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Ep. 44: Educated for Liberation

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EQ: What does it mean to be educated for liberation and why does it matter?

Guest: Kelly Nicholls, local educator and organizer around the concept of liberated learning (we will hear more about it Radical Educator Academy! See flyer below).

School leader and change-maker Kelly Nicholls joins us to discuss her journey into education and leadership and the importance of changing the education system from within. Topics include:

  • Education centered on white supremacy, including white modes of communication and hierarchical white spaces.

  • Radical academy/education as liberation: resisting oppressive patriarchal systems within existing systems.

  • Anti-blackness in schools - resisting treating Black people as a monolith and one size fits all approaches to discipline.

  • Individual teachers combating anti-blackness by lessening the prevalence of whiteness in curriculum and pedagogy.

Guilty Favesies

  • Annie: saying yes to everything

  • Hope: eyeliner

  • Kelly: cigarettes (no longer a smoker, but they’re hard to quit!)

Do Your Fudging Homework

  • Annie: Radical Teacher, a peer-reviewed academic journal on current social justice issues in education. Past issues available online.

  • Hope: The Power Flower (Nicole Hurt)

  • Kelly: Connect and follow #ClearTheAir on Twitter

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