In this session, five new faculty members in the Department of Education Studies at SFA share how they are working to foster equity and inclusion in their programs, research, and community. Their work is situated within both the elementary and secondary levels and various subject areas. The presenters will discuss how entering into faculty positions in the midst of a global pandemic and during a heightened climate of racial, political and civil unrest have shaped and informed their pedagogical practices. Their personal and collective interest in culturally responsive pedagogy and issues of equity, inclusion and social justice have enabled these professors to create and foster a community of collaboration.