BIG PICTURE Social Emotional Learning Podcast
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThis Social Emotional Learning (#SEL) podcast shares actionable wisdom from the global community of inspiring teachers and parents.
Featuring fresh, effective perspectives and practices designed to equally benefit students, teachers, community.
Episodes always include:
• Solution-oriented insights around: emotions, thinking skills, empathy, trust, social justice, and much more
• Research-based
• Experience-validated
• Actionable advice
Especially helpful for, but not limited to, ECE (early childhood education).
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Episodes
Ep. 116 - Defending SEL and Teachers' Professional Development, with Elizabeth Peterson
January 27, 2024 22:10 - 52 minutes - 48.6 MBWelcome again to the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning podcast, even though this upcoming conversation, in defense of SEL, is one I would never have predicted needing to be shared… but, and you don’t need me to tell you: these are wild times, in which just about any topic, especially around education, can ignite extreme and heated reactions. So troubling! …and so I reached out, again, to Elizabeth Peterson, a teacher with many years experience, who lights up with energetic joy and appr...
Ep. 115 - Developing Clear-Headed, Unbiased Thinkers
November 14, 2023 00:51 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MBWe see so much division, and it's terrifying some of us. People trying to change others opinions is not doing much more than splitting us further apart, because (research has proven, beyond a doubt) people will ground into their own opinions, their own biases, their own perspectives when they experience differences of opinions and ideas. What to do? Give children, starting at an earlier age, thinking skills, unbiased analysis skills and critical thinking skills. Critical doesn't mean criticiz...
Ep. 114 - Artfully Integrating SEL Into All Subjects, with Elizabeth Peterson
June 01, 2023 23:47 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBIn this episode of the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Podcast, I share conversation with Elizabeth Peterson, a 3rd grade teacher in the state of New Hampshire. Our conversation started with Elizabeth’s deeply considered definition of a term with which we’re all familiar: whole child. I wanted to learn her personal perspective, because I feel that how we, as educators, define this term has an impact on how we relate to our students. See if your definition aligns with hers… Other t...
Ep. 113 - Serving Students Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing with Necessary SEL Supports
March 20, 2023 00:15 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBYou know how sometimes you learn about something you didn’t have even a clue about the fact that you were completely unaware of what you didn’t know? That’s what happened to me in the following conversation with Sherri Fickensher who is an Education Support Specialist, serving deaf and hard of hearing students at Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech for more than 20 years. Hearing is a sense most of us take for granted. In this conversation I learned about the multitude of ways that not ...
Ep. 112 - Autism in Context for True SEL, with Peter Vermeulen, Ph.D.
December 05, 2022 23:18 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBPeter Vermeulen, Ph.D., doesn't feel there's much value in ‘defining’ people on the #autism #spectrum by describing their difficulties around social interaction, communication, patterns of behavior, etc., etc. - because he sees all those elements as #consequences of having brains that work in #autistic ways. Conversely, he's written that autism can only be defined in terms of perception and cognition…and only in the context of how an autistic brain experiences the world. JUST THAT, RIGHT TH...
Ep. 111 - Science & Sense: Kids Need More Decision Making Opportunities
November 18, 2022 22:20 - 1 hour - 77.6 MBInstagram link to the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Podcast Here’s a link to a Bill’s book: The Self-Driven Child, showing the Table of Contents to give you a quick overview of the book’s value. Here’s a link to a quick YouTube video that explains the difference between Fixed Mindset and Growth Mindset… and here’s another way to understand MINDSETS, and some fascinating brain science around learning, according to Carol Dweck’s highly respected research. The PERMA Model: Your Scien...
Ep. 110 - Speech, Language & SEL, with Rona Weintraub
November 13, 2022 18:28 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBCommunication is a major component of children’s social and emotional learning and development… but some children experience persistent challenges with one or more elements that are necessary for successful verbal communication… and then they can spiral into frustration, or negative self-image, or retreat into various forms of social isolation... so I know this conversation will be valuable for learning some of the many, many ways in which Speech and Language Therapists can help alleviate, o...
Ep. 109 - Differences are Natural
November 06, 2022 20:39 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBToo few parents and teachers are having actual back-and-forth conversations with young kids… conversation that last for awhile, that have a progression, that build on exchanged ideas… What a wasted opportunity if ever there was one… in terms of bonding, building trust, and because the brain development that can happen when back-and-forth conversations do happen can make all the difference in children’s overall well being, including, most definitely, the social emotional sides of their life’s...
