About Us

Focused on the Mission

Data, implementation, and sustainment.

A Launching Pad for Racial Equity

The Anti-Racism Leadership Institute is a launching pad for racial equity improvements in school systems. We specialize in comprehensive racial equity audits, needs analysis, diagnostic evaluations, strategic planning, and leadership development.

Through collaborations with state agencies, school districts, and educational organizations in the United States and abroad, we focus on improving outcomes for students of color by addressing systemic racial equity challenges.

What is anti-racism?

“Anti-racism is the work of actively opposing racism by advocating for changes that promote racial equity in society.”

Who We Work With

Leaders committed to equity across state agencies, school districts, colleges, universities, and education-based organizations in the U.S. and abroad.

How We Work

We co-design individualized action plans rooted in antiracism and tied to measurable student outcomes.

Leadership

Our Team

Dr. Tracey A. Benson

Founder & CEO

Dr. Benson is an author and equity expert who wrote Antiracism Phobia: Overcoming the Fear and Getting to Work (Harvard Education Press, 2026) and co-authored Unconscious Bias in Schools: A Developmental Approach to Exploring Race and Racism. Dr. Benson’s research focuses on structural and systemic racism in K-12 systems.

Doctorate, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Master’s, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Former principal coach, high school principal, middle school vice principal, district trainer, and teacher

Dr. Crystal Harden-Lindsey

Chief Program Officer

Dr. Harden-Lindsey most recently served as a principal in Baltimore City Schools and is now a full-time professor at Austin Peay State University.

Recognized as a Transformational Principal (2014)
Nominated for Maryland Charter School Leader of the Year (2022)
Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Master’s in Elementary Education, Johns Hopkins University
Bachelor’s in Social Work and Mental Health, Morgan State University

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