020 Educating Kids About Social Justice with Pranoo Kumar

In this episode, Pranoo and I talk about her amazing social justice children's bookstore, how to talk to kids about hard topics, what teaching children about activism can look like, and the importance of children seeing themselves reflected in the stories they read and learning through the stories of others. 

Pranoo Kumar is a proud daughter of Konkani Indian immigrants, a career changer from medicine to education, and an activist committed to inclusive education.  Her previous experiences include elementary teacher, coach and founder of school systems/ programs on the East and West Coast. She created her own education consulting experience, divHERse, serving as the Founder and Educational Leader, focused on ensuring retention and representation of women of Color in ed leadership. Projects include: Education and Training Specialist with Future Leaders Incubator, Pre-K Design with Zeta Charter Schools, SEL Curriculum with Inner City Innovators, Education Specialist with MaySea Movement (Cangrejo, Nicaragua) and Curriculum Manager at Path to College. Accolades and certifications include: two-time Teacher Excellence Award winner, Gates Foundation US K-12 Programs Panelist, and certification in PreK-4th teaching, SEL and Trauma-Informed Yoga.  She is currently the owner and founder of Rohi’s Readery, a social justice driven children’s bookstore and learning center committed to critical literacy that promotes inclusivity and diversity.

Links from this episode:

www.rohisreadery.com / IG: @rohisreadery and @pranoo_k

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranati-pranoo-kumar/

https://linktr.ee/rohisreadery



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