Ep. 108 - Personalities, Patterns and Perspectives, with Monica Wesolowska
October 30, 2022 18:37 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBhttps://monicawesolowska.com/leo-lea Author, Editor, Speaker, Teacher Leo + Lea, illustrated by Kenard Pak (Scholastic, August 2022)Elbert in the Air, illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey (Dial, February 2023) Holding Silvan: A Brief Life (Hawthorne, named a "Best Book" of 2013) So… just a quick reminder to check out Monica’s website for more info and a resource or 2 that will help you to extend students’ learning around LEO and LEA’s perspectives. Also, I’ve included a link to learn more abou...
Ep. 107 - SEL, CRT and Critical Thinking
October 20, 2022 03:47 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBConnect with me on Instagram - on the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Podcast page: https://www.instagram.com/nini.white/ SEL is about the human and humane sides of all our actions and interactions… and since “different” people ARE treated differently in the world, on the street, in the classroom, on playgrounds… differences must be acknowledged. Have you heard that expression ‘oppression with a hug? For me, that implies a form of oppression or supremacy by way of pretending, or deni...
Ep. 106 - Life-Changing Info About Food’s Influence on Behavior and Learning Difficulties, with Dawn Navaratnasingam, Board Certified Holistic Health Coach
October 12, 2022 17:00 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBPlease join our Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Facebook group. Working and living with young children is never without challenges… most of us were mostly aware of that fact when we jumped into teaching and/or when we became parents. The thing is: there are challenges and then there are CHALLENGES. Some challenges that the young ones in our lives present, even though uncomfortable to deal with, we know we CAN deal with them, because we have instinctive and external resources we know we ...
Ep. 105 - Homeschooling and SEL - with Emma Westphal, Dawn Navaratnasingam, and Liz Sheffield
October 07, 2022 23:17 - 1 hour - 79.8 MBHomeschooling has really come up in the world thanks, in no small part, to the pandemic we all just lived through. In this episode we get to learn from 3 parents who share heartfelt insights that have led to, literally, expanding and deepening their definitions of parenthood, family life, and even how they perceive the role of education for kids, and for ourselves. Of course we got into one of the main issues people raise around homeschooling: socialization / social-emotional learning… We ...
Ep. 104 - The Great Outdoors and SEL, with Maggie O'Reilly, MOT, OTR/L
October 01, 2022 00:02 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB“If children are to keep alive their inborn sense of wonder, they need the companionship of at least one adult who can share in their sense of wonder, by rediscovering with them the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in." ~ Rachel Carson Maggie O’Reilly is an Occupational Therapist (OT) who uses a strengths-based approach, along with evidenced based interventions and curriculums, to enhance young children’s skills and confidence in the great outdoors, including their social, ...
Ep. 103 - Destination Imagination, with Adam Law
September 11, 2022 05:23 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBWe hear a lot in educational circles about preparing today’s youth for the future, most often in terms of increasing academic scores and achievements, but Destination Imagination casts an even wider net, by inspiring and equipping Kindergartners - 12th graders to imagine, innovate and collaboratively problem solve, with peers, while focusing on STEAM challenges. Some of the Social Emotional values that naturally develop for kids when they participate in Destination Imagination challenges in...
Ep. 102 - ADHD's Many Manifestations, with Holly Seerley (LMFT)
September 02, 2022 19:33 - 1 hour - 81.6 MBFirst thing: Please accept Holly's invitation to ask questions (and share stories, too). You can post your questions by connecting with us on the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Podcast FACEBOOK PAGE. Here's the marvelous (short YouTube) link of Sir Ken Robinson describing a young girl who barely escaped a terrible life by being misdiagnosed. Definitely worth watching! Here is a partial list links for the thought leaders in the field of ADHD research and services mentioned by Holly...
Ep. 101 - Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students, with Afrika Afeni Mills
August 08, 2022 21:38 - 56 minutes - 52.4 MBAfrika Afeni Mills is an Education Consultant and the author of Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students. Afrika is all about helping teachers, coaches and administrators develop and sustain student-centered learning experiences that are diverse, that are inclusive, and that are equitable. Afrika is brilliant at providing the essential support that enables, empowers really, educators to become dynamic practitioners and leaders who can trust themselves to create fun...
