Keene, Cherokee Nation, host of the All My Relations podcast and author of Notable Native People.

Let November not be just one month when we honor Native Americans. Let us begin to work and implement a plan to include Native American students in our Waldorf Schools.

The soul of a school, like the soul of a person, guides decision-making. What are our north stars? What do we see as essential? When difficult decisions have to be made, when there’s not enough time to do it all, what are the things we won’t sacrifice?