The Equity, Disproportionality and Design (ED&D) podcast provides access to engaging conversations with educators and community members who share their personal and professional experiences. Conversations explore their journey through education, describe their efforts toward building equity in our school systems, and explain barriers that have caused them to re-think their approach to systems change.
Podcast guests include educational leaders from the California System of Support, as well as other organizations that strive to build equitable systems and school environments for all students. By listening to their stories, the audience will be inspired and encouraged.
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Escaping the Trap: Dr. Whitaker on Leadership, Hope & Culture
Dr. Amir Whitaker is an educator, author, human rights lawyer, and artist. He is the founder and director of Project KnuckleHead, a nonprofit organization empowering youth through music, art, and educational programs since 2012. He is also the co-founder of Afro Unidad, a Black cultural kinship movement with 50+ ambassadors across 14 countries.
A Critically Conscious Path to Equity in Schools
Dr. Tracie Noriega is the Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Professional Learning for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA). She is also the Executive Director of the Filipino American Educators Association of CA (FAEAC) and a faculty member with the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC).
Student Voice: Shaping Education through Leadership and Representation
Vanessa Ejike is the Student Board Member on the California State Board of Education
Inspiring Schools, Elevating Outcomes
Dr. Myeshia Whigham, Principal at Lincoln Middle School in the Oceanside Unified School District
Isang Bagsak: Voices Rising Together
Tony DelaRosa, an award winning author, racial justice educator, spoken word poet and researcher
Teaching Beyond the Trauma: Healing-Centered Classrooms
Ingrid Medrano, Teacher in the National School District
Artwork is Liberation Work: Creativity as a Tool for Student Becoming
Nikko Kimzin, Founder and Lead Consultant of Kimzin Creative