Ep. 100 - PBL &SEL, with Mike Kaechele
July 29, 2022 20:03 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBOne of my mentors emphasizes beginning with the end in mind… and very clearly that is one point of focus for Mike Kaechele, who is convinced that we don’t need to prepare students for “someday,” but that they should take on meaningful work right now… no matter their age. Mike is a teacher with over 20 years experience, and he’s an author. Mike is also a consultant who helps educators across the country shift towards student-centered inquiry, through workshops that combine Project Based Lear...
Ep. 100 - PBL & SEL, with Mike Kaechele
July 29, 2022 20:03 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBOne of my mentors emphasizes beginning with the end in mind… and very clearly that is one point of focus for Mike Kaechele, who is convinced that we don’t need to prepare students for “someday,” but that they should take on meaningful work right now… no matter their age. Mike is a teacher with over 20 years experience, and he’s an author. Mike is also a consultant who helps educators across the country shift towards student-centered inquiry, through workshops that combine Project Based Learni...
Ep. 99 - 2 Definitions of EDUCATE
July 23, 2022 00:08 - 7 minutes - 7.26 MBSocial Emotional Learning (SEL) is as wide-reaching as any subject matter that we can be incorporating into our students' education and development. The way to experience most success at our efforts to nurture kids' SEL is to give careful attention to maintaining a healthy balance between the 2 root definitions of "EDUCATION." Teachers need courage and creativity to go beyond the norm to facilitate the active engagement of children's innate wisdom, intelligence, problem-solving skills,...
Ep. 98 - Respect: Short Term & Long Term Benefits
July 18, 2022 00:52 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBEveryone, even (and maybe especially) little ones, feel when they're respected (and when they're not). This episode is a quick look at the deeper elements of, as well as the long term impacts of early exposure to, respect. If you would like to receive the PDF of a cool poster inspired by today's topic, please send a quick note to me and ask for it: [email protected] Thank you.
Ep. 97 - The Importance of Being Seen for SEL Progress, with Angela Dalton
July 03, 2022 23:47 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBAngela Dalton lives in Oakland, California, has a background in producing online kids’ games, and is a published children’s book author Angela’s books center Black children as main characters in ways she wishes she had seen when she was growing up… which is another reason I loved sharing conversation with this woman: she had a frustrating, unsatisfying, unfulfilled area of her life, and rather than complaining about that deficit, Angela has been developing constructive countermeasures for tod...
Ep. 97 - The Importance of Being Seen for SEL Wellbeing, with Angela Dalton
July 03, 2022 23:47 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBAngela Dalton lives in Oakland, California, has a background in producing online kids’ games, and is a published children’s book author Angela’s books center Black children as main characters in ways she wishes she had seen when she was growing up… which is another reason I loved sharing conversation with this woman: she had a frustrating, unsatisfying, unfulfilled area of her life, and rather than complaining about that deficit, Angela has been developing constructive countermeasures for t...
Ep. 96 - Social Justice Conversations in Preschool, with Nadia Jaboneta and Brian Silveira
June 23, 2022 23:41 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBBrian Silveira and Nadia Jaboneta are Pedagogical Leaders at Pacific Primary Preschool in San Francisco, California. They each bring about 25 years experience as Early Childhood Educators, and clearly that combination of 50 years teaching experience has only deepened their commitment to providing relevant and alive education for their young students. Their bios, below, are extensive and impressive, and I hope you’ll check them out. I invited Nadia and Brian into this conversation because th...
Ep. 95 - Songs for Engaging & Encouraging Kids' SEL, with Dave Fromer's music
June 15, 2022 03:43 - 15 minutes - 8.95 MBIn this episode of the Big Picture Social Emotional Learning Podcast you’ll be introduced to Dave Fromer, and his multi-awarding winning album that teachers and parents love, thankfully… because young kids love listening to Dave’s song’s over and over and over again. Do you use songs to help improve and manage transitions during the day? Songs that young kids enjoy can serve as wonderfully helpful tools to help them transition from one task to the next… How? Well, once they’ve learned a so...
