Ann M. Ishimaru
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social
Writer dreamer chocoholic mom foodie traveler Just Schools Asian American community Univ of Washington Prof of Ed Policy, Organizations & Leadership. 2025 Doing the Work!
Hey Chicago, city of my birth - headed your way soon w/Dr. Irby & Dr. Swinney! Pls register & spread the word!
#DoingtheWork #ChiTown #ChicagoBeyond @tcpress.bsky.social
#DoingtheWork #ChiTown #ChicagoBeyond @tcpress.bsky.social
Join Dr. Decoteau Irby, @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social, and Dr. Maurice Swinney, for a crucial discussion on sustaining equity leadership amidst the current anti-DEI backlash.
🗓️Dec 9, 2025 at Chicago Beyond
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/doing-the-...
#DoingTheWork #EducationalPolicy
🗓️Dec 9, 2025 at Chicago Beyond
Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/doing-the-...
#DoingTheWork #EducationalPolicy
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Hey Chicago, city of my birth - headed your way soon w/Dr. Irby & Dr. Swinney! Pls register & spread the word!
#DoingtheWork #ChiTown #ChicagoBeyond @tcpress.bsky.social
#DoingtheWork #ChiTown #ChicagoBeyond @tcpress.bsky.social
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Q&A with Decoteau J. Irby and Ann M. Ishimaru about their new book, DOING THE WORK OF EQUITY LEADERSHIP FOR JUSTICE AND SYSTEMS CHANGE.
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social
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@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Q&A with Decoteau J. Irby and Ann M. Ishimaru about their new book, DOING THE WORK OF EQUITY LEADERSHIP FOR JUSTICE AND SYSTEMS CHANGE.
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2s426rhw
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social
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BREAKING: WE WON!!!
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
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Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
www.courtlistener.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
💥 💥 💥
Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.
Full ruling here:
Come workshop your academic writing into public pedagogy with Decoteau Irby & me on Sat at 9:20!
#WriteforthePeople #DoingtheWork
#ResearchMatters
#WriteforthePeople #DoingtheWork
#ResearchMatters
✏️ Level up your public advocacy skills—from Op-Eds to podcasts—at these interactive workshops! Multiple workshops await at #UCEA25.
🔗: www.ucea-convention....
#LeadershipMatters @monibyrne @UCEAGSC
🔗: www.ucea-convention....
#LeadershipMatters @monibyrne @UCEAGSC
November 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Come workshop your academic writing into public pedagogy with Decoteau Irby & me on Sat at 9:20!
#WriteforthePeople #DoingtheWork
#ResearchMatters
#WriteforthePeople #DoingtheWork
#ResearchMatters
Honored to be invited to such a probing & engaging conversation!
#DoingtheWork
#DoingtheWork
🎙️A new book by @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social and Dr. Decoteau Irby looks at the outcomes of equity initiatives in public schools. They join us to discuss how educators can do equity work at a time of increased attacks on DEI and education more generally.
Listen here: www.wortfm.org/standing-up-...
Listen here: www.wortfm.org/standing-up-...
Standing Up for Equity in Education - WORT-FM 89.9
Amidst attacks on equity by the federal government, today's guests support the vital work of equity in P-12 education.
www.wortfm.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Honored to be invited to such a probing & engaging conversation!
#DoingtheWork
#DoingtheWork
Happy Democracy Day! Looking forward to seeing you the day after to keep #DoingtheWork!
Join us this week, 11/5, for a free webinar with editors Decoteau Irby and @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social about their new book!
Come for real-world insights, research-based strategies, and practical tools for making P–12 education more equitable and just ⬇️
RSVP: teacherscollege.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Come for real-world insights, research-based strategies, and practical tools for making P–12 education more equitable and just ⬇️
RSVP: teacherscollege.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Democracy Day! Looking forward to seeing you the day after to keep #DoingtheWork!
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Join Dr. Decoteau Irby and Dr. @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social for critical conversations on sustaining justice-focused educational change in the face of subtle resistance and the current anti-DEI backlash. #DoingTheWork #EquityLeadership
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October 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Join Dr. Decoteau Irby and Dr. @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social for critical conversations on sustaining justice-focused educational change in the face of subtle resistance and the current anti-DEI backlash. #DoingTheWork #EquityLeadership
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Tell me you’re a Portlander without telling me. #froglove
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tell me you’re a Portlander without telling me. #froglove
Looking forward to being in conversation about the book w/peeps near and far!
Join Dr. Decoteau Irby and Dr. @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social for critical conversations on sustaining justice-focused educational change in the face of subtle resistance and the current anti-DEI backlash. #DoingTheWork #EquityLeadership
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October 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Looking forward to being in conversation about the book w/peeps near and far!
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Happy publication day to Professors Decoteau Irby and @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social! Their book, "Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change," by @tcpress.bsky.social, is now available.
#AnnIshimaru #DecoteauIrby #DoingTheWorkOfEquityLeadershipForSystemsChangeAndJustice (1/5)
#AnnIshimaru #DecoteauIrby #DoingTheWorkOfEquityLeadershipForSystemsChangeAndJustice (1/5)
September 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy publication day to Professors Decoteau Irby and @prof-ishimaru.bsky.social! Their book, "Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change," by @tcpress.bsky.social, is now available.
