Celebrating 1 Year of Our Podcast! Sneak Peek at Our Last Guests of the Season
Our Podcast Anniversary: 1 Year of Healing
In October of 2023 we released the debut episode of our podcast, We're Not OK: A Community of Healing . And we were lucky enough to start off this podcast talking with someone we met on our journey with our book, "We're Not OK."
Alison Rodriguez, MSC was the perfect first guest! She is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as an absolutely wonderful person. If you haven't already, please take a listen to our discussion with her and you'll understand why she was the best person to launch this new adventure with.
I remember when Justin Stewart first proposed the idea of doing a "web series" where we would talk with people about different topics loosely related to the book. And I said like a podcast, and he said no. I asked if we would be releasing the video and he said no, just the audio. Again, like a podcast? No.
If you all are like me and would rather listen to almost anything than the sound of your own voice then you know that agreeing to do this was not easy, but I am eternally grateful that he had the idea for this "web series." Over this past year and almost 3 full seasons, this podcast has allowed us the opportunity to learn from and laugh with so many inspiring individuals!
We want to thank every single person who has agreed to be on our podcast especially those who had no idea who we were but understood our mission and wanted to be a part of our community of healing. We always thank you for your time because we know how valuable time is and the fact that you allowed us to have 30 minutes or an hour of it, is something that we do not take for granted.
All the names of our previous guests appear at the end of this newsletter. If you heard their episode and took anything from it, then please feel free to send them a thank you as well.
Meet Our Last Guests of Season 3...
November 1st Paulette Granberry Russell, J.D.: NADOHE Click Here for the full episode.
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Paulette Granberry Russell, J.D. , president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education since March 2020, is a leading national voice and sought-after presenter on issues related to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education and beyond.?Her research interests include gender equity in STEM, campus culture and its impact on marginalized communities, and strategies for dismantling structural racism to create more equitable experiences for faculty, students, and staff of color. Granberry Russell has given presentations and advised institutions and NGOs in countries across Africa and in the U.K. on gender equity, affirmative action, implicit bias and discrimination, strategic diversity initiatives, and inclusive leadership.
Granberry Russell retired in August 2020 from Michigan State University as senior advisor to the president for diversity, emerita. She first joined MSU in 1998 as senior advisor to the president for diversity and director of the Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives. As MSU’s senior diversity officer, Granberry Russell was responsible for leading and facilitating MSU’s efforts to advance a more equitable and inclusive campus community. She developed cutting-edge education and development programs, led campus climate surveys (quantitative and qualitative), monitored university efforts to increase diversity among students, faculty, and staff, coordinated community outreach efforts, and incentivized innovative DEI strategies through the office’s Creating Inclusive Excellence Grants.
Granberry Russell received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University (MSU) and her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She is a licensed attorney with the State of Michigan.
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November 15-- Sharif El-Mekki is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development . The Center exists to ensure there will be equity in the recruiting, training, hiring, and retention of quality educators that reflect the cultural backgrounds and share common socio-political interests of the students they serve. The Center is developing a nationally relevant model to measurably increase teacher diversity and support Black educators through four pillars: Professional Learning, Pipeline, Policies, and Pedagogy. So far, the Center has developed ongoing and direct professional learning, mentoring, and coaching opportunities for Black teachers and other educators serving students of color.
The Center also carries forth the freedom or liberation school legacy by hosting Freedom School sites that incorporates research-based curricula and exposes high school and college students to the teaching profession to help fuel a pipeline of Black educators.
Prior to founding the Center, El-Mekki served as a nationally recognized principal and U.S. Department of Education Principal Ambassador Fellow. His school, Mastery Charter Shoemaker , was recognized by President Obama and Oprah Winfrey, and was awarded the prestigious EPIC award for three consecutive years as being amongst the top three schools in the country for accelerating students’ achievement levels. The Shoemaker Campus was also recognized as one of the top ten middle school and top ten high schools in the state of Pennsylvania for accelerating the achievement levels of African-American students.
In 2014, El-Mekki founded The Fellowship – Black Male Educators for Social Justice , an organization dedicated to recruiting, retaining, and developing Black male teachers. El-Mekki blogs on Phillys7thWard , is a member of the 8 Black Hands podcast and serves on several boards and committees focused on educational and racial justice. Instagram @centerblacked and @fellowshipbmec
November 29--Shenequa Golding is a writer and an editor whose work focuses on race, gender, popular culture, and entertainment. After earning a degree in print journalism from Hampton University, Golding began her career as general-assignment reporter for a small newspaper owned by the Chicago Sun-Times. There, she covered everything from town-hall meetings to teen murders. A native New Yorker, Golding returned to her roots as an entertainment writer. Her work, both on-camera and in print, has appeared in prominent Black publications such as Vibe and Essence, as well as mainstream outlets, including Complex, the Associated Press, BBC, and Vanity Fair. Her essay, “Maintaining Professionalism in The Age of Black Death is . . . A Lot,” published on Medium in May 2020, has received 990K views to date. When not writing, Shenequa can be found watching The Golden Girls reruns, listening to her favorite true crime podcast, or geeking out whenever someone compliments her nails knowing they’re press-ons from Walgreens. This is her first book. Instagram @goldinggirl617
Order your copy of her book, A Black Girl in the Middle: Essays on (Allegedly) Figuring It All Out.
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