Ep. 94 - More About the Directions of Season 2
May 25, 2022 23:21 - 13 minutes - 6.11 MBHow we see the kids in our care, (whether they’re in our classroom, our Afterschool facility or our home), how we see them… determines how much they can grow and develop as a result of our influence. Kahlil Gibran quote: Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their...
Ep. 93 - New Season: Looking Forward to a Bigger Big Picture for the BPSEL Podcast
May 15, 2022 22:19 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MBThis is a quick update on why episodes have been so sporadic for the last couple of years and, more importantly, why this is a whole new season for solutions-oriented episodes around all things social emotional learning (SEL). This season we'll be incorporating, amongst many other relevant SEL topics, the important work of equity and inclusion that is top of mind for educators, caregivers and parents. As always, your feedback, questions, concerns, and suggestions matter for everything we...
Ep. 92 - SEL's Benefits for Educators, with Kelley Munger, Ph.D.
February 19, 2022 18:05 - 56 minutes - 25.7 MBEducators need SEL development, too. Maybe even more than students, because when educators have age-appropriate SEL development and skills, they are empowered to bring more of their best selves into every day's interactions with students and peers... and isn't that a BIG part of what it's really all about?!!!!! Listen to this important conversation to discover no-cost opportunities for ECE's to gain the knowledge, training and experience for enriching their practice, their careers and thei...
Ep. 91 - SEL for Academic, Career and Life Success, with David Adams
January 10, 2022 23:20 - 56 minutes - 32.5 MBIn today’s episode, I share conversation with David Adams, CEO of Urban Assembly, and definitely a BIG PICTURE kind of educator. In this conversation, David explains the how’s and why’s of Urban Assembly’s approach to building schools’ cultures, which are 100% centered on developing students’ social emotional competencies for success in school, and for success in their future careers, and for success in their personal lives’ moving forward. In other words, everything is connected, and Urba...
Ep. 90 - The Moving Target of "Normal," with Prof. Sugata Mitra
September 23, 2021 23:46 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBWe hear a lot about ‘returning to normal’ these days, especially in response to Covid. To me, the term ‘normal' has become a marginally meaningless cliché, so I was intensely intrigued when I came across a blog post by Sugata Mitra in which he comments on a legitimate concept of ‘normal’ for these times… especially in direct relationship to the education of our children and students. If you’ve been listening to this, the BIG PICTURE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING podcast for awhile, you apprecia...
Ep. 89 - Lessons from Covid for SEL Success, with Dr. Rachelle Rogers-Ard
August 26, 2021 18:37 - 1 hour - 32.6 MBThere is so much we white educators need to understand that we do not currently understand or even see. But we can can see and understand more, so that we succeed more meaningfully with our students of color. Of course that involves becoming aware of our blindspots. Rachelle and I also talked about many teachers’ sense that we need full time control in our learning environments… but do we really? COVID and distance learning taught us a LOT about that. In this rich and rewarding conversati...
Ep. 88 - CRYING - The Necessary Healing It Brings
August 17, 2021 21:02 - 7 minutes - 7.34 MBscientists have been studying crying, and they’ve divided the tears that come from crying into three distinct categories: reflex tears, continuous tears, and emotional tears. The first of those two categories - reflex tears - perform the important function of removing irritants, such as smoke and dust from our eyes. The 2nd of those 2 categories, continuous tears, serve to lubricate our eyes, which protects them from infection and from that awful dry eye feeling. The content of those 2 categ...
Ep. 88 - CRYING - Interesting explanations from science
August 17, 2021 21:02 - 7 minutes - 5.44 MBscientists have been studying crying, and they’ve divided the tears that come from crying into three distinct categories: reflex tears, continuous tears, and emotional tears. The first of those two categories - reflex tears - perform the important function of removing irritants, such as smoke and dust from our eyes. The 2nd of those 2 categories, continuous tears, serve to lubricate our eyes, which protects them from infection and from that awful dry eye feeling. The content of those 2 catego...
Ep. 87 - Neuro-Nurturing with Deborah McNelis
April 16, 2021 19:04 - 55 minutes - 31.5 MBDeborah McNelis is one of my favorite kinds of educators and people, because Deborah is in it for the love of it. She has her Masters degree in Education, she’s an author, speaker and, most helpful for you, dear listener… Deborah has created the Neuro-Nurturing Interaction Packets for the specific purposes of supporting children in feeling seen, accepted, worthy of love and respect. You will enjoy gaining new levels of learning and insights about brain development and how we, as parents and...
