Anthony views the rise of his BCSE as a necessary response to the isolation of Black educators and the everyday violence of anti-Black racism within schooling. For him, his BCSE is a community obligation and a survival strategy built from the realization that if Black people do not construct the pathways and protections themselves, their community will remain structurally denied access to them. It is labour that school boards know they are failing to do and that they offload, uncompensated, onto BCSE and community members without adequate resources and recognition. 

His BCSE is a space that shields Black students and educators from systemic harm, providing such elements as cultural affirmation and intergenerational leadership. In Anthony’s framing, his BCSE carries the weight of the responsibility for providing a blueprint for sustaining Black presence and excellence in education.   Ultimately, he makes meaning of his BCSE as collective infrastructure that ensures Black success is not left to chance but secured through deliberate community-building.