Season 1, Episode: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Dan Taylor

Dan and I (Danielle) have been friends since we were at Seattle Pacific University together at 18 years of age.

Dan highlights the importance of doing what we can right where we are called, giving specific examples of how to be an anti-racist. Maggie and I talk candidly and honestly with Dan about building the muscle of working towards change through relationship in our communities.

BIO

Coach Dan Taylor has twenty years of coaching boys and girls in the sports of basketball, football, soccer, and track and field.  

Currently he is the varsity head girl’s basketball coach at King’s.  He teaches PE, Health and Faith and Justice at King's High school.  He helps lead the King's C.A.R.E. team (Community, Action, Reconciliation, and Equity) and has done Race, Culture, Diversity and Equity work in the public and private schools.  

Since 2012, Coach Taylor has been the Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches Association President.  He has been an ASB Advisor, Link Crew Advisor, Black Student Union Advisor, Fellowship of Christian Athletes Advisor, and Social Justice Club Advisor.  

He has a Master's in School Counseling From Seattle Pacific University and has led workshops on Culturally Responsive Coaching, Team Leadership, College Recruiting, Team Building, and sport-specific sessions.  He is Black and Korean and loves working with students of bi-racial backgrounds by helping them find strength in their identity through their cultural background and academic journeys.

 

Dan Taylor

King's Girls Varsity Basketball Coach

Washington State Girls Basketball Coaches' Association President

Reach Out to Dan Taylor for Speaking, Connection, or Consultation:

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Well, first I guess I would have to believe that there was or is an actual political dialogue taking place that I could potentially be a part of. And honestly, I'm not sure that I believe that.