Ep. 86 - Critical Thinking Skills & SEL
April 07, 2021 16:09 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBIf you’d like to receive an electronic copy of the resource I’ve been sharing with you on this episode, just drop a line to me. My email address is [email protected]. That’s where you can share your thoughts, make requests for future topics on this podcast… anything. I love to connect with listeners. Thanks for being here… and I hope to hear from you soon.
Ep. 85 - Fatherhood Wisely Considered, with Jordan Shapiro, PhD
March 04, 2021 00:26 - 53 minutes - 30.6 MBToday’s guest is Jordan Shapiro, PhD, who is kind of a ‘big deal,’ since he’s globally respected as an American thought leader. (I’ve included a link to his website in this show’s notes so you can learn about his wide-ranging accomplishments.) Jordan’s internationally respected perspective combines research in psychology, philosophy, and economics in ways that make so much sense, when he explains them. In this episode, Jordan and I discuss his most recent book, Father Figure: How to be a Fe...
Ep. 84 - Insights for Teaching (and Living) Anti-Racist Values, with Larissa Wright-Elson
February 19, 2021 00:16 - 57 minutes - 32.7 MBHere are the basic points from Larissa's article: Our words and actions must match. Reading options for students must be broadened to provide wider perspectives from other races and cultures. Conversations are necessary... even, and especially, the ones around 'difficult' topics. Listening is a big and necessary element for meaningful conversations. Have the courage (and flexibility) to explore new and different ideas. Self-reflection is essential... without self-reflection there is no...
Ep. 83 - Disfiguring Accidents Require Conscious SEL Skills from Everyone, with Margaret Kugler, MS
November 11, 2020 14:20 - 28 minutes - 16.5 MBWhen traumatic accidents occur, resulting in serious injuries and permanent disfiguration, knowledgable guidance is essential for healing and for everyone's ability to adapt, constructively, to build the best possible life, moving forward. Margaret Kugler, MS, is the Transition Coordinator for children who come from all over the country to Shriners Hospital in Northern California for healing (physically, emotionally and socially). When it's time for them to return to school and start reb...
Ep. 82 - A Very Big Picture Perspective on SEL, with Soundhari Balaguru, PhD
September 30, 2020 22:40 - 42 minutes - 24.2 MBSoundhari Balaguru, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with over 15 years experience supporting schools on the east coast and the west coast. Soundhari is the founding Director of Social-Emotional Learning & Mental Health at ChangeMakers Academy (CMA), a diverse K-8 school in Vallejo, CA. In her work with students, faculty AND families, she is focused on creating a model school that is built upon a genuinely caring community. A school community in which students, teachers, staff, and families ...
Ep. 82 - A Very Big Picture Perspective on SEL
September 30, 2020 22:40 - 42 minutes - 24.2 MBDetails are good, essential really, but when we get lost in them, tied down to them and we lose the big picture... everyone loses. Everyone.
Ep. 81 - Comprehensive CONSENT, with Sarah Casper
September 19, 2020 19:33 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBWe all know that communication… clear, honest and mutually respectful communication is a foundational element of solid social emotional skills. Today’s guest has developed an approach that focuses in on a very specific channel of communication: CONSENT. Sarah Casper, will give us an overview of her understanding about the day-by-day, hour-by-hour, year-by-year relevance of consent …. we even had time for a few deep dives into specific examples of the relevance of this topic which revolves, ...
Ep. 81 - CONSENT - a very important SEL topic, with Sarah Casper
September 19, 2020 19:33 - 45 minutes - 25.9 MBWe all know that communication… clear, honest and mutually respectful communication is a foundational element of solid social emotional skills. Today’s guest has developed an approach that focuses in on a very specific channel of communication: CONSENT. Sarah Casper, will give us an overview of her understanding about the day-by-day, hour-by-hour, year-by-year relevance of consent …. we even had time for a few deep dives into specific examples of the relevance of this topic which revolves, ...
