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Equity Meets Education: Toussaint Romain

Equity Meets Education: Toussaint Romain

This film is the third in a four-part series exploring racial equity in North Carolina schools through the lives and perspectives of some of the state’s black male leaders. Toussaint Romain, a public defender in Charlotte, explains the link he sees between institutional inequities and the power of using one’s privilege to elevate others. Watch the first film on North Edgecombe High School Principal Donnell Cannon and the second on Jason Terrell, Profound Gentlemen co-founder and executive director.

Correction: A previous version of this video included language stating a link between third grade test failures and prison construction projections. It has been removed.

Liz Bell

Liz Bell was an award-winning reporter for EdNC for 10 years from 2016-26, garnering state and national recognition for her leadership on early child care. She is currently a Spencer Education Fellow at Columbia Journalism School.

Bell grew up in Hickory and went to Fred T. Foard High School. She is a graduate from the School of Media and Journalism at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a minor in Hispanic Studies. She has previously written for The Daily Tar Heel, UNC’s student newspaper, and The News and Observer. In her free time, she likes to travel, run, go to concerts, garden, and solve crossword puzzles.

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