Our mission is uplift: Afrofuturism and collective work for liberation in Black homeschooling organizations

What is it about?

Black homeschooling organizations offer families a safe and informative community as they remove their child/ren from the traditional school system. Previous research has focused on Black parents' decisions to homeschool and the positive provisions homeschooling offers compared to traditional schooling. We conducted our study of 21 Black homeschooling organizations mission statements and website descriptions using critical constructivist grounded theory (Levitt, 2021) and emergent coding. Utilizing Afrofuturism as our theoretical framework, themes such as Black Self-Determination, Community, Support, and Resources, and Safety and Empowerment emerged. Research on Black homeschooling organizations fills a gap within the literature on Black homeschooling. For future studies, interviews should be conducted with Black homeschooling organization founders.

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