41. Educational Equity and Emerging Activism with Laura Smith

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English - December 28, 2020 10:00 - 50 minutes - 47 MB
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Happy Monday! Welcome to our final episode of 2020. Today we have Laura Smith, a fellow podcaster and emerging activist to speak about educational equity and structural racism. Laura talks about coming from the UK to the US, being involved in the organization Action for Education Equity within the most segregated school district in the country (Rochester City School District), and working towards anti-racism.

Appetizer: Anti-Racist Baby

Mentioned: NYCLU Youth Activism, Danielle Ponder, Daniel Prude Protests, EdBuild Report on Segregated School Districts

Keep Up with Laura: Action for Education Equity FB, Action for Education Equity IG, Laura's Podcast, Laura's IG, Laura's Craft Business