Education of a White Parent Wrestling with Race and Opportunity in the Boston Public Schools

SUSAN NAIMARK is a consultant and trainer who works with public school parents, grassroots groups, and nonprofit and public agencies to create responsive community institutions. She was a founder of the Boston Parent Organizing Network, a member of the school board for the city of Boston, and has served in leadership roles with several national nonprofit community development organizations. Susan's home since 1977 has been the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, where she and her husband raised two now-adult sons.