black educators

Dr. Asia Lyons is a guest on The Thoughtful Counselor Podcast!

"In this episode, Dr. Asia Lyons meets with Dr. Dèsa Karye Daniel to discuss the tenants of Racial Battle Fatigue and racism-related stress. Throughout their conversation, they reflect on the experiences of Black Teachers and how sharing these experiences can change the narrative for future Black educators. Dr. Lyons gives examples of how mental health practitioners can support Black educators through culturally responsive practices." -From, The Thoughtful Counselor Podcast

Building the Black Educator Pipeline is joined by Devin Morris, Co-Founder of "The Teachers' Lounge," an education-based nonprofit organization "seeking to drive unprecedented student outcomes by greatly diversifying the people, thoughts, and actions of the educational workforce in the Greater Boston Area and beyond.
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Devin is also a member of the Commission on Black Men and Boys with the Boston Mayor’s Office and joins the show to discuss the importance of teacher diversity and educational equity.   

In this episode, host Shayna Terrell and Devin discuss strategies that districts can implement to increase teacher diversity, as well as how to support teachers of color who enter the workforce. They discuss major reasons educators of color don't feel supported and what drives them to leave the profession. 

The conversations also touches on policy and how we can hold legislators accountable when it comes to increasing the number of teachers of color. 

“Black students that have a Black teacher in elementary school—one Black teacher—are 13% more likely to go to college,” Mason said. “That number more than doubles to 32% if they have two Black teachers.”

The Presidential Leadership Scholar has also authored multiple books and executive produced a documentary entitled, From The Block, examining the impact Black educators have on students.

Please follow Ms. Mason on social media @masonmessages and use the #HeyBlackTeacher in your posts about the episode.

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This episode was previously recorded on Monday, March 14, 2022.

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Sean Decatur is the 19th President of Kenyon College (Taaj and Herb's alma mater). He was a former chemist who found his passion for leadership and administration early in his career. During his tenure as president, he oversaw the increase of students, faculty, and administrators becoming a part of the Kenyon community. Kenyon has also seen a renovation in infrastructure to bring the college into the modern age. Even though the job of the college president is busy, he makes time for family, self care, and Uno games with his students. Tap in as we dive into the life of a black college president.  

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We need to take action, Feel Gooders. There are times when doing the right thing doesn't necessarily feel good. It can feel scary, uncomfortable and uncertain, but it's necessary. You cannot hide right now. You cannot make excuses right now. You have to hold space for this. You have to act. You have to be willing to make a mistake. Because you will make mistakes and you won't do enough, but staying silent is worse. Non-action is worse.

I will not pretend to have all the answers surrounding this. I have so much unlearning and learning to do myself, so I'd like to point you to a few of the resources I have found helpful and encourage you today to educate yourself on this topic and take action.

Now I before I share, I want to reiterate what this amazing woman Dani said in her IG live series. She shared a list of her favorite educators (some similar and some different than those I'm sharing with you today), but she also insisted that we take the initiative to learn from the resources they've already created.

Right now, so many amazing black educators are being bombarded with all of the same questions, and it's exhausting. As Dani said, there are so many resources already created and available, so we need to take the initiative to learn from these before we ask direct questions.

Here are several amazing educators and activists of color who's content I've found helpful:

Danielle Coke is @ohhappydani on Instagram - and she's amazing! Go watch her Turning Awareness into Action (a 3-part IG Live series) where she speaks about how to approach racism by working upward, inward and outward.

Ibram X. Kendi is @ibramxk on Instagram. He's the author of several books including How to be an Anti-Racist, and he was the guest on Brene Brown's Unlocking Us podcast this week!

Rachel Cargle is @rachel.cargle on Instagram. Her content is very enlightening and actionable! Watch her Public Address on Revolution: Revolution Now here!

Nikita is @craftedtothrive on Instagram, and she's a business coach for creatives! She also has a podcast called She's Crafted to Thrive - so that'd be a great substitute today!

Layla Saad is @laylafsaad on Instagram. She's the writer of the best-selling book Me and White Supremacy and the host of The Good Ancestor podcast.

Sonya Renee Taylor is @sonyareneetaylor on Instagram. She puts out a great number of videos on Instagram where she's speaking the truth.

Deya Patterson is @deya_patterson on Instagram, and she teaches solopreneurs how to market their brands on Facebook and IG. Check out her live video ser

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