Ep. 80 - Stretching Possibilities & SEL, with Monick Halm
September 08, 2020 20:41 - 43 minutes - 25 MBThere was so much I appreciated about this conversation. In particular, the fact that my guest, Monick Halm, independently grew her on social emotional skills by noticing what worked for her peers and then she experimented with bringing those observations into her own interactions. I also love what Monick shared with us about the power and importance of being with our kids and our students exactly as who THEY are, not how we think they should be.... how that genuine acceptance liberates the...
Ep. 79 - Self-trust and SEL
August 15, 2020 17:24 - 9 minutes - 6.31 MBPlease accept this offer of help. Send a quick email to me with answers to the 3 questions, below: [email protected] Social emotional challenge your kids/students are encountering. Kids' age. If you want to, include a brief description of how you've tried to help them resolve that specific challenge. ................................................ What does self-trust have to do with social emotional learning? And I will energetically answer: everything! First let’s look at ou...
Ep. 78 - Real Talk with Kids, with Cassie Tondreau
August 01, 2020 18:47 - 40 minutes - 23.3 MBCassie Tondreau is a loved and well-respected educator, and based on her many years of experience, she knows, without a doubt, that children can be trusted to ask for deeper explanations and understanding … when they need them. In this conversation about challenging, even disturbing topics, including Covid-19, Cassie encourages us to be sensitive to achieving the right balance between sharing too much with children and not sharing enough with them. Cassie is not only a very special educato...
Ep. 77: Students Care About SEL, with Dominique Brooks
July 25, 2020 04:05 - 29 minutes - 16.7 MBWe have so much to learn from our students, and we have so much to gain by opening up to their insights and their view on the world in this time of massive changes across the globe. SEL does not have to be delivered through some organized curriculum. In fact, all that's really needed is real connections. Connections in class don't have to be perfect, but they do have to be real for everyone's benefit and progress. The research validates these insights, and Dominique's experience leaves ...
Ep. 76 - How to Live (Happily) with Tech & Kids, with Jordan Shapiro, Ph.D.
June 26, 2020 20:16 - 46 minutes - 26.7 MBThis conversation is dedicated to all parents (and teachers, too) who are seriously concerned about the powerful draw that technology, anything tech, has on today’s kids. Jordan Shapiro is, among many other qualifications, a senior fellow with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Street Workshop, where he does research on how technology impacts childhood. His research and accomplishments are wide-ranging, as is the respect he’s earned nationally and internationally. You can check out this ...
Ep. 75 - Language Skills & SEL, with Sharnell Blevins
June 20, 2020 18:09 - 41 minutes - 23.8 MBSharnell Blevins’ walks her talk when it comes to THE most sensible philosophy about children’s successful school experience: Teachers, kids AND parents must work together to ensure that all kids grow towards their own unique potential. To that end, Sharnell has worked with nonprofit educational organizations for over 25 years. She’s currently Parent Engagement Coordinator at SpeakUpParents.org... a highly effective organization for student advocacy through parent engagement and empowerment....
Ep. 74 - A Black Mother's Concerns & Responsibilities, with Sierra Dominguez
June 13, 2020 06:07 - 44 minutes - 25.4 MBThe most challenging conversations are often the most necessary… for life to move forward …. for everyone’s benefit. Awakened awareness about the irrefutable fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER, and that Black lives in America continue to be crushingly disadvantaged in ways that are invisible to those of us who live in “White America” is the impetus for this conversation with Sierra Dominguez, a wise, loving, creative and courageous Black woman, married to a Mexican man, and the mother of their 2 ...
Ep. 73: An Honest Black & White Conversation in Honor of George Floyd, with Jordan Harrison
June 08, 2020 06:32 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBWhite people and black people need to be liberated from the lies that have created such deplorable disadvantages for, and untruths about, black people in America. Those disadvantages and untruths are destroying the best of what all of us are capable of bringing to the life of this country, and without which there is no hope for recovery from the travesty of George Floyd's murder. (And all the other black men and women whose lives were ended by acts of racism) . Now is the time for whites...
Ep. 72: Nurturing Social Justice Awareness, with Nick Terrones
May 28, 2020 16:00 - 30 minutes - 17.6 MB“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” ~Mahatma Gandhi The time is NOW for us, as educators and parents of today’s children, to courageously and creatively step into our responsibility for the development of tomorrow’s citizens … citizens who, ideally, live and express attributes considered to be humane, well thought out, balanced and equitable. This episode, with the inspired and inspiring...