Episode 04: Homeplace
“When we’re having conversations about race, it is not easy for either side of this conversation. And so to be able to have those conversations in affinity groups first really allows for change to happen. And then we can come back whole staff and take those learnings, take those understandings and continue the work. ”
Erica reconnects with her third grade teacher, and tells her that her classroom was the first place she felt she belonged in school. The idea of a “homeplace” is further explored with an educator in Queens who established a Black affinity group at her school, and with a student who is part of that group.
Show Notes
Created by: Bill Healy, Katie Schneider Gumiran, Rosa Gaia, and Erica Young.
Original music, audio engineering and mixing by Sean Brennan
Artwork by Rosa Gaia
Theme music adapted from an original song by Javy Polanco, “You Forgot.”
