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Teach Brother Teach: Transforming Education Through Representation · The Wheelhouse

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  In
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  today's
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  episode,
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  we're
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  talking
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  with
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  Neal
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  Curry
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  Jr.
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  And
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  we're
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  elevating
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  the
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  real
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  human
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  story
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  behind
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  Teach
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  Brother
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  Teach
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  and
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  the
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  broader
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  need
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  for
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  black
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  male
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  educators.
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  There's
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  so
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  much
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  to
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  talk
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  about.
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  A
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  new
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  episode
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  of
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  the
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  Wheelhouse
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  begins.
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  Right
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  now.
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  The
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  future
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  of
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  education
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  depends
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  on
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  a
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  radical
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  humanization
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  of
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  schools.
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  Places
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  where
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  hope
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  is
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  cultivated,
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  opportunities
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  are
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  opened
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  and
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  innovation
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  is
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  harnessed
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  to
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  serve
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  humanity.
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  Only
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  then
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  can
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  we
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  create
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  futures
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  worthy
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  of
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  each
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  student's
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  dreams.
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  We
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  begin
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  by
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  cultivating
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  hope.
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  We
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  ensure
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  possibilities
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  are
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  real
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  and
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  accessible.
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  We
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  design
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  futures
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  rooted
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  in
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  humanity.
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  The
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  future
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  is
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  already
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  here,
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  and
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  it
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  must
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  be
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  deeply
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  human
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  centered.
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  Today,
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  we
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  step
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  into
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  a
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  conversation
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  that
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  sits
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  at
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  the
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  very
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  core
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  of
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  innovation
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  rooted
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  in
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  humanity.
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  So
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  far
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  this
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  season,
• 1:11
  we've
• 1:11
  talked
• 1:12
  about
• 1:12
  belief,
• 1:13
  joy,
• 1:14
  AI
• 1:15
  that
• 1:15
  protects
• 1:16
  the
• 1:16
  vulnerable,
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  and
• 1:17
  neurodiversity
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  as
• 1:19
  a
• 1:19
  humanizing
• 1:19
  force.
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  But
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  there's
• 1:21
  a
• 1:22
  truth
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  we
• 1:22
  cannot
• 1:22
  ignore.
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  Our
• 1:24
  schools
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  cannot
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  claim
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  to
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  be
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  future
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  ready
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  if
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  entire
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  communities
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  don't
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  see
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  themselves
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  in
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  the
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  adults
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  who
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  teach,
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  lead
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  and
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  love
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  them.
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  Our
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  guest
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  today
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  has
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  devoted
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  his
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  entire
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  life
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  to
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  changing
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  that
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  reality
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  through
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  his
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  Teach
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  Brother
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  Teach
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  initiative.
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  He's
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  not
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  just
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  recruiting
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  black
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  male
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  educators.
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  He's
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  cultivating
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  identity,
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  purpose
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  and
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  leadership.
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  He's
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  reshaping
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  the
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  pipeline
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  so
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  students
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  can
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  see
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  a
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  future
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  for
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  themselves
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  that
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  feels
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  possible,
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  powerful
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  and
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  deeply
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  human.
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  This
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  is
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  a
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  conversation
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  about
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  representation,
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  relationships
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  and
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  the
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  radical
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  act
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  of
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  preparing
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  every
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  student
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  for
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  a
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  future
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  worthy
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  of
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  their
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  dreams.
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  Today's
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  guest
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  is
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  Esnil
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  Curry,
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  Jr.
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  Founder
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  and
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  executive
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  director
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  of
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  the
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  Fundisha
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  center
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  and
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  the
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  coordinator
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  of
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  its
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  Teach
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  Brother
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  Teach
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  program.
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  The
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  Fundisha
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  center
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  is
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  dedicated
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  to
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  improving
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  the
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  educational
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  outcomes
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  for
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  black
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  children
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  in
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  the
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  Capital
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  District
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  of
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  New
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  York
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  by
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  recruiting,
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  recruiting
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  and
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  developing
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  black
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  teachers
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  and
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  providing
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  community
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  based,
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  cultural
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  centered
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  supplemental
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  educational
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  programming
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  to
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  youth
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  in
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  the
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  Capital
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  District.
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  The
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  center
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  was
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  founded
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  in
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  2022
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  to
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  address
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  the
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  urgent
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  need
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  to
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  improve
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  the
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  black
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  teacher
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  pipeline.
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  Fundisha
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  is
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  a
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  Kishwali
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  word
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  that
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  means
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  teach.
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  Neil
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  Curry,
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  Jr.
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  A
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  long
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  time
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  educator
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  in
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  the
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  Capital
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  district
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  with
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  over
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  33
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  years
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  of
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  experience
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  working
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  with
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  youth
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  in
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  the
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  Capital
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  District
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  as
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  a
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  teacher,
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  principal
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  and
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  developer
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  and
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  coordinator
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  of
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  educational,
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  social,
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  cultural
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  and
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  recreational
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  programs,
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  serves
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  as
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  its
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  executive
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  director
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  and
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  founder.
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  He
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  is
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  also
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  the
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  founding,
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  principal
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  and
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  former
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  executive
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  director
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  of
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  the
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  Albany
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  Community
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  Charter
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  school,
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  founded
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  in
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  2006.
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  You
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  are
• 3:18
  listening
• 3:18
  to
• 3:19
  season
• 3:19
  11
• 3:20
  episode
• 3:20
  5
• 3:21
  of
• 3:21
  the
• 3:21
  Wheelhouse
• 3:22
  where
• 3:22
  we're
• 3:22
  joined
• 3:23
  by
• 3:23
  s.
• 3:24
  Neal
• 3:24
  Curry
• 3:25
  Jr.
• 3:25
  For
• 3:26
  a
• 3:26
  powerful
• 3:26
  conversation
• 3:27
  on
• 3:28
  innovation
• 3:29
  rooted
• 3:29
  in
• 3:30
  humanity.
• 3:31
  Let's
• 3:31
  dive
• 3:31
  in.
• 3:38
  Good
• 3:38
  morning
• 3:39
  everyone
• 3:39
  and
• 3:39
  welcome
• 3:40
  back
• 3:40
  to
• 3:41
  the
• 3:41
  wheelhouse.
• 3:42
  I'm
• 3:42
  Dr.
• 3:43
  Grant
• 3:43
  Chandler
• 3:43
  and
• 3:44
  I
• 3:44
  am
• 3:44
  Here
• 3:44
  with
• 3:44
  my
• 3:45
  amazing
• 3:46
  wheelhouse
• 3:46
  team,
• 3:47
  Kathy
• 3:47
  Mone,
• 3:48
  Michael
• 3:48
  Pipa,
• 3:48
  and
• 3:48
  Dr.
• 3:49
  Alicia
• 3:49
  Monroe.
• 3:50
  Good
• 3:50
  morning,
• 3:50
  team.
• 3:52
  Good
• 3:53
  morning.
• 3:57
  Good
• 3:57
  to
• 3:57
  see
• 3:57
  all
• 3:58
  of
• 3:58
  you.
• 3:59
  Happy
• 4:00
  day.
• 4:00
  Happy
• 4:01
  recording
• 4:02
  day.
• 4:02
  Yes.
• 4:02
  Happy
• 4:03
  recording
• 4:03
  day.
• 4:04
  We
• 4:04
  record
• 4:04
  and
• 4:05
  drop
• 4:05
  on
• 4:05
  Tuesdays,
• 4:06
  so,
• 4:06
  hey,
• 4:07
  happy
• 4:07
  Tuesday,
• 4:08
  right?
• 4:08
  Welcome.
• 4:09
  It
• 4:09
  was
• 4:09
  great
• 4:10
  to
• 4:10
  see
• 4:10
  you
• 4:10
  all
• 4:11
  today.
• 4:12
  You
• 4:12
  know,
• 4:12
  today
• 4:13
  we
• 4:13
  step
• 4:14
  into
• 4:14
  a
• 4:14
  conversation
• 4:15
  that
• 4:15
  sits
• 4:15
  at
• 4:16
  the
• 4:16
  very
• 4:16
  core
• 4:17
  of
• 4:17
  innovation
• 4:18
  rooted
• 4:18
  in
• 4:18
  humanity.
• 4:20
  So
• 4:20
  far
• 4:20
  this
• 4:20
  season,
• 4:20
  we've
• 4:21
  talked
• 4:21
  about
• 4:21
  belief,
• 4:22
  joy,
• 4:23
  AI
• 4:24
  that
• 4:24
  protects
• 4:25
  the
• 4:25
  vulnerable,
• 4:26
  and
• 4:26
  neurodiversity
• 4:27
  as
• 4:28
  a
• 4:28
  humanizing
• 4:29
  force.
• 4:30
  But
• 4:30
  there's
• 4:30
  a
• 4:31
  truth
• 4:31
  we
• 4:31
  cannot
• 4:32
  ignore.
• 4:33
  Our
• 4:34
  schools
• 4:34
  cannot
• 4:34
  claim
• 4:35
  to
• 4:35
  be
• 4:35
  future
• 4:36
  ready
• 4:37
  if
• 4:37
  entire
• 4:37
  communities
• 4:39
  don't
• 4:39
  see
• 4:39
  themselves
• 4:40
  reflected
• 4:41
  in
• 4:41
  the
• 4:41
  adults
• 4:42
  who
• 4:42
  teach,
• 4:43
  lead
• 4:44
  and
• 4:44
  love
• 4:44
  them.
• 4:46
  And
• 4:46
  today
• 4:46
  Our
• 4:46
  guest
• 4:47
  is
• 4:48
  Mr.
• 4:48
  C.
• 4:48
  Neal
• 4:49
  Curry,
• 4:50
  who
• 4:50
  has
• 4:50
  devoted
• 4:51
  his
• 4:51
  life
• 4:51
  to
• 4:51
  changing
• 4:52
  that
• 4:52
  reality
• 4:53
  through
• 4:53
  his
• 4:53
  amazing
• 4:54
  program,
• 4:55
  Teach
• 4:55
  Brother
• 4:56
  Teach.
• 4:56
  We're
• 4:57
  going
• 4:57
  to
• 4:57
  talk
• 4:57
  about
• 4:57
  that.
• 4:58
  So
• 4:59
  without
• 4:59
  any
• 4:59
  further
• 5:00
  ado,
• 5:00
  welcome
• 5:01
  Neal
• 5:01
  Curry
• 5:02
  to
• 5:02
  the
• 5:02
  Wheelhouse.
• 5:03
  We
• 5:03
  are
• 5:03
  so
• 5:04
  glad
• 5:04
  to
• 5:04
  have
• 5:05
  you
• 5:05
  here.
• 5:06
  Thank
• 5:06
  you.
• 5:06
  Thank
• 5:06
  you
• 5:07
  for
• 5:07
  having
• 5:07
  me.
• 5:07
  I'm
• 5:07
  very
• 5:07
  excited
• 5:08
  to
• 5:08
  be
• 5:08
  here.
• 5:09
  So
• 5:10
  we're
• 5:10
  going
• 5:11
  to
• 5:11
  dive
• 5:11
  right
• 5:12
  in
• 5:13
  and
• 5:14
  talk
• 5:14
  about
• 5:15
  your
• 5:16
  amazing
• 5:17
  work
• 5:17
  that
• 5:18
  you're
• 5:18
  doing
• 5:18
  with
• 5:18
  Teach
• 5:19
  Brother
• 5:19
  Teach.
• 5:20
  I
• 5:21
  know
• 5:22
  having
• 5:22
  cyberstalked
• 5:23
  you
• 5:23
  a
• 5:23
  little
• 5:23
  bit,
• 5:24
  that
• 5:24
  this
• 5:24
  is
• 5:24
  more
• 5:25
  than
• 5:25
  just
• 5:26
  a
• 5:26
  program.
• 5:27
  It's
• 5:27
  a
• 5:28
  very
• 5:28
  personal
• 5:28
  mission
• 5:29
  that
• 5:30
  you
• 5:30
  have.
• 5:33
  What
• 5:33
  human
• 5:34
  needs
• 5:35
  in
• 5:36
  our
• 5:36
  schools
• 5:37
  does
• 5:37
  this
• 5:38
  work
• 5:38
  respond
• 5:39
  to?
• 5:41
  Definitely.
• 5:41
  Well,
• 5:41
  as
• 5:42
  you
• 5:42
  know,
• 5:42
  there's.
• 5:43
  The
• 5:43
  country
• 5:43
  is
• 5:43
  currently
• 5:44
  experiencing
• 5:44
  a
• 5:44
  teacher
• 5:45
  shortage.
• 5:47
  You
• 5:47
  know,
• 5:47
  we
• 5:47
  have,
• 5:48
  I
• 5:48
  think
• 5:48
  New
• 5:49
  York
• 5:49
  State
• 5:49
  alone
• 5:50
  is
• 5:50
  estimating
• 5:51
  that
• 5:51
  we
• 5:51
  need
• 5:51
  180,000
• 5:52
  teachers
• 5:53
  over
• 5:53
  the
• 5:53
  next
• 5:53
  decade.
• 5:54
  So
• 5:55
  we
• 5:55
  have.
• 5:55
  There
• 5:55
  are
• 5:55
  more
• 5:56
  people
• 5:56
  leaving
• 5:57
  the
• 5:57
  profession
• 5:57
  than
• 5:57
  are
• 5:58
  coming
• 5:58
  in
• 5:58
  right
• 5:58
  now.
• 5:59
  I
• 6:00
  think
• 6:00
  teacher
• 6:00
  education
• 6:01
  programs
• 6:02
  have
• 6:02
  seen
• 6:02
  a
• 6:02
  decline
• 6:03
  in
• 6:03
  enrollment
• 6:04
  over
• 6:04
  the
• 6:05
  last
• 6:05
  decade
• 6:05
  or
• 6:06
  so.
• 6:06
  So
• 6:06
  we
• 6:06
  need.
• 6:07
  We
• 6:07
  need,
• 6:07
  definitely,
• 6:07
  we
• 6:08
  need
• 6:08
  more
• 6:08
  teachers.
• 6:09
  And
• 6:09
  so
• 6:09
  this
• 6:09
  problem
• 6:10
  is,
• 6:12
  you
• 6:12
  know,
• 6:12
  happening
• 6:13
  all
• 6:13
  over
• 6:13
  the
• 6:13
  country,
• 6:13
  but
• 6:14
  is
• 6:14
  especially
• 6:14
  acute
• 6:15
  in
• 6:15
  urban
• 6:16
  areas.
• 6:17
  And
• 6:18
  so
• 6:18
  having
• 6:18
  been
• 6:18
  a
• 6:18
  principal
• 6:20
  in
• 6:20
  the
• 6:20
  urban
• 6:21
  school,
• 6:22
  I
• 6:22
  know
• 6:22
  how
• 6:22
  important
• 6:23
  it
• 6:23
  is
• 6:23
  to.
• 6:24
  And
• 6:24
  how
• 6:24
  difficult
• 6:25
  it
• 6:25
  can
• 6:25
  be
• 6:25
  to
• 6:25
  find.
• 6:25
  To
• 6:26
  find
• 6:26
  teachers.
• 6:27
  And
• 6:27
  so,
• 6:29
  you
• 6:29
  know,
• 6:30
  as
• 6:30
  the
• 6:30
  student
• 6:30
  population
• 6:31
  is
• 6:31
  becoming
• 6:32
  more
• 6:32
  and
• 6:32
  more
• 6:32
  diverse,
• 6:33
  the
• 6:34
  teaching
• 6:35
  population
• 6:36
  hasn't
• 6:36
  really
• 6:36
  changed
• 6:37
  that
• 6:37
  much.
• 6:37
  So
• 6:37
  we
• 6:37
  are,
• 6:38
  I
• 6:38
  think
• 6:38
  they're
• 6:39
  saying
• 6:39
  51%
• 6:40
  of
• 6:40
  the
• 6:40
  public
• 6:40
  school
• 6:41
  students
• 6:41
  are
• 6:41
  students
• 6:41
  of
• 6:42
  color,
• 6:43
  yet
• 6:44
  80%
• 6:44
  of
• 6:44
  the
• 6:45
  teachers
• 6:45
  are
• 6:46
  still
• 6:46
  white.
• 6:47
  Seven
• 6:47
  out
• 6:48
  of
• 6:48
  ten
• 6:48
  are
• 6:49
  female,
• 6:51
  and
• 6:51
  only
• 6:52
  less
• 6:52
  than
• 6:52
  2%
• 6:52
  are
• 6:53
  black
• 6:53
  males.
• 6:54
  And
• 6:55
  so
• 6:55
  the
• 6:55
  Teach
• 6:55
  Brother
• 6:56
  Teach
• 6:56
  program
• 6:56
  is
• 6:58
  joining
• 6:58
  the
• 6:59
  movement
• 7:00
  along
• 7:00
  with
• 7:00
  lots
• 7:00
  of
• 7:00
  other
• 7:01
  folks
• 7:01
  around
• 7:01
  the
• 7:01
  country
• 7:02
  to
• 7:02
  try
• 7:02
  to
• 7:02
  encourage
• 7:03
  more
• 7:03
  black
• 7:03
  males
• 7:04
  to
• 7:04
  go
• 7:04
  into
• 7:05
  the
• 7:05
  teaching
• 7:05
  profession
• 7:06
  to
• 7:07
  help
• 7:07
  alleviate
• 7:08
  and
• 7:08
  fill
• 7:09
  that
• 7:09
  gap.
• 7:11
  And
• 7:12
  so
• 7:12
  if
• 7:12
  I
• 7:12
  am
• 7:13
  a
• 7:13
  listener,
• 7:14
  and
• 7:14
  certainly
• 7:16
  we're
• 7:16
  going
• 7:17
  to
• 7:17
  post
• 7:17
  the
• 7:18
  link
• 7:18
  to
• 7:18
  your
• 7:18
  program,
• 7:19
  but
• 7:20
  in
• 7:20
  a
• 7:20
  nutshell,
• 7:20
  how
• 7:21
  does
• 7:21
  that
• 7:21
  program
• 7:21
  work?
• 7:24
  How
• 7:24
  does
• 7:24
  it
• 7:25
  work
• 7:25
  and
• 7:25
  what
• 7:26
  are
• 7:26
  you
• 7:26
  hoping
• 7:26
  in
• 7:27
  terms
• 7:27
  of
• 7:28
  its
• 7:29
  impact
• 7:29
  on
• 7:30
  representation?
• 7:31
  Yeah.
• 7:32
  So
• 7:34
  we
• 7:34
  say
• 7:34
  we
• 7:34
  want
• 7:34
  to
• 7:35
  recruit
• 7:35
  and
• 7:36
  inspire
• 7:37
  black
• 7:37
  males
• 7:37
  to
• 7:38
  go
• 7:38
  into
• 7:38
  the
• 7:38
  teaching
• 7:38
  profession.
• 7:39
  So
• 7:39
  what
• 7:40
  we
• 7:40
  try
• 7:40
  to
• 7:40
  do
• 7:40
  is
• 7:40
  try
• 7:41
  to
• 7:41
  eliminate
• 7:41
  some
• 7:41
  of
• 7:41
  the
• 7:42
  barriers
• 7:42
  that
• 7:42
  are
• 7:43
  out
• 7:43
  there
• 7:43
  that
• 7:43
  are
• 7:43
  preventing
• 7:44
  men
• 7:45
  from
• 7:45
  joining
• 7:45
  professors.
• 7:46
  The
• 7:46
  number
• 7:46
  one
• 7:46
  thing
• 7:47
  is
• 7:47
  to
• 7:47
  encourage
• 7:47
  black
• 7:48
  men
• 7:48
  to
• 7:48
  consider
• 7:49
  education
• 7:50
  as
• 7:50
  a
• 7:51
  career.
• 7:51
  That's
• 7:52
  the
• 7:52
  first
• 7:52
  thing.
• 7:52
  And
• 7:53
  then
• 7:54
  oftentimes
• 7:55
  one
• 7:56
  of
• 7:56
  the
• 7:56
  major
• 7:56
  barriers
• 7:57
  is
• 7:57
  financial.
• 7:58
  So
• 7:59
  we
• 7:59
  offer
• 7:59
  tuition
• 7:59
  assistance
• 8:00
  to
• 8:01
  help
• 8:01
  guys
• 8:01
  go
• 8:01
  back
• 8:02
  to
• 8:02
  school.
• 8:03
  So
• 8:03
  often
• 8:03
  what
• 8:03
  we
• 8:03
  find
• 8:04
  is
• 8:04
  people
• 8:05
  are
• 8:05
  interested
• 8:05
  in
• 8:06
  going
• 8:06
  back
• 8:06
  to
• 8:06
  school
• 8:06
  to
• 8:08
  get
• 8:08
  credentialized,
• 8:09
  but
• 8:10
  maybe
• 8:10
  they
• 8:10
  owe
• 8:11
  money
• 8:11
  to
• 8:11
  their
• 8:11
  last
• 8:11
  institution
• 8:12
  that
• 8:12
  they
• 8:12
  graduated
• 8:13
  from,
• 8:13
  or
• 8:14
  they
• 8:14
  just
• 8:14
  don't
• 8:14
  have
• 8:14
  the
• 8:14
  money
• 8:15
  or
• 8:15
  the
• 8:16
  time
• 8:16
  or
• 8:16
  just
• 8:16
  might
• 8:17
  seem
• 8:18
  insurmountable,
• 8:19
  you
• 8:19
  know,
• 8:20
  to
• 8:21
  be
• 8:21
  able
• 8:21
  to
• 8:21
  do
• 8:21
  that.
• 8:21
  So
• 8:21
  we
• 8:22
  offer
• 8:22
  tuition
• 8:22
  assistance.
• 8:23
  We
• 8:24
  provide.
• 8:24
  We
• 8:24
  match
• 8:26
  our
• 8:26
  fellows
• 8:27
  up
• 8:27
  with
• 8:27
  a
• 8:27
  mentor,
• 8:27
  which
• 8:28
  is
• 8:28
  an
• 8:28
  experienced
• 8:29
  black
• 8:29
  male
• 8:29
  educator,
• 8:31
  you
• 8:31
  know,
• 8:32
  an
• 8:32
  administrator
• 8:33
  or
• 8:33
  an
• 8:33
  experienced
• 8:33
  teacher
• 8:34
  to
• 8:35
  help
• 8:35
  them
• 8:35
  navigate.
• 8:36
  Navigate
• 8:36
  their
• 8:36
  way.
• 8:36
  And
• 8:37
  then
• 8:37
  we
• 8:37
  offer
• 8:37
  ongoing
• 8:38
  professional
• 8:39
  development.
• 8:40
  So
• 8:40
  we
• 8:40
  have
• 8:40
  monthly
• 8:41
  professional
• 8:41
  development
• 8:42
  sessions
• 8:43
  with.
• 8:44
  With
• 8:44
  our
• 8:44
  fellows.
• 8:45
  And
• 8:45
  then
• 8:46
  we
• 8:46
  also
• 8:46
  have
• 8:46
  an.
• 8:46
  We
• 8:47
  have
• 8:47
  an
• 8:47
  emergency
• 8:47
  fund.
• 8:48
  So
• 8:48
  if
• 8:48
  something
• 8:48
  happens
• 8:49
  and
• 8:50
  you.
• 8:50
  You
• 8:50
  need.
• 8:51
  You
• 8:51
  need
• 8:51
  a
• 8:51
  few
• 8:51
  dollars,
• 8:52
  then,
• 8:52
  then
• 8:53
  we
• 8:53
  can.
• 8:53
  You
• 8:53
  can
• 8:54
  apply
• 8:54
  for
• 8:54
  that
• 8:54
  as
• 8:54
  well
• 8:55
  to,
• 8:55
  you
• 8:55
  know,
• 8:55
  to
• 8:55
  help
• 8:56
  out.
• 8:56
  So
• 8:56
  we've
• 8:56
  seen,
• 8:56
  you
• 8:56
  know,
• 8:57
  somebody's
• 8:57
  car
• 8:58
  breaks
• 8:58
  down
• 8:58
  and,
• 8:59
  you
• 8:59
  know,
• 8:59
  that
• 8:59
  those.
• 9:00
  Those
• 9:01
  things
• 9:01
  become
• 9:01
  reasons
• 9:02
  why
• 9:02
  they
• 9:02
  can't
• 9:03
  continue
• 9:03
  to
• 9:03
  go
• 9:03
  to
• 9:04
  school,
• 9:05
  things
• 9:06
  like
• 9:06
  that.
• 9:06
  So,
• 9:06
  so
• 9:06
  those
• 9:07
  are.
• 9:08
  That
• 9:08
  we've
• 9:08
  been
• 9:08
  able
• 9:08
  to
• 9:08
  help
• 9:08
  and
• 9:09
  support.
• 9:09
  And
• 9:09
  I
• 9:10
  think
• 9:10
  the
• 9:10
  other.
• 9:10
  The
• 9:11
  main
• 9:11
  thing
• 9:11
  is
• 9:12
  to
• 9:12
  provide
• 9:13
  a
• 9:14
  community
• 9:15
  for
• 9:15
  people
• 9:15
  so
• 9:16
  that
• 9:16
  they
• 9:16
  don't
• 9:16
  feel
• 9:16
  like
• 9:16
  they're
• 9:17
  going
• 9:17
  through
• 9:17
  this
• 9:17
  alone.
• 9:18
  And
• 9:18
  so
• 9:18
  there
• 9:18
  are
• 9:18
  other
• 9:19
  people
• 9:19
  that
• 9:19
  they
• 9:19
  can
• 9:20
  identify
• 9:20
  with
• 9:21
  that
• 9:21
  share
• 9:21
  their
• 9:22
  experience
• 9:22
  and
• 9:22
  they
• 9:23
  can
• 9:23
  gain
• 9:24
  insight
• 9:24
  and
• 9:25
  encouragement
• 9:26
  from.
• 9:28
  As
• 9:28
  you
• 9:29
  encourage,
• 9:30
  recruit
• 9:31
  and
• 9:31
  encourage
• 9:33
  black
• 9:33
  men
• 9:33
  to
• 9:33
  become
• 9:34
  educators,
• 9:36
  have
• 9:36
  you
• 9:36
  found
• 9:37
  reasons
• 9:38
  why
• 9:38
  they
• 9:38
  hadn't
• 9:39
  thought
• 9:39
  about
• 9:39
  being
• 9:39
  an
• 9:40
  educator
• 9:40
  before?
• 9:41
  Because
• 9:41
  I
• 9:41
  bet
• 9:41
  for
• 9:42
  some
• 9:42
  of
• 9:42
  the
• 9:43
  folks
• 9:43
  that
• 9:43
  the
• 9:44
  men
• 9:44
  that
• 9:44
  you
• 9:44
  work
• 9:44
  with,
• 9:45
  they're
• 9:45
  like,
• 9:45
  huh,
• 9:46
  hadn't
• 9:46
  thought
• 9:46
  of
• 9:46
  that.
• 9:47
  Right?
• 9:47
  That
• 9:47
  was,
• 9:47
  that
• 9:48
  was
• 9:48
  not
• 9:48
  one
• 9:48
  of
• 9:48
  those
• 9:48
  things
• 9:48
  that
• 9:49
  I
• 9:49
  was
• 9:49
  thinking
• 9:49
  of
• 9:49
  as
• 9:50
  a,
• 9:50
  As
• 9:50
  a
• 9:50
  career
• 9:51
  path.
• 9:51
  Why
• 9:52
  do
• 9:52
  you.
• 9:52
  Besides
• 9:53
  the
• 9:53
  obvious,
• 9:53
  you
• 9:53
  know,
• 9:53
  there's
• 9:54
  financial
• 9:54
  things
• 9:55
  and,
• 9:55
  you
• 9:55
  know,
• 9:56
  what
• 9:56
  are
• 9:56
  some
• 9:56
  of
• 9:56
  the
• 9:57
  reasons
• 9:57
  why
• 9:58
  that
• 9:58
  you're
• 9:58
  discovering
• 9:59
  why
• 9:59
  black
• 10:00
  men
• 10:00
  historically
• 10:01
  have
• 10:01
  not
• 10:02
  chosen
• 10:03
  to
• 10:03
  be.
• 10:05
  I
• 10:05
  think
• 10:05
  there's
• 10:06
  A
• 10:06
  couple
• 10:06
  of
• 10:06
  reasons.
• 10:06
  I
• 10:06
  think
• 10:07
  the
• 10:07
  first
• 10:07
  one
• 10:07
  is
• 10:08
  I
• 10:08
  don't
• 10:08
  think
• 10:08
  they're
• 10:09
  often
• 10:09
  encouraged
• 10:10
  to
• 10:10
  go
• 10:10
  into
• 10:11
  education.
• 10:11
  I
• 10:11
  mean,
• 10:12
  flat
• 10:12
  out,
• 10:12
  as
• 10:13
  a
• 10:13
  principal,
• 10:13
  I
• 10:13
  would
• 10:13
  often
• 10:14
  interview
• 10:15
  women
• 10:16
  all
• 10:16
  the
• 10:16
  time,
• 10:17
  and
• 10:17
  they
• 10:17
  would
• 10:17
  say
• 10:17
  things
• 10:18
  like,
• 10:18
  oh,
• 10:18
  I
• 10:18
  wanted
• 10:19
  to
• 10:19
  be
• 10:19
  a
• 10:19
  teacher
• 10:19
  ever
• 10:19
  since
• 10:20
  I
• 10:20
  was
• 10:20
  in
• 10:20
  the
• 10:20
  second
• 10:20
  grade,
• 10:21
  or
• 10:22
  I
• 10:22
  used
• 10:22
  to
• 10:22
  babysit.
• 10:23
  And
• 10:23
  someone
• 10:23
  told
• 10:24
  me,
• 10:24
  while
• 10:25
  you're
• 10:25
  really
• 10:25
  good
• 10:25
  with
• 10:26
  kids,
• 10:26
  you
• 10:26
  should
• 10:26
  think
• 10:26
  about
• 10:27
  being
• 10:27
  a
• 10:27
  teacher.
• 10:27
  I
• 10:28
  don't
• 10:28
  think
• 10:28
  black
• 10:29
  men
• 10:29
  often
• 10:29
  get
• 10:29
  that
• 10:29
  messaging
• 10:30
  that
• 10:31
  they
• 10:31
  should
• 10:31
  go
• 10:32
  in
• 10:32
  there.
• 10:32
  And
• 10:32
  many
• 10:32
  of
• 10:32
  us
• 10:34
  find
• 10:34
  our
• 10:35
  kind
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  trip
• 10:35
  and
• 10:36
  fall
• 10:36
  into
• 10:36
  education
• 10:37
  as
• 10:37
  a.
• 10:37
  As
• 10:38
  a
• 10:38
  career.
• 10:39
  And
• 10:40
  sometimes
• 10:40
  that's,
• 10:40
  you
• 10:41
  know,
• 10:41
  from
• 10:41
  a.
• 10:41
  From
• 10:41
  an
• 10:41
  experience
• 10:42
  that
• 10:42
  we've
• 10:42
  had.
• 10:43
  I
• 10:43
  think
• 10:44
  when
• 10:44
  I
• 10:44
  talk
• 10:44
  to
• 10:44
  some
• 10:45
  men,
• 10:45
  sometimes
• 10:45
  they
• 10:46
  talk
• 10:46
  about,
• 10:47
  you
• 10:47
  know,
• 10:47
  they
• 10:47
  didn't
• 10:47
  have
• 10:47
  very
• 10:48
  great
• 10:48
  experiences
• 10:49
  going
• 10:50
  to
• 10:50
  school.
• 10:51
  And
• 10:51
  so
• 10:51
  that's
• 10:52
  not
• 10:52
  something
• 10:52
  that
• 10:52
  is
• 10:53
  at
• 10:53
  the
• 10:53
  forefront
• 10:54
  of
• 10:54
  their
• 10:54
  mind,
• 10:54
  that
• 10:54
  they
• 10:54
  want
• 10:55
  to
• 10:55
  go
• 10:55
  back
• 10:55
  into
• 10:55
  that.
• 10:55
  So
• 10:56
  if
• 10:56
  you
• 10:56
  came
• 10:56
  through
• 10:56
  a
• 10:56
  system
• 10:57
  and
• 10:57
  you
• 10:58
  kind
• 10:58
  of
• 10:58
  made
• 10:58
  it
• 10:58
  through
• 10:59
  despite
• 11:00
  the
• 11:01
  circumstances,
• 11:02
  that's
• 11:02
  not
• 11:02
  something
• 11:03
  that
• 11:03
  you're
• 11:04
  considering.
• 11:04
  And
• 11:04
  so
• 11:05
  they
• 11:05
  think
• 11:05
  about.
• 11:06
  And
• 11:07
  then
• 11:07
  I
• 11:07
  think
• 11:07
  also
• 11:08
  we
• 11:08
  have
• 11:08
  to
• 11:08
  do
• 11:08
  a
• 11:08
  much
• 11:08
  better
• 11:09
  job
• 11:10
  in
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  field
• 11:11
  of
• 11:11
  education,
• 11:12
  of
• 11:12
  talking
• 11:13
  about
• 11:13
  the
• 11:13
  great
• 11:14
  things
• 11:15
  that
• 11:15
  are
• 11:15
  happening,
• 11:16
  how
• 11:16
  rewarding
• 11:17
  the
• 11:17
  profession
• 11:17
  is.
• 11:17
  And
• 11:18
  I
• 11:18
  think
• 11:18
  most
• 11:18
  people
• 11:19
  do
• 11:19
  not
• 11:20
  realize
• 11:20
  that.
• 11:20
  The
• 11:21
  impact
• 11:22
  that
• 11:22
  you
• 11:22
  can
• 11:22
  make
• 11:23
  and
• 11:24
  what
• 11:24
  that
• 11:24
  does
• 11:24
  for
• 11:25
  you
• 11:25
  as
• 11:25
  an
• 11:25
  individual.
• 11:27
  I
• 11:28
  think
• 11:28
  that's
• 11:28
  a
• 11:28
  significant
• 11:29
  piece
• 11:29
  right
• 11:29
  there,
• 11:29
  Neil,
• 11:30
  that
• 11:30
  I
• 11:31
  think
• 11:32
  over
• 11:32
  the
• 11:32
  course
• 11:33
  of
• 11:33
  my
• 11:34
  25
• 11:35
  years
• 11:35
  in
• 11:35
  education,
• 11:36
  in
• 11:38
  all
• 11:38
  areas,
• 11:39
  really
• 11:39
  all
• 11:40
  aspects,
• 11:41
  I've
• 11:41
  really
• 11:41
  noticed
• 11:42
  how
• 11:43
  the
• 11:43
  narrative
• 11:44
  has
• 11:44
  changed,
• 11:45
  how
• 11:46
  it
• 11:46
  has
• 11:47
  become
• 11:47
  this
• 11:48
  really
• 11:48
  negative
• 11:49
  space.
• 11:50
  And
• 11:50
  when
• 11:51
  students
• 11:51
  are
• 11:52
  even
• 11:53
  having
• 11:53
  the
• 11:53
  conversation
• 11:54
  around,
• 11:54
  I
• 11:55
  think
• 11:55
  this
• 11:55
  is
• 11:55
  what
• 11:55
  I
• 11:55
  want
• 11:56
  to
• 11:56
  do.
• 11:56
  They're
• 11:56
  discouraged.
• 11:58
  And
• 11:58
  what
• 11:59
  a.
• 11:59
  What
• 11:59
  a
• 11:59
  simple
• 12:00
  thing
• 12:01
  for
• 12:03
  building
• 12:05
  or
• 12:05
  interfering
• 12:06
  with
• 12:06
  breaking
• 12:07
  down
• 12:08
  the
• 12:09
  profession.
• 12:09
  It's
• 12:10
  really
• 12:10
  how
• 12:10
  the
• 12:11
  people
• 12:11
  within
• 12:12
  the
• 12:12
  profession
• 12:13
  are
• 12:13
  vocalizing
• 12:17
  what
• 12:17
  it
• 12:17
  means
• 12:18
  and
• 12:18
  the
• 12:18
  significance
• 12:19
  of
• 12:20
  our
• 12:20
  role
• 12:21
  as
• 12:21
  educators.
• 12:22
  It's.
• 12:23
  It's
• 12:23
  quite
• 12:23
  sad
• 12:24
  to
• 12:24
  see
• 12:24
  and
• 12:25
  experience
• 12:26
  that.
• 12:27
  Yeah,
• 12:28
  we
• 12:28
  hear
• 12:28
  all
• 12:28
  of
• 12:28
  the
• 12:29
  horror
• 12:29
  stories.
• 12:29
  So
• 12:30
  everyone
• 12:30
  hears
• 12:30
  bad
• 12:31
  stories,
• 12:31
  the
• 12:31
  things
• 12:32
  that
• 12:32
  are
• 12:32
  happening
• 12:32
  in
• 12:32
  schools
• 12:33
  that
• 12:33
  are
• 12:33
  terrible.
• 12:34
  And
• 12:35
  very
• 12:35
  rarely
• 12:35
  do
• 12:35
  we
• 12:36
  hear,
• 12:37
  you
• 12:37
  know,
• 12:37
  we
• 12:37
  just
• 12:38
  don't
• 12:38
  hear
• 12:38
  it
• 12:38
  enough
• 12:38
  about
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  rewarding
• 12:40
  experiences
• 12:40
  they
• 12:40
  have
• 12:41
  and
• 12:41
  how,
• 12:42
  you
• 12:42
  know,
• 12:42
  how
• 12:43
  you
• 12:43
  can
• 12:43
  inspire
• 12:44
  students
• 12:44
  and
• 12:45
  the
• 12:45
  successes
• 12:45
  that
• 12:45
  they
• 12:45
  have.
• 12:46
  And
• 12:46
  so
• 12:46
  I
• 12:46
  think
• 12:46
  we
• 12:47
  need
• 12:47
  veteran
• 12:47
  educators
• 12:47
  to
• 12:48
  do
• 12:48
  that
• 12:48
  more,
• 12:49
  because
• 12:49
  when
• 12:50
  you've
• 12:50
  been
• 12:50
  in
• 12:50
  the
• 12:50
  field
• 12:50
  for
• 12:51
  a
• 12:51
  while,
• 12:51
  you
• 12:52
  get
• 12:52
  to
• 12:52
  see,
• 12:53
  you
• 12:53
  know,
• 12:53
  the
• 12:54
  fruits
• 12:54
  of
• 12:54
  your
• 12:54
  labor,
• 12:55
  because
• 12:55
  you
• 12:55
  get
• 12:55
  to
• 12:55
  see
• 12:56
  people
• 12:56
  who
• 12:56
  come
• 12:56
  back
• 12:56
  to
• 12:57
  you
• 12:57
  later
• 12:57
  and
• 12:57
  say,
• 12:58
  hey,
• 12:58
  you
• 12:58
  really
• 12:58
  you
• 12:59
  really
• 12:59
  helped
• 12:59
  me.
• 12:59
  You
• 12:59
  made
• 13:00
  a
• 13:00
  difference
• 13:00
  in
• 13:00
  my
• 13:01
  life.
• 13:01
  And
• 13:01
  so
• 13:01
  that's
• 13:01
  not
• 13:01
  something
• 13:02
  that
• 13:02
  you
• 13:02
  always
• 13:02
  can
• 13:03
  feel
• 13:04
  in
• 13:05
  the
• 13:05
  moment.
• 13:05
  But
• 13:05
  later
• 13:06
  on,
• 13:07
  you
• 13:07
  know,
• 13:07
  as
• 13:07
  students
• 13:08
  begin
• 13:08
  to
• 13:08
  appreciate
• 13:09
  what
• 13:09
  happened
• 13:10
  to
• 13:10
  them
• 13:10
  when
• 13:10
  they
• 13:11
  reflect,
• 13:11
  I
• 13:12
  think
• 13:12
  they
• 13:12
  come
• 13:12
  back
• 13:12
  and
• 13:12
  tell
• 13:13
  you.
• 13:13
  So
• 13:13
  I
• 13:13
  think
• 13:13
  we
• 13:13
  need
• 13:13
  veteran
• 13:14
  educators
• 13:14
  to
• 13:14
  speak
• 13:14
  about
• 13:15
  that
• 13:15
  a
• 13:15
  lot
• 13:15
  more.
• 13:18
  So
• 13:18
  I
• 13:18
  have
• 13:18
  a
• 13:18
  wondering
• 13:20
  as
• 13:20
  a
• 13:21
  Afro
• 13:21
  Latina
• 13:22
  who
• 13:23
  is
• 13:24
  a
• 13:24
  product
• 13:24
  of
• 13:25
  New
• 13:25
  York
• 13:25
  City
• 13:25
  public
• 13:26
  schools
• 13:27
  and
• 13:27
  who
• 13:28
  is
• 13:28
  now
• 13:28
  a
• 13:28
  professor.
• 13:29
  Right.
• 13:30
  In
• 13:31
  teaching.
• 13:31
  Teaching
• 13:32
  in
• 13:32
  teacher
• 13:32
  school.
• 13:32
  Right.
• 13:33
  And
• 13:33
  I
• 13:33
  always
• 13:33
  call
• 13:33
  it
• 13:34
  teacher
• 13:34
  school.
• 13:35
  I
• 13:36
  wonder
• 13:36
  about
• 13:36
  the
• 13:37
  value
• 13:38
  propositions
• 13:39
  culturally
• 13:41
  with
• 13:42
  us
• 13:42
  valuing
• 13:43
  education
• 13:44
  as
• 13:44
  a
• 13:45
  culture
• 13:46
  and
• 13:46
  how
• 13:47
  that
• 13:47
  has
• 13:47
  shifted
• 13:48
  over
• 13:48
  time.
• 13:51
  It
• 13:51
  was.
• 13:52
  I
• 13:52
  grew
• 13:52
  up
• 13:52
  in
• 13:52
  the
• 13:53
  urban
• 13:53
  areas,
• 13:54
  right.
• 13:55
  And
• 13:57
  walking
• 13:57
  to
• 13:58
  school
• 13:58
  and
• 13:58
  that
• 13:59
  sense
• 13:59
  of
• 13:59
  village
• 14:00
  and
• 14:00
  community
• 14:01
  and
• 14:01
  passing
• 14:02
  black
• 14:03
  owned
• 14:03
  businesses
• 14:05
  and,
• 14:06
  you
• 14:06
  know,
• 14:06
  everyone
• 14:07
  was
• 14:07
  just
• 14:07
  trying
• 14:07
  to
• 14:08
  make
• 14:08
  it
• 14:08
  and
• 14:08
  we
• 14:08
  made
• 14:09
  it
• 14:09
  as
• 14:09
  a
• 14:09
  tribe
• 14:11
  and
• 14:11
  teachers
• 14:12
  were
• 14:12
  honored
• 14:14
  and
• 14:14
  the
• 14:15
  teachers
• 14:15
  I
• 14:15
  saw
• 14:16
  looked
• 14:16
  like
• 14:17
  me.
• 14:18
  But
• 14:18
  over
• 14:18
  a
• 14:18
  period
• 14:18
  of
• 14:19
  30
• 14:19
  years
• 14:19
  in
• 14:20
  education,
• 14:20
  I've
• 14:21
  seen
• 14:21
  this
• 14:23
  shift,
• 14:25
  this
• 14:25
  change,
• 14:26
  the
• 14:27
  different
• 14:27
  value
• 14:28
  on
• 14:28
  education,
• 14:29
  the
• 14:30
  more
• 14:30
  turned
• 14:31
  towards
• 14:31
  immediate
• 14:32
  gratification,
• 14:33
  less
• 14:33
  around
• 14:34
  the
• 14:34
  labor
• 14:34
  of
• 14:35
  love.
• 14:35
  And
• 14:35
  I
• 14:35
  wanted
• 14:36
  to
• 14:36
  know
• 14:36
  how
• 14:37
  does
• 14:37
  that
• 14:37
  draw
• 14:39
  on
• 14:39
  exactly
• 14:40
  what
• 14:40
  Cathy
• 14:41
  and
• 14:41
  Neil,
• 14:42
  you've
• 14:42
  been
• 14:42
  speaking
• 14:43
  about
• 14:43
  is
• 14:43
  this
• 14:45
  mindset
• 14:45
  and
• 14:46
  paradigm
• 14:46
  shift
• 14:47
  that
• 14:47
  now
• 14:47
  we
• 14:48
  have
• 14:48
  to
• 14:48
  encourage,
• 14:49
  motivate
• 14:50
  and
• 14:50
  convince
• 14:52
  specifically
• 14:53
  men
• 14:53
  of
• 14:54
  color
• 14:54
  to
• 14:54
  step
• 14:55
  up
• 14:55
  and
• 14:56
  step
• 14:56
  in
• 14:57
  to
• 14:58
  work
• 14:58
  with
• 14:58
  those
• 14:58
  students
• 14:59
  who
• 14:59
  so
• 15:00
  really
• 15:00
  need
• 15:01
  them
• 15:01
  to
• 15:01
  be
• 15:02
  a
• 15:02
  touch
• 15:03
  point
• 15:03
  in
• 15:03
  their
• 15:03
  lives.
• 15:05
  Yeah,
• 15:06
  I
• 15:06
  think
• 15:06
  that's
• 15:07
  a
• 15:07
  really
• 15:07
  important
• 15:07
  point.
• 15:08
  I
• 15:08
  think
• 15:09
  what
• 15:09
  you're
• 15:10
  speaking
• 15:10
  about
• 15:10
  really,
• 15:10
  I
• 15:10
  think
• 15:11
  has
• 15:11
  a
• 15:11
  lot
• 15:11
  to
• 15:11
  do
• 15:11
  with
• 15:12
  the
• 15:12
  breakdown
• 15:12
  of
• 15:13
  community
• 15:13
  generally.
• 15:15
  You
• 15:15
  know,
• 15:16
  it
• 15:16
  used
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  be
• 15:17
  what,
• 15:17
  you
• 15:17
  know,
• 15:17
  like
• 15:17
  my
• 15:18
  parents
• 15:18
  often
• 15:18
  talked
• 15:19
  about,
• 15:19
  you
• 15:19
  know,
• 15:19
  the
• 15:20
  teachers
• 15:20
  that
• 15:20
  they,
• 15:21
  they
• 15:21
  had,
• 15:21
  you
• 15:22
  know,
• 15:22
  lived
• 15:22
  in
• 15:22
  the
• 15:23
  same
• 15:23
  neighborhoods
• 15:23
  that
• 15:23
  they
• 15:24
  lived
• 15:24
  in,
• 15:25
  went
• 15:25
  to
• 15:25
  church
• 15:25
  with
• 15:26
  them,
• 15:26
  they
• 15:26
  saw
• 15:27
  them
• 15:27
  in
• 15:27
  the
• 15:27
  community
• 15:28
  often.
• 15:28
  And
• 15:29
  so
• 15:29
  that
• 15:29
  is,
• 15:30
  is
• 15:30
  really
• 15:30
  where
• 15:31
  it
• 15:31
  starts.
• 15:31
  Though
• 15:32
  we
• 15:32
  don't
• 15:32
  see
• 15:32
  that
• 15:33
  as
• 15:33
  often.
• 15:34
  I
• 15:35
  think
• 15:35
  there's.
• 15:36
  I
• 15:36
  think
• 15:36
  we
• 15:37
  still
• 15:37
  are
• 15:37
  suffering
• 15:37
  a
• 15:37
  little
• 15:38
  bit
• 15:38
  from
• 15:38
  the
• 15:38
  mythology.
• 15:39
  I
• 15:39
  think
• 15:40
  black
• 15:40
  folks
• 15:41
  in
• 15:41
  general
• 15:42
  still
• 15:42
  highly
• 15:43
  value
• 15:43
  education.
• 15:44
  When
• 15:45
  you
• 15:45
  start
• 15:45
  to
• 15:45
  ask
• 15:45
  people,
• 15:47
  they've
• 15:47
  done
• 15:47
  surveys
• 15:48
  and
• 15:48
  asked
• 15:48
  people
• 15:49
  what
• 15:49
  are
• 15:49
  the
• 15:50
  ways
• 15:50
  that
• 15:50
  we
• 15:50
  need
• 15:51
  to.
• 15:52
  Things
• 15:53
  that
• 15:53
  you
• 15:53
  need
• 15:53
  to
• 15:53
  do
• 15:53
  in
• 15:53
  order
• 15:54
  to
• 15:54
  have
• 15:54
  upward
• 15:55
  mobility.
• 15:56
  And
• 15:57
  black
• 15:57
  and
• 15:57
  Latino
• 15:57
  folks
• 15:58
  more
• 15:58
  than
• 15:58
  any
• 15:58
  other
• 15:59
  group
• 15:59
  of
• 15:59
  people
• 15:59
  will
• 16:00
  say
• 16:00
  education
• 16:00
  is
• 16:01
  that
• 16:01
  pathway.
• 16:02
  And
• 16:03
  so
• 16:04
  sometimes
• 16:04
  we
• 16:04
  don't
• 16:05
  see
• 16:05
  the
• 16:06
  behaviors
• 16:07
  reflected
• 16:09
  that
• 16:09
  exemplify
• 16:10
  that
• 16:10
  value,
• 16:11
  but
• 16:11
  we
• 16:11
  still
• 16:12
  highly
• 16:12
  value
• 16:12
  education.
• 16:14
  One
• 16:14
  of
• 16:14
  the
• 16:14
  things
• 16:14
  that
• 16:14
  I
• 16:14
  think
• 16:15
  is
• 16:15
  very
• 16:15
  important
• 16:15
  for
• 16:16
  black
• 16:16
  educators
• 16:16
  in
• 16:17
  particular,
• 16:17
  but
• 16:17
  for
• 16:17
  all
• 16:18
  people
• 16:18
  to
• 16:18
  understand
• 16:19
  is
• 16:19
  the
• 16:20
  struggle
• 16:20
  for
• 16:21
  Education
• 16:22
  that
• 16:22
  black
• 16:22
  folks
• 16:23
  have
• 16:23
  waged
• 16:23
  in
• 16:23
  this
• 16:23
  country,
• 16:24
  I
• 16:24
  think
• 16:24
  we
• 16:25
  don't
• 16:25
  realize
• 16:26
  that
• 16:27
  and
• 16:28
  the
• 16:29
  strides
• 16:29
  that
• 16:29
  we've
• 16:30
  taken
• 16:30
  in
• 16:31
  order
• 16:31
  just
• 16:31
  to
• 16:31
  be
• 16:32
  able
• 16:32
  to
• 16:32
  have
• 16:32
  the
• 16:32
  opportunity.
• 16:33
  And
• 16:33
  we
• 16:33
  need
• 16:33
  to
• 16:33
  make
• 16:33
  sure
• 16:34
  that
• 16:34
  that
• 16:34
  is
• 16:35
  being
• 16:35
  taught
• 16:35
  to
• 16:36
  students
• 16:37
  and
• 16:37
  folks
• 16:38
  because
• 16:38
  often,
• 16:38
  sometimes
• 16:40
  we
• 16:40
  can
• 16:40
  individualize
• 16:41
  it.
• 16:42
  Well,
• 16:42
  in
• 16:42
  my
• 16:43
  family,
• 16:43
  my
• 16:43
  mom
• 16:44
  and
• 16:44
  dad
• 16:45
  valued
• 16:46
  education,
• 16:46
  so
• 16:47
  I
• 16:47
  did
• 16:49
  these
• 16:49
  things,
• 16:50
  and
• 16:51
  other
• 16:51
  people
• 16:51
  that
• 16:51
  I
• 16:51
  grew
• 16:52
  up
• 16:52
  with
• 16:52
  didn't
• 16:52
  value
• 16:52
  that.
• 16:53
  But
• 16:53
  as
• 16:53
  a
• 16:53
  culture,
• 16:54
  we
• 16:54
  value
• 16:55
  education,
• 16:56
  and
• 16:56
  we
• 16:56
  have
• 16:56
  a
• 16:57
  long
• 16:57
  history
• 16:59
  of
• 16:59
  doing
• 16:59
  those
• 16:59
  things.
• 17:00
  We
• 17:00
  need
• 17:00
  to
• 17:01
  teach
• 17:02
  the
• 17:02
  teachers.
• 17:02
  So
• 17:03
  that's
• 17:03
  one
• 17:03
  of
• 17:03
  the
• 17:03
  things
• 17:03
  that's
• 17:04
  absent
• 17:04
  from
• 17:04
  teacher
• 17:05
  education
• 17:05
  programs.
• 17:05
  You
• 17:06
  don't
• 17:06
  learn
• 17:06
  that.
• 17:07
  So
• 17:07
  those
• 17:07
  are
• 17:07
  things
• 17:07
  you
• 17:07
  have
• 17:08
  to
• 17:08
  go
• 17:08
  out
• 17:08
  and
• 17:08
  find
• 17:09
  out,
• 17:10
  you
• 17:10
  know
• 17:10
  yourself,
• 17:12
  to
• 17:12
  know
• 17:12
  what
• 17:12
  that
• 17:13
  struggle
• 17:13
  is
• 17:13
  in
• 17:14
  that
• 17:14
  history.
• 17:15
  But
• 17:15
  I
• 17:15
  agree
• 17:15
  with
• 17:16
  you.
• 17:16
  I
• 17:16
  think
• 17:16
  that
• 17:16
  needs
• 17:16
  to
• 17:16
  be
• 17:17
  taught.
• 17:17
  And
• 17:17
  that
• 17:17
  goes
• 17:17
  into
• 17:18
  this
• 17:18
  whole
• 17:18
  thing
• 17:18
  about
• 17:19
  having
• 17:19
  culturally
• 17:20
  responsive
• 17:20
  education
• 17:21
  where,
• 17:21
  though
• 17:22
  that
• 17:22
  type
• 17:22
  of
• 17:22
  information
• 17:23
  is
• 17:23
  part
• 17:24
  and
• 17:24
  parcel
• 17:25
  of
• 17:25
  the
• 17:25
  process
• 17:26
  on
• 17:26
  a
• 17:26
  daily
• 17:26
  basis.
• 17:28
  Neil,
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  makes
• 17:29
  me
• 17:30
  think
• 17:30
  of,
• 17:31
  you
• 17:31
  know,
• 17:31
  an
• 17:32
  exciting
• 17:33
  opportunity
• 17:34
  potentially.
• 17:34
  And
• 17:34
  I
• 17:35
  don't
• 17:35
  know
• 17:35
  if
• 17:35
  your
• 17:36
  work
• 17:36
  with
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  Fundisha
• 17:37
  center
• 17:37
  or
• 17:38
  Teach
• 17:38
  Brother
• 17:38
  Teach
• 17:39
  has
• 17:39
  gone
• 17:39
  in
• 17:40
  this
• 17:40
  direction,
• 17:40
  but,
• 17:42
  you
• 17:42
  know,
• 17:43
  I
• 17:43
  work
• 17:44
  as
• 17:44
  a
• 17:44
  supervisor
• 17:44
  for
• 17:45
  new
• 17:45
  teacher
• 17:45
  candidates
• 17:46
  in
• 17:46
  the
• 17:46
  teacher
• 17:46
  preparatory
• 17:47
  pram.
• 17:48
  And
• 17:49
  the
• 17:50
  history
• 17:51
  of
• 17:52
  the
• 17:52
  educational
• 17:53
  history
• 17:54
  for
• 17:54
  black
• 17:54
  and
• 17:54
  brown
• 17:55
  people
• 17:55
  in
• 17:55
  the
• 17:55
  United
• 17:56
  States
• 17:56
  of
• 17:56
  America
• 17:57
  should
• 17:57
  be
• 17:58
  required
• 17:59
  study
• 17:59
  for
• 18:00
  every
• 18:02
  candidate
• 18:02
  for
• 18:02
  teaching,
• 18:04
  but
• 18:04
  especially
• 18:05
  for
• 18:06
  people
• 18:07
  who
• 18:07
  identify
• 18:09
  culturally.
• 18:11
  And
• 18:13
  it
• 18:13
  wasn't
• 18:13
  part
• 18:14
  of
• 18:14
  my
• 18:14
  preparatory
• 18:14
  work.
• 18:15
  I
• 18:15
  don't
• 18:15
  know
• 18:15
  that
• 18:15
  it
• 18:15
  exists
• 18:16
  in
• 18:16
  the
• 18:16
  program
• 18:16
  that
• 18:17
  I
• 18:17
  currently
• 18:17
  work
• 18:17
  with.
• 18:20
  Has
• 18:20
  your
• 18:21
  thinking,
• 18:21
  has
• 18:21
  your
• 18:23
  work
• 18:23
  so
• 18:23
  far
• 18:24
  made
• 18:24
  you
• 18:24
  think
• 18:25
  a
• 18:25
  little
• 18:25
  bit
• 18:25
  about
• 18:26
  how
• 18:28
  teacher
• 18:28
  preparatory
• 18:29
  programs
• 18:30
  need
• 18:31
  to
• 18:32
  broaden
• 18:32
  and
• 18:32
  deepen
• 18:33
  the
• 18:34
  scope
• 18:34
  of
• 18:34
  essential
• 18:35
  knowledge
• 18:35
  for
• 18:35
  teachers
• 18:36
  entering
• 18:36
  the
• 18:36
  workforce
• 18:37
  to
• 18:37
  include
• 18:37
  the
• 18:38
  history
• 18:38
  of
• 18:39
  education
• 18:40
  for
• 18:40
  black
• 18:40
  and
• 18:40
  brown
• 18:40
  people
• 18:41
  in
• 18:41
  the
• 18:41
  country?
• 18:42
  Yeah,
• 18:42
  absolutely.
• 18:43
  So
• 18:43
  one
• 18:43
  of
• 18:44
  the
• 18:44
  first
• 18:44
  workshop
• 18:45
  that
• 18:45
  I
• 18:45
  did
• 18:45
  with
• 18:45
  the
• 18:45
  fellows
• 18:46
  in
• 18:46
  our
• 18:46
  first
• 18:46
  cohort
• 18:47
  was
• 18:48
  a
• 18:48
  session
• 18:48
  on
• 18:49
  the
• 18:49
  history
• 18:49
  of
• 18:49
  black
• 18:49
  education.
• 18:50
  And
• 18:51
  so
• 18:51
  a
• 18:51
  good
• 18:51
  friend
• 18:52
  of
• 18:52
  mine,
• 18:52
  Dr.
• 18:52
  Kofi
• 18:53
  Laniles,
• 18:53
  who
• 18:54
  teaches
• 18:54
  at
• 18:54
  Towson
• 18:54
  State
• 18:55
  University
• 18:56
  and
• 18:57
  Howard
• 18:57
  University,
• 18:57
  teaches
• 18:58
  a
• 18:58
  course
• 18:58
  on
• 18:58
  the
• 18:59
  history
• 18:59
  of
• 18:59
  black
• 18:59
  education.
• 19:00
  And
• 19:00
  that
• 19:00
  was
• 19:00
  our
• 19:01
  first
• 19:01
  session.
• 19:03
  And
• 19:03
  what
• 19:04
  sparked
• 19:04
  that
• 19:04
  for
• 19:05
  me
• 19:05
  was
• 19:05
  when
• 19:06
  I
• 19:06
  was
• 19:06
  a
• 19:06
  principal
• 19:08
  in
• 19:09
  a
• 19:09
  professional
• 19:09
  development
• 19:10
  session,
• 19:11
  I
• 19:12
  asked
• 19:12
  my
• 19:13
  staff,
• 19:13
  which
• 19:13
  I
• 19:13
  had
• 19:14
  a
• 19:14
  very
• 19:14
  diverse
• 19:14
  staff.
• 19:16
  We
• 19:16
  had
• 19:16
  over
• 19:17
  50%
• 19:17
  of
• 19:18
  the
• 19:18
  teachers
• 19:19
  were
• 19:20
  black
• 19:20
  educators.
• 19:21
  I
• 19:21
  asked,
• 19:21
  could
• 19:22
  anyone
• 19:22
  name
• 19:23
  a
• 19:24
  black
• 19:25
  educational
• 19:27
  philosopher
• 19:29
  or
• 19:32
  person
• 19:33
  of
• 19:33
  influence?
• 19:34
  And
• 19:35
  so
• 19:35
  here's
• 19:35
  a
• 19:35
  group
• 19:35
  of
• 19:36
  new.
• 19:36
  Many
• 19:37
  of
• 19:37
  these
• 19:37
  folks
• 19:37
  were
• 19:38
  in
• 19:38
  school
• 19:38
  at
• 19:39
  the
• 19:39
  time
• 19:39
  getting
• 19:39
  their
• 19:40
  master's
• 19:40
  degrees
• 19:41
  or
• 19:41
  just
• 19:41
  had
• 19:41
  got
• 19:41
  their
• 19:41
  master's
• 19:42
  degrees.
• 19:42
  And
• 19:43
  not
• 19:43
  one
• 19:43
  hand
• 19:43
  went
• 19:43
  up
• 19:44
  in
• 19:44
  the
• 19:44
  room,
• 19:44
  black
• 19:45
  or
• 19:45
  white.
• 19:46
  And
• 19:46
  so
• 19:46
  it
• 19:47
  told
• 19:47
  me
• 19:47
  that,
• 19:47
  you
• 19:48
  know,
• 19:48
  that's
• 19:48
  not
• 19:48
  part
• 19:48
  of
• 19:49
  the.
• 19:49
  That's
• 19:50
  not
• 19:50
  part
• 19:50
  of
• 19:50
  the
• 19:50
  education
• 19:50
  process,
• 19:51
  which
• 19:51
  I
• 19:51
  knew.
• 19:51
  But
• 19:52
  the
• 19:52
  fact
• 19:52
  that
• 19:52
  folks
• 19:52
  were
• 19:53
  not
• 19:53
  aware
• 19:53
  of
• 19:53
  that,
• 19:53
  I
• 19:54
  think
• 19:54
  that
• 19:54
  has
• 19:54
  changed
• 19:55
  a
• 19:55
  little
• 19:55
  bit,
• 19:56
  you
• 19:56
  know,
• 19:57
  since
• 19:57
  that
• 19:57
  time.
• 19:57
  But
• 19:58
  people
• 19:58
  were.
• 19:59
  Couldn't
• 19:59
  name
• 19:59
  one
• 19:59
  off
• 20:00
  the
• 20:00
  top
• 20:00
  of
• 20:00
  their
• 20:00
  hand,
• 20:00
  off
• 20:01
  the
• 20:01
  top
• 20:01
  of
• 20:01
  their
• 20:01
  head
• 20:01
  very
• 20:02
  quickly.
• 20:02
  And
• 20:03
  so
• 20:03
  people
• 20:04
  need
• 20:04
  to
• 20:04
  know
• 20:04
  who
• 20:05
  these
• 20:05
  people
• 20:05
  are,
• 20:05
  who
• 20:05
  are
• 20:05
  they?
• 20:06
  So
• 20:06
  it
• 20:06
  makes
• 20:06
  you
• 20:07
  think,
• 20:07
  you
• 20:07
  know,
• 20:09
  well,
• 20:09
  nobody
• 20:10
  black
• 20:10
  has
• 20:11
  ever
• 20:11
  thought
• 20:11
  deeply
• 20:11
  about
• 20:12
  education.
• 20:12
  No
• 20:13
  one
• 20:13
  has
• 20:13
  written
• 20:13
  about
• 20:14
  it.
• 20:14
  No
• 20:14
  one
• 20:14
  has
• 20:15
  contemplated
• 20:16
  these
• 20:16
  issues.
• 20:16
  And
• 20:16
  we
• 20:17
  know
• 20:17
  that's
• 20:17
  not
• 20:17
  true.
• 20:18
  But
• 20:18
  then,
• 20:19
  so
• 20:19
  what
• 20:20
  is
• 20:20
  it?
• 20:20
  What
• 20:20
  is.
• 20:20
  What
• 20:21
  are
• 20:21
  the
• 20:21
  perspectives
• 20:22
  that
• 20:22
  they
• 20:22
  bring
• 20:22
  to
• 20:22
  the
• 20:23
  table?
• 20:23
  And
• 20:23
  how
• 20:23
  does
• 20:23
  that
• 20:23
  influence
• 20:24
  the
• 20:25
  work
• 20:25
  you're
• 20:25
  doing,
• 20:25
  especially
• 20:26
  if
• 20:26
  you're
• 20:26
  in
• 20:26
  an
• 20:26
  environment
• 20:27
  where
• 20:27
  you're
• 20:27
  teaching
• 20:29
  black
• 20:29
  students?
• 20:31
  Are
• 20:31
  some
• 20:31
  things
• 20:31
  you.
• 20:31
  You
• 20:31
  need
• 20:32
  to
• 20:32
  be
• 20:32
  aware
• 20:32
  of.
• 20:32
  And
• 20:33
  so,
• 20:33
  yeah,
• 20:33
  that.
• 20:33
  That
• 20:33
  was
• 20:33
  something
• 20:34
  that
• 20:34
  I
• 20:34
  thought
• 20:34
  of
• 20:35
  immediately
• 20:35
  that
• 20:35
  was
• 20:36
  necessary.
• 20:36
  And
• 20:37
  there
• 20:37
  are
• 20:37
  some,
• 20:37
  like,
• 20:37
  I
• 20:38
  would
• 20:38
  consider
• 20:38
  some
• 20:38
  classic
• 20:39
  books
• 20:41
  that
• 20:41
  people
• 20:41
  should
• 20:42
  have
• 20:42
  read.
• 20:42
  I
• 20:42
  don't
• 20:43
  think
• 20:43
  that
• 20:43
  you
• 20:43
  should
• 20:43
  be.
• 20:44
  You
• 20:44
  can
• 20:44
  be
• 20:44
  a.
• 20:45
  You
• 20:45
  should
• 20:46
  be
• 20:46
  a
• 20:46
  black
• 20:46
  educator
• 20:47
  teaching
• 20:47
  black
• 20:47
  students.
• 20:48
  And
• 20:48
  you
• 20:48
  have
• 20:48
  not
• 20:49
  read
• 20:49
  Carter
• 20:49
  G.
• 20:50
  Woodson's
• 20:50
  the
• 20:50
  Miseducation
• 20:51
  of
• 20:51
  the
• 20:51
  Negro
• 20:53
  classic
• 20:54
  book
• 20:54
  written
• 20:55
  in
• 20:55
  1933.
• 20:57
  That
• 20:58
  speaks
• 20:58
  to
• 20:59
  many
• 20:59
  of
• 20:59
  the
• 20:59
  issues
• 21:00
  that
• 21:00
  are
• 21:01
  still
• 21:01
  going
• 21:01
  on
• 21:02
  for
• 21:02
  us
• 21:02
  today.
• 21:03
  And
• 21:03
  so
• 21:03
  I
• 21:03
  think
• 21:04
  people
• 21:04
  need
• 21:04
  to
• 21:05
  be
• 21:05
  exposed
• 21:05
  to
• 21:05
  that
• 21:06
  information.
• 21:07
  And
• 21:07
  I
• 21:08
  do
• 21:08
  think
• 21:08
  that
• 21:09
  I'm
• 21:09
  excited
• 21:10
  now
• 21:10
  that
• 21:10
  I
• 21:11
  see
• 21:11
  a
• 21:11
  lot
• 21:11
  more
• 21:12
  young
• 21:12
  black
• 21:12
  educators
• 21:14
  highlighting
• 21:14
  and
• 21:15
  illuminating.
• 21:15
  There
• 21:16
  are
• 21:16
  people
• 21:16
  that
• 21:16
  are
• 21:16
  writing
• 21:16
  books
• 21:17
  out
• 21:17
  now
• 21:18
  that
• 21:18
  are
• 21:18
  talking
• 21:19
  about
• 21:19
  some
• 21:19
  of
• 21:19
  these
• 21:19
  things,
• 21:20
  and
• 21:20
  it's
• 21:20
  being
• 21:20
  talked
• 21:21
  about
• 21:21
  more
• 21:21
  that
• 21:21
  black
• 21:22
  educators
• 21:22
  have
• 21:22
  a
• 21:23
  perspective
• 21:23
  that
• 21:23
  hasn't
• 21:24
  been
• 21:24
  shared
• 21:25
  enough,
• 21:25
  and
• 21:25
  people
• 21:26
  are
• 21:26
  looking
• 21:26
  to
• 21:26
  that.
• 21:26
  So
• 21:27
  I
• 21:27
  think
• 21:27
  that
• 21:27
  that's
• 21:27
  positive.
• 21:28
  So
• 21:29
  when
• 21:29
  I,
• 21:29
  you
• 21:29
  know,
• 21:29
  when
• 21:30
  I
• 21:30
  think
• 21:30
  about,
• 21:31
  you
• 21:31
  know,
• 21:31
  my
• 21:32
  experience
• 21:32
  as
• 21:33
  a.
• 21:33
  As
• 21:33
  a
• 21:33
  new
• 21:34
  principal
• 21:34
  stepping
• 21:35
  into
• 21:35
  an
• 21:35
  urban
• 21:36
  district,
• 21:37
  and,
• 21:38
  you
• 21:38
  know,
• 21:39
  what
• 21:39
  that
• 21:40
  looked
• 21:40
  like
• 21:41
  for
• 21:41
  mentoring
• 21:42
  for
• 21:42
  me
• 21:43
  as
• 21:43
  a
• 21:43
  white
• 21:43
  woman?
• 21:45
  There
• 21:45
  was
• 21:45
  none.
• 21:46
  You
• 21:46
  know,
• 21:46
  there
• 21:46
  was.
• 21:49
  I
• 21:49
  felt,
• 21:50
  you
• 21:50
  know,
• 21:51
  as
• 21:51
  judgment
• 21:52
  because
• 21:52
  I
• 21:53
  didn't
• 21:53
  know
• 21:53
  and
• 21:54
  I
• 21:54
  didn't
• 21:55
  understand,
• 21:56
  but
• 21:57
  the
• 21:57
  parents
• 21:58
  were
• 21:59
  the
• 21:59
  ones
• 22:00
  that
• 22:00
  would,
• 22:01
  you
• 22:01
  know,
• 22:01
  Mrs.
• 22:02
  Moni,
• 22:02
  let
• 22:02
  me.
• 22:03
  Let
• 22:03
  me
• 22:03
  tell
• 22:03
  you,
• 22:03
  let
• 22:04
  me
• 22:04
  educate
• 22:04
  you.
• 22:04
  And
• 22:05
  I
• 22:05
  so
• 22:06
  appreciated
• 22:07
  that
• 22:07
  because
• 22:08
  I
• 22:08
  didn't
• 22:08
  know.
• 22:09
  I
• 22:09
  hadn't
• 22:10
  experienced
• 22:11
  that.
• 22:11
  And
• 22:11
  to
• 22:12
  think
• 22:12
  about
• 22:13
  what
• 22:13
  that
• 22:13
  means
• 22:14
  and
• 22:14
  everything
• 22:14
  that
• 22:15
  you're
• 22:15
  saying,
• 22:15
  and
• 22:16
  what
• 22:17
  is
• 22:17
  that?
• 22:17
  What
• 22:17
  does
• 22:18
  that
• 22:18
  mentoring
• 22:18
  look
• 22:19
  like
• 22:19
  as.
• 22:21
  As
• 22:21
  principals
• 22:22
  are
• 22:22
  coming
• 22:22
  in,
• 22:22
  as
• 22:23
  leaders
• 22:23
  are
• 22:23
  coming
• 22:24
  in,
• 22:24
  as
• 22:25
  teachers
• 22:25
  are
• 22:25
  coming
• 22:25
  in
• 22:26
  and
• 22:27
  knowing
• 22:28
  that
• 22:28
  our
• 22:29
  primary
• 22:31
  population
• 22:32
  is
• 22:33
  black
• 22:33
  and
• 22:33
  brown
• 22:33
  students.
• 22:34
  And
• 22:35
  so
• 22:36
  I
• 22:36
  felt
• 22:37
  very.
• 22:38
  Just
• 22:39
  not
• 22:40
  only
• 22:40
  ill
• 22:40
  prepared,
• 22:41
  but
• 22:41
  just
• 22:42
  unsupported
• 22:43
  within
• 22:44
  that,
• 22:44
  except
• 22:45
  for
• 22:46
  when
• 22:46
  it
• 22:47
  came
• 22:47
  to
• 22:47
  the
• 22:47
  parents
• 22:48
  and
• 22:49
  my
• 22:49
  goodness,
• 22:50
  how
• 22:51
  thankful
• 22:52
  I
• 22:52
  still
• 22:52
  am
• 22:53
  for
• 22:53
  their
• 22:53
  willingness
• 22:54
  to
• 22:54
  just
• 22:55
  be
• 22:56
  honest
• 22:56
  with
• 22:57
  me
• 22:58
  and
• 22:59
  grow
• 22:59
  in
• 22:59
  that
• 22:59
  trust
• 23:00
  again,
• 23:00
  as
• 23:01
  a
• 23:01
  white
• 23:01
  woman
• 23:01
  in
• 23:02
  this
• 23:02
  space
• 23:04
  where
• 23:04
  I
• 23:04
  was
• 23:05
  the
• 23:05
  minority
• 23:06
  and
• 23:06
  to
• 23:06
  say,
• 23:07
  okay,
• 23:07
  this
• 23:07
  is
• 23:07
  how
• 23:07
  it
• 23:08
  is.
• 23:08
  This
• 23:08
  is
• 23:08
  how
• 23:09
  it
• 23:09
  goes,
• 23:09
  and
• 23:10
  that's
• 23:11
  where
• 23:11
  my
• 23:12
  learning
• 23:12
  came
• 23:12
  from.
• 23:14
  And.
• 23:17
  I
• 23:18
  just
• 23:18
  see,
• 23:19
  you
• 23:19
  know,
• 23:20
  now
• 23:20
  how
• 23:21
  broken
• 23:22
  that
• 23:22
  is
• 23:23
  to
• 23:23
  be
• 23:23
  able
• 23:23
  to
• 23:23
  say,
• 23:24
  how
• 23:24
  do
• 23:24
  we
• 23:24
  educate
• 23:25
  and
• 23:25
  ensure
• 23:25
  that
• 23:26
  we're
• 23:26
  supporting
• 23:28
  white
• 23:28
  leaders
• 23:29
  to
• 23:30
  understand
• 23:31
  as
• 23:31
  we're
• 23:31
  growing
• 23:32
  and
• 23:33
  supporting
• 23:34
  our
• 23:34
  black
• 23:35
  and
• 23:35
  brown
• 23:35
  students
• 23:36
  to
• 23:36
  encourage
• 23:37
  and
• 23:37
  not
• 23:38
  discourage
• 23:39
  them.
• 23:40
  Yeah,
• 23:40
  I
• 23:41
  think
• 23:41
  that,
• 23:41
  you
• 23:42
  know,
• 23:42
  this
• 23:42
  is
• 23:43
  a
• 23:43
  human
• 23:43
  business,
• 23:43
  right?
• 23:44
  So
• 23:45
  we
• 23:45
  teach
• 23:45
  students.
• 23:45
  We
• 23:46
  don't
• 23:46
  teach
• 23:46
  curriculum.
• 23:47
  And
• 23:47
  I
• 23:47
  think
• 23:48
  that
• 23:49
  is
• 23:49
  the
• 23:49
  point
• 23:49
  that
• 23:49
  needs
• 23:49
  to
• 23:50
  be
• 23:50
  hammered
• 23:50
  home.
• 23:50
  You
• 23:50
  have
• 23:50
  to
• 23:50
  know
• 23:51
  who
• 23:51
  your
• 23:51
  students
• 23:51
  are
• 23:52
  in
• 23:53
  order
• 23:53
  to
• 23:53
  be
• 23:53
  able
• 23:53
  to
• 23:54
  reach
• 23:54
  them,
• 23:54
  to
• 23:54
  make
• 23:55
  connections,
• 23:55
  to
• 23:55
  make
• 23:56
  the
• 23:56
  learning
• 23:56
  relevant
• 23:57
  for
• 23:57
  them.
• 23:57
  And
• 23:57
  so,
• 23:58
  you
• 23:58
  know,
• 23:58
  the
• 23:58
  only
• 23:59
  way
• 23:59
  to
• 23:59
  do
• 23:59
  that
• 23:59
  is
• 23:59
  to
• 24:00
  ask
• 24:00
  questions
• 24:01
  about
• 24:02
  what's
• 24:02
  important,
• 24:03
  where
• 24:03
  they're
• 24:03
  coming
• 24:03
  from,
• 24:04
  to
• 24:04
  know
• 24:04
  that,
• 24:04
  to
• 24:05
  know
• 24:05
  the
• 24:05
  neighborhoods
• 24:05
  and
• 24:06
  the.
• 24:07
  Where
• 24:07
  they
• 24:08
  live
• 24:08
  and.
• 24:08
  And
• 24:09
  how
• 24:09
  they
• 24:09
  think.
• 24:09
  And
• 24:10
  I
• 24:10
  think
• 24:10
  that's.
• 24:10
  That's
• 24:10
  important.
• 24:11
  I
• 24:11
  think
• 24:11
  often
• 24:14
  people
• 24:14
  do
• 24:15
  not
• 24:15
  look
• 24:15
  at
• 24:15
  black.
• 24:16
  Black
• 24:16
  Americans
• 24:17
  as
• 24:17
  having
• 24:17
  a
• 24:18
  culture
• 24:18
  that
• 24:18
  they
• 24:18
  need
• 24:19
  to
• 24:19
  understand.
• 24:20
  And
• 24:21
  so
• 24:21
  there's
• 24:21
  a
• 24:21
  deficit
• 24:22
  model
• 24:22
  that's
• 24:22
  out
• 24:22
  there.
• 24:23
  So
• 24:23
  when
• 24:23
  we
• 24:23
  see
• 24:23
  things
• 24:23
  that
• 24:24
  are
• 24:24
  not
• 24:24
  happening,
• 24:25
  we
• 24:25
  think
• 24:25
  we
• 24:25
  look
• 24:26
  at
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  deficits,
• 24:26
  or
• 24:27
  they
• 24:27
  don't
• 24:27
  have
• 24:27
  this.
• 24:27
  They
• 24:27
  don't
• 24:28
  know
• 24:28
  that,
• 24:28
  as
• 24:29
  opposed
• 24:29
  to
• 24:29
  thinking
• 24:29
  about
• 24:30
  what
• 24:30
  the
• 24:30
  strengths
• 24:30
  are
• 24:31
  and
• 24:31
  how
• 24:31
  they.
• 24:32
  How
• 24:32
  they.
• 24:34
  And
• 24:34
  so
• 24:35
  in
• 24:35
  one
• 24:36
  of
• 24:36
  my
• 24:36
  PD
• 24:37
  that
• 24:37
  I
• 24:37
  did
• 24:37
  with
• 24:37
  my
• 24:37
  staff,
• 24:38
  I
• 24:38
  said,
• 24:38
  hey,
• 24:39
  I
• 24:39
  just
• 24:39
  got
• 24:39
  word
• 24:40
  our
• 24:41
  school
• 24:41
  is
• 24:41
  moving.
• 24:42
  You
• 24:42
  know,
• 24:42
  everybody's
• 24:43
  gonna.
• 24:43
  You
• 24:43
  know,
• 24:43
  you're
• 24:44
  not
• 24:44
  gonna
• 24:44
  lose
• 24:44
  your
• 24:44
  job,
• 24:44
  but
• 24:46
  our
• 24:46
  school
• 24:46
  is
• 24:46
  moving
• 24:47
  to
• 24:48
  Chinatown.
• 24:50
  And
• 24:51
  so
• 24:52
  we
• 24:52
  need
• 24:52
  to
• 24:52
  start
• 24:52
  thinking
• 24:53
  about
• 24:53
  what
• 24:53
  it
• 24:54
  is
• 24:54
  that
• 24:54
  we
• 24:54
  need
• 24:54
  to
• 24:54
  do
• 24:55
  in
• 24:55
  order
• 24:55
  to
• 24:55
  be
• 24:56
  effective
• 24:56
  in
• 24:56
  the
• 24:57
  new
• 24:57
  neighborhood
• 24:57
  that
• 24:57
  we
• 24:57
  be.
• 24:58
  And
• 24:58
  so.
• 24:59
  So
• 24:59
  I
• 24:59
  did
• 24:59
  a
• 24:59
  little
• 25:00
  brainstorming,
• 25:00
  and
• 25:00
  lots
• 25:00
  of
• 25:00
  hands
• 25:01
  were
• 25:01
  going
• 25:01
  up.
• 25:01
  Oh,
• 25:01
  we
• 25:01
  need
• 25:02
  to
• 25:02
  do
• 25:02
  this.
• 25:02
  We
• 25:02
  need
• 25:02
  to
• 25:02
  learn
• 25:02
  about
• 25:03
  this.
• 25:03
  We
• 25:03
  want
• 25:03
  to
• 25:03
  make
• 25:03
  sure
• 25:03
  we
• 25:04
  do
• 25:04
  that.
• 25:04
  And
• 25:04
  so
• 25:05
  I
• 25:05
  said,
• 25:05
  okay,
• 25:05
  now
• 25:05
  we're
• 25:05
  in
• 25:05
  the
• 25:06
  south
• 25:06
  end
• 25:06
  of
• 25:06
  Albany.
• 25:07
  Have
• 25:07
  we
• 25:07
  done
• 25:08
  any
• 25:08
  of
• 25:08
  those
• 25:09
  things
• 25:09
  right
• 25:10
  here
• 25:10
  in
• 25:10
  the
• 25:10
  south
• 25:10
  end
• 25:10
  of
• 25:11
  Albany
• 25:11
  in
• 25:11
  order
• 25:11
  to
• 25:12
  be
• 25:12
  effective?
• 25:13
  And
• 25:13
  of
• 25:14
  course,
• 25:14
  the
• 25:14
  answer
• 25:14
  was
• 25:14
  no.
• 25:15
  People
• 25:15
  had
• 25:16
  not
• 25:16
  thought
• 25:16
  that
• 25:16
  that
• 25:17
  was
• 25:17
  necessary
• 25:18
  for
• 25:18
  us
• 25:19
  to
• 25:19
  do
• 25:19
  in
• 25:19
  the
• 25:19
  neighborhood
• 25:19
  that
• 25:20
  we
• 25:20
  in.
• 25:20
  But
• 25:20
  that
• 25:20
  neighborhood
• 25:21
  has
• 25:21
  a
• 25:21
  history.
• 25:22
  The
• 25:22
  people
• 25:22
  that
• 25:22
  are
• 25:22
  coming
• 25:23
  there
• 25:23
  have
• 25:23
  a
• 25:23
  culture.
• 25:24
  They
• 25:24
  have
• 25:25
  values,
• 25:25
  they
• 25:25
  have
• 25:26
  ways
• 25:26
  of
• 25:26
  interacting.
• 25:27
  They
• 25:27
  have
• 25:27
  things
• 25:27
  that
• 25:28
  are
• 25:28
  important
• 25:28
  to
• 25:28
  them.
• 25:29
  And
• 25:29
  we
• 25:30
  should
• 25:30
  be
• 25:30
  engag
• 25:31
  in
• 25:31
  that
• 25:31
  same
• 25:31
  type
• 25:32
  of
• 25:32
  inquiry
• 25:32
  and
• 25:33
  study
• 25:33
  in
• 25:33
  order
• 25:33
  to
• 25:34
  be
• 25:34
  effective
• 25:35
  there.
• 25:35
  So.
• 25:36
  So
• 25:36
  we
• 25:36
  have
• 25:36
  to.
• 25:36
  We
• 25:36
  have
• 25:37
  to
• 25:37
  ask
• 25:37
  those
• 25:37
  questions.
• 25:37
  So
• 25:38
  one
• 25:38
  of
• 25:38
  the
• 25:38
  things
• 25:38
  is
• 25:38
  that
• 25:38
  there
• 25:39
  needs
• 25:39
  to
• 25:39
  be
• 25:39
  open
• 25:39
  dialogue
• 25:40
  about
• 25:40
  that.
• 25:41
  Oftentimes,
• 25:42
  you
• 25:42
  know,
• 25:42
  in,
• 25:42
  I
• 25:43
  would
• 25:43
  say
• 25:43
  in
• 25:43
  America
• 25:44
  in
• 25:44
  general,
• 25:44
  we
• 25:44
  avoid
• 25:45
  these
• 25:45
  topics
• 25:46
  because
• 25:46
  they
• 25:46
  can
• 25:47
  be
• 25:47
  uncomfortable
• 25:48
  at
• 25:48
  times.
• 25:49
  But
• 25:49
  we
• 25:49
  really
• 25:49
  just
• 25:49
  need
• 25:50
  to
• 25:50
  talk
• 25:50
  and,
• 25:51
  and
• 25:52
  get
• 25:52
  to.
• 25:52
  To
• 25:52
  learn
• 25:53
  and
• 25:54
  create
• 25:54
  spaces
• 25:55
  where
• 25:55
  it's
• 25:55
  okay
• 25:55
  not
• 25:55
  to
• 25:56
  know,
• 25:56
  but
• 25:56
  you
• 25:56
  should
• 25:57
  be.
• 25:57
  You
• 25:57
  should
• 25:57
  not
• 25:57
  make
• 25:58
  assumptions,
• 25:58
  and
• 25:58
  you
• 25:58
  should
• 25:59
  want
• 25:59
  to
• 25:59
  know
• 26:00
  what
• 26:00
  people
• 26:00
  have
• 26:00
  to
• 26:00
  tell
• 26:01
  you.
• 26:02
  And
• 26:02
  if
• 26:02
  we're
• 26:03
  going
• 26:03
  to
• 26:03
  have
• 26:03
  those
• 26:03
  conversations,
• 26:05
  we
• 26:05
  need
• 26:05
  to
• 26:05
  be
• 26:05
  able
• 26:06
  to
• 26:06
  create
• 26:06
  healthy
• 26:07
  relationships,
• 26:08
  Right?
• 26:09
  So
• 26:09
  there
• 26:09
  needs
• 26:10
  to
• 26:10
  be
• 26:10
  a
• 26:11
  level
• 26:11
  of
• 26:11
  emotional
• 26:12
  intelligence
• 26:13
  and
• 26:13
  empathy
• 26:14
  as
• 26:14
  we
• 26:14
  get
• 26:14
  to
• 26:15
  learn
• 26:15
  about
• 26:15
  each
• 26:16
  other.
• 26:16
  And
• 26:17
  we
• 26:17
  talk
• 26:17
  about
• 26:17
  that
• 26:18
  a
• 26:18
  lot
• 26:18
  in
• 26:18
  this
• 26:18
  space.
• 26:19
  Who
• 26:19
  do
• 26:19
  we
• 26:19
  serve?
• 26:20
  Right?
• 26:21
  So
• 26:21
  really
• 26:21
  opening
• 26:22
  up
• 26:22
  a
• 26:22
  critically
• 26:23
  conscious
• 26:24
  dialogue
• 26:24
  around
• 26:25
  culture
• 26:26
  where
• 26:26
  we
• 26:26
  put
• 26:26
  our
• 26:27
  emotions
• 26:27
  on
• 26:28
  the
• 26:28
  side
• 26:28
  and
• 26:28
  really
• 26:29
  come
• 26:29
  in
• 26:30
  focused
• 26:30
  and
• 26:30
  targeted
• 26:31
  on.
• 26:32
  I
• 26:32
  just
• 26:32
  really
• 26:32
  want
• 26:33
  to
• 26:33
  get
• 26:33
  to
• 26:33
  know
• 26:33
  you
• 26:33
  better.
• 26:35
  Right.
• 26:35
  And
• 26:35
  be
• 26:35
  willing
• 26:36
  to
• 26:36
  shift
• 26:37
  and
• 26:37
  move
• 26:37
  our
• 26:37
  mental
• 26:38
  models
• 26:39
  in
• 26:39
  order
• 26:40
  to
• 26:40
  open
• 26:40
  up
• 26:41
  spaces
• 26:42
  for
• 26:42
  the
• 26:42
  wonderful
• 26:43
  diversity
• 26:43
  that
• 26:44
  is
• 26:44
  before
• 26:44
  us.
• 26:45
  Yeah,
• 26:45
  I
• 26:45
  agree.
• 26:46
  I
• 26:46
  mean,
• 26:46
  like
• 26:46
  I
• 26:47
  said,
• 26:47
  this
• 26:47
  is
• 26:47
  a
• 26:47
  human.
• 26:47
  This
• 26:48
  is
• 26:48
  a
• 26:48
  human
• 26:48
  to
• 26:48
  human
• 26:49
  experience,
• 26:50
  and
• 26:50
  this
• 26:51
  is
• 26:51
  just
• 26:51
  what
• 26:51
  human
• 26:51
  beings
• 26:52
  do.
• 26:52
  You
• 26:52
  get
• 26:52
  to
• 26:52
  know
• 26:53
  people,
• 26:53
  you
• 26:53
  ask
• 26:53
  questions,
• 26:54
  you
• 26:54
  use
• 26:55
  that
• 26:55
  information
• 26:56
  to
• 26:56
  make
• 26:56
  connections.
• 26:57
  And
• 26:57
  I
• 26:57
  think
• 26:57
  that's
• 26:58
  really
• 26:58
  what
• 26:58
  school
• 26:59
  is
• 26:59
  about.
• 27:00
  And
• 27:00
  we
• 27:00
  know
• 27:01
  the
• 27:01
  benefit.
• 27:01
  When
• 27:01
  you
• 27:01
  have
• 27:02
  strong
• 27:02
  relationships,
• 27:03
  when
• 27:03
  students
• 27:04
  know
• 27:04
  that
• 27:04
  you
• 27:04
  care
• 27:04
  about
• 27:05
  them
• 27:05
  as
• 27:06
  individuals,
• 27:06
  that
• 27:07
  you
• 27:07
  understand
• 27:07
  them,
• 27:08
  then
• 27:08
  you
• 27:08
  could
• 27:08
  be
• 27:09
  much
• 27:09
  more.
• 27:09
  You
• 27:09
  could
• 27:09
  be
• 27:09
  so
• 27:10
  much
• 27:10
  more
• 27:10
  effective.
• 27:11
  I
• 27:11
  want
• 27:11
  to
• 27:11
  talk
• 27:12
  about
• 27:12
  representation
• 27:13
  for
• 27:13
  a
• 27:13
  moment.
• 27:14
  White
• 27:14
  people
• 27:15
  don't
• 27:15
  think
• 27:15
  about
• 27:16
  that
• 27:16
  word
• 27:18
  because
• 27:19
  they
• 27:19
  come
• 27:19
  across
• 27:20
  white
• 27:21
  people
• 27:22
  all
• 27:22
  the
• 27:23
  time.
• 27:23
  And
• 27:24
  we
• 27:24
  know
• 27:25
  that.
• 27:25
  We
• 27:26
  just,
• 27:26
  you
• 27:26
  know,
• 27:27
  white
• 27:28
  people
• 27:28
  take
• 27:28
  that
• 27:28
  for
• 27:28
  granted,
• 27:29
  right?
• 27:29
  They
• 27:29
  just
• 27:29
  take
• 27:29
  that
• 27:30
  for
• 27:30
  granted
• 27:30
  that
• 27:30
  white
• 27:30
  people
• 27:31
  are
• 27:31
  going
• 27:31
  to
• 27:31
  show
• 27:31
  up
• 27:31
  in
• 27:32
  the
• 27:32
  spaces
• 27:33
  where
• 27:33
  they
• 27:34
  are.
• 27:35
  And
• 27:35
  so
• 27:35
  as
• 27:35
  we
• 27:35
  talk
• 27:36
  a
• 27:36
  lot
• 27:36
  about
• 27:36
  this
• 27:37
  and
• 27:38
  I
• 27:38
  study
• 27:38
  your
• 27:38
  work
• 27:39
  and
• 27:39
  I
• 27:39
  listen
• 27:39
  to
• 27:39
  your
• 27:40
  genius,
• 27:40
  right?
• 27:40
  I
• 27:41
  could
• 27:41
  listen
• 27:41
  to
• 27:41
  you
• 27:41
  all
• 27:42
  day.
• 27:43
  So,
• 27:43
  unfortunately,
• 27:44
  we've
• 27:44
  only
• 27:44
  scheduled
• 27:45
  an
• 27:45
  hour,
• 27:45
  but
• 27:46
  let's
• 27:46
  just
• 27:46
  cancel
• 27:47
  everything
• 27:47
  and
• 27:47
  talk
• 27:47
  to
• 27:47
  you
• 27:48
  all
• 27:48
  day.
• 27:50
  I
• 27:50
  think
• 27:50
  this
• 27:50
  representation
• 27:51
  word
• 27:52
  is
• 27:52
  a
• 27:52
  really
• 27:53
  important
• 27:54
  concept
• 27:55
  for
• 27:57
  white
• 27:57
  people
• 27:58
  to
• 27:58
  understand
• 27:59
  because
• 28:00
  people
• 28:00
  of
• 28:00
  color
• 28:01
  get
• 28:01
  it.
• 28:01
  LGBTQ
• 28:02
  people,
• 28:02
  we
• 28:03
  get
• 28:03
  it,
• 28:03
  right?
• 28:03
  We
• 28:04
  understand
• 28:05
  this
• 28:05
  idea
• 28:06
  of
• 28:06
  representation.
• 28:07
  A
• 28:07
  lot
• 28:07
  of
• 28:07
  white
• 28:07
  people
• 28:08
  don't
• 28:08
  understand
• 28:08
  that.
• 28:09
  So
• 28:10
  would
• 28:11
  you
• 28:11
  and
• 28:11
  your
• 28:11
  genius
• 28:13
  kind
• 28:13
  of
• 28:13
  take
• 28:13
  us
• 28:14
  from
• 28:14
  it
• 28:14
  being
• 28:15
  a
• 28:15
  buzzword.
• 28:16
  Right.
• 28:16
  Because
• 28:16
  that's
• 28:16
  what
• 28:17
  people
• 28:17
  think
• 28:17
  is
• 28:17
  the
• 28:18
  buzzword
• 28:18
  to
• 28:19
  representation
• 28:20
  being
• 28:20
  a
• 28:21
  life
• 28:21
  altering
• 28:22
  experience
• 28:23
  for
• 28:24
  marginalized
• 28:25
  populations.
• 28:26
  Can
• 28:26
  you
• 28:27
  talk
• 28:27
  just
• 28:27
  a
• 28:27
  little
• 28:27
  bit
• 28:27
  about
• 28:28
  that
• 28:28
  for
• 28:28
  a
• 28:29
  moment?
• 28:29
  Yeah.
• 28:29
  I
• 28:29
  mean,
• 28:29
  I
• 28:30
  think
• 28:30
  we
• 28:30
  want,
• 28:30
  we
• 28:30
  want
• 28:32
  all
• 28:32
  students
• 28:32
  to
• 28:32
  go
• 28:33
  to
• 28:33
  school
• 28:33
  and
• 28:34
  feel
• 28:34
  like
• 28:35
  they
• 28:35
  belong,
• 28:36
  feel
• 28:36
  like
• 28:37
  they're,
• 28:37
  like
• 28:37
  they're
• 28:37
  in
• 28:37
  an
• 28:38
  environment
• 28:38
  that
• 28:39
  is
• 28:39
  supportive
• 28:39
  of
• 28:39
  them,
• 28:40
  that
• 28:40
  reflects
• 28:40
  them,
• 28:41
  and
• 28:41
  that
• 28:41
  they
• 28:41
  should
• 28:42
  be
• 28:42
  there.
• 28:42
  And
• 28:42
  I
• 28:42
  think
• 28:43
  that
• 28:43
  when
• 28:43
  you
• 28:43
  see
• 28:43
  people
• 28:44
  that
• 28:44
  look
• 28:44
  like
• 28:45
  you,
• 28:45
  that
• 28:45
  come
• 28:45
  from
• 28:45
  your
• 28:46
  community,
• 28:46
  that
• 28:46
  share
• 28:47
  your
• 28:47
  culture,
• 28:48
  that
• 28:48
  that
• 28:49
  helps
• 28:49
  that
• 28:50
  that
• 28:50
  feeling
• 28:51
  be
• 28:52
  more
• 28:52
  solidified.
• 28:52
  And
• 28:53
  so
• 28:53
  you
• 28:53
  should
• 28:53
  not
• 28:53
  be
• 28:54
  in
• 28:54
  a
• 28:54
  place
• 28:54
  nobody
• 28:55
  wants
• 28:55
  to
• 28:55
  be
• 28:55
  in
• 28:55
  a
• 28:55
  place
• 28:55
  where
• 28:56
  they
• 28:56
  feel
• 28:56
  a
• 28:56
  little.
• 28:56
  They
• 28:57
  don't
• 28:57
  feel
• 28:57
  like
• 28:57
  they
• 28:57
  belong,
• 28:58
  they
• 28:58
  don't
• 28:58
  feel
• 28:59
  connected,
• 28:59
  they
• 29:00
  don't
• 29:00
  feel
• 29:00
  like
• 29:00
  people
• 29:00
  understand
• 29:01
  them.
• 29:01
  And
• 29:01
  I
• 29:01
  think
• 29:01
  that's
• 29:02
  really
• 29:02
  what
• 29:03
  representation
• 29:04
  really
• 29:05
  is
• 29:05
  signaling.
• 29:06
  And
• 29:06
  then
• 29:06
  it
• 29:07
  sends
• 29:07
  messages
• 29:07
  about
• 29:08
  what's
• 29:08
  possible
• 29:08
  in
• 29:09
  terms
• 29:09
  of
• 29:09
  success.
• 29:12
  You
• 29:12
  don't
• 29:12
  want
• 29:12
  all
• 29:12
  the
• 29:13
  authority
• 29:13
  figures,
• 29:14
  all
• 29:14
  of
• 29:14
  the
• 29:14
  people
• 29:14
  that,
• 29:15
  that
• 29:15
  know
• 29:15
  things,
• 29:16
  all
• 29:16
  the
• 29:16
  people
• 29:16
  that
• 29:16
  are
• 29:17
  successful
• 29:18
  to
• 29:18
  not
• 29:18
  reflect
• 29:19
  who
• 29:19
  you
• 29:19
  are
• 29:20
  in
• 29:20
  any
• 29:20
  way.
• 29:21
  That
• 29:21
  sends
• 29:21
  a
• 29:22
  message
• 29:22
  that
• 29:22
  maybe
• 29:23
  that's
• 29:23
  not
• 29:23
  for
• 29:23
  me.
• 29:24
  But
• 29:24
  when
• 29:24
  we
• 29:24
  see
• 29:24
  people
• 29:25
  that
• 29:25
  look
• 29:25
  like
• 29:25
  us,
• 29:26
  that
• 29:26
  come
• 29:26
  from
• 29:26
  our
• 29:26
  communities,
• 29:27
  that
• 29:27
  are
• 29:28
  successful,
• 29:28
  that
• 29:29
  chosen
• 29:30
  to
• 29:30
  do
• 29:30
  things,
• 29:31
  then
• 29:31
  we
• 29:31
  think
• 29:31
  like,
• 29:31
  hey,
• 29:32
  maybe
• 29:32
  that's
• 29:32
  something
• 29:32
  that
• 29:32
  I
• 29:32
  can
• 29:32
  consider
• 29:33
  to
• 29:33
  do.
• 29:34
  And
• 29:34
  I
• 29:34
  think
• 29:34
  it's
• 29:34
  particularly
• 29:35
  important
• 29:35
  for
• 29:37
  young
• 29:37
  boys
• 29:37
  to
• 29:38
  see
• 29:39
  black
• 29:39
  males
• 29:40
  in
• 29:41
  leading
• 29:41
  classrooms
• 29:42
  where
• 29:44
  they're
• 29:44
  modeling
• 29:45
  what
• 29:46
  intelligence
• 29:47
  looks
• 29:47
  like.
• 29:47
  They're
• 29:48
  modeling
• 29:48
  that
• 29:49
  academics
• 29:49
  is
• 29:50
  important,
• 29:51
  they're
• 29:51
  modeling
• 29:52
  that
• 29:53
  how
• 29:53
  you
• 29:54
  can
• 29:54
  conduct
• 29:54
  yourself
• 29:55
  and
• 29:55
  how
• 29:56
  your
• 29:56
  passions
• 29:56
  can
• 29:57
  lead
• 29:57
  you
• 29:57
  to
• 29:57
  doing
• 29:57
  things
• 29:58
  that
• 29:58
  are
• 29:58
  important.
• 29:59
  I
• 29:59
  mean,
• 30:00
  we
• 30:00
  know,
• 30:00
  we
• 30:00
  see,
• 30:01
  we
• 30:01
  see
• 30:01
  all
• 30:01
  kinds
• 30:01
  of
• 30:01
  role
• 30:02
  models
• 30:02
  in
• 30:02
  sports
• 30:03
  and
• 30:03
  in
• 30:03
  entertainment
• 30:04
  and
• 30:04
  in
• 30:04
  different
• 30:05
  fields,
• 30:05
  but
• 30:06
  we
• 30:06
  also
• 30:06
  need
• 30:06
  to
• 30:06
  know
• 30:06
  that
• 30:07
  there
• 30:07
  are
• 30:07
  people
• 30:07
  that
• 30:07
  are
• 30:08
  using
• 30:08
  their
• 30:08
  minds
• 30:09
  to
• 30:11
  do
• 30:11
  important
• 30:11
  work.
• 30:12