#AnnIshimaru #DecoteauIrby #DoingTheWorkOfEquityLeadershipForSystemsChangeAndJustice (1/5)
#AnnIshimaru #DecoteauIrby #DoingTheWorkOfEquityLeadershipForSystemsChangeAndJustice (1/5)
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
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“Harvard quietly ended its Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program in May — shuttering a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply … The UMRP was not involved in making admissions decisions.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Ends Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program as Trump Targets Race in Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
By ending the minority recruitment program in May, Harvard shuttered a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply.
www.thecrimson.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
“Harvard quietly ended its Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program in May — shuttering a more than 50-year-old initiative to encourage minority high school students to apply … The UMRP was not involved in making admissions decisions.”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
My kid: What’s peach cobbler?
Me: (gasp in Georgia-childhood-mom-failure-horror, frantically make some)
Biscuits aren’t as good as I’ve had or remember in GA but the WA peaches are outstanding!
#WAPeach
Me: (gasp in Georgia-childhood-mom-failure-horror, frantically make some)
Biscuits aren’t as good as I’ve had or remember in GA but the WA peaches are outstanding!
#WAPeach
September 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My kid: What’s peach cobbler?
Me: (gasp in Georgia-childhood-mom-failure-horror, frantically make some)
Biscuits aren’t as good as I’ve had or remember in GA but the WA peaches are outstanding!
#WAPeach
Me: (gasp in Georgia-childhood-mom-failure-horror, frantically make some)
Biscuits aren’t as good as I’ve had or remember in GA but the WA peaches are outstanding!
#WAPeach
What’s keeping me going today:
MS principal: No backpacks btwn classes - leave them in locker & carry stuff to class.
Kids: Ok we’ll use totes instead.
Principal: No totes either.
Kids: Fine, we’ll use: garbage bags, Xbox boxes, Home Depot buckets, garbage cans, IKEA bags! 😂🤣😜
MS principal: No backpacks btwn classes - leave them in locker & carry stuff to class.
Kids: Ok we’ll use totes instead.
Principal: No totes either.
Kids: Fine, we’ll use: garbage bags, Xbox boxes, Home Depot buckets, garbage cans, IKEA bags! 😂🤣😜
a young boy is dancing in a living room with a lamp and a vase of flowers in the background
Alt: a young boy is putting a garbage bag over his shoulder in a living room with a lamp and a vase of flowers in the background
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September 12, 2025 at 11:48 PM
What’s keeping me going today:
MS principal: No backpacks btwn classes - leave them in locker & carry stuff to class.
Kids: Ok we’ll use totes instead.
Principal: No totes either.
Kids: Fine, we’ll use: garbage bags, Xbox boxes, Home Depot buckets, garbage cans, IKEA bags! 😂🤣😜
MS principal: No backpacks btwn classes - leave them in locker & carry stuff to class.
Kids: Ok we’ll use totes instead.
Principal: No totes either.
Kids: Fine, we’ll use: garbage bags, Xbox boxes, Home Depot buckets, garbage cans, IKEA bags! 😂🤣😜
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UPDATE: Organizers created a letter for education scholars, practitioners, and students to sign to stand up to Harvard Ed Publishing about their censorship of Palestine. Here's the article about it and next is a link to read, sign & share the letter: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
August 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
UPDATE: Organizers created a letter for education scholars, practitioners, and students to sign to stand up to Harvard Ed Publishing about their censorship of Palestine. Here's the article about it and next is a link to read, sign & share the letter: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942.
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
August 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942.
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
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“The most powerful, well-heeled institutions of higher education in this country are cutting deals with the Trump administration that undermine the future of higher education.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
“The most powerful, well-heeled institutions of higher education in this country are cutting deals with the Trump administration that undermine the future of higher education.”
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP President
#DefendHigherEd
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This thoughtful review by @shannapeeples.bsky.social provides a vital reminder of the hope we must recapture -- hope we felt while learning about these wonderful Schools of Opportunity.
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
In their new volume the editors "offer “existence proofs” (p. 193) that schools can successfully pursue equity despite formidable obstacles." Read Dr. @shannapeeples.bsky.social's review here: buff.ly/WMnLQLw @nepc.bsky.social @tcpress.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This thoughtful review by @shannapeeples.bsky.social provides a vital reminder of the hope we must recapture -- hope we felt while learning about these wonderful Schools of Opportunity.
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
@prof-ishimaru.bsky.social @katesomerville.bsky.social
@michellevalladares.bsky.social @wileyke.bsky.social
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I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
Shocked & proud that my parents are out protesting #NoKings today too! Hard to convey how surprising that is - they have never even been close to a protest - it’s a sign of what we’ve come to that they are out on the streets as well!
a close up of a man 's face with a blue shirt and black collar
Alt: a close up of Star Trek character Spock raising an eyebrow with a blue shirt and black collar
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June 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Shocked & proud that my parents are out protesting #NoKings today too! Hard to convey how surprising that is - they have never even been close to a protest - it’s a sign of what we’ve come to that they are out on the streets as well!
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Hundreds of thousands already have showed up what may be shaping up the biggest ever protest in the history of our United States. Couldn’t be more perfect and timely for our democracy. Starting a new thread wheee I share photos and videos bc they are giving me life. #NoKings
NEW: Chicago right now.
Every time, this city turns up. Thousands refusing to bow down to Trump authoritarianism.
👏👏
#NoKings #50501Movement
Every time, this city turns up. Thousands refusing to bow down to Trump authoritarianism.
👏👏
#NoKings #50501Movement
June 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hundreds of thousands already have showed up what may be shaping up the biggest ever protest in the history of our United States. Couldn’t be more perfect and timely for our democracy. Starting a new thread wheee I share photos and videos bc they are giving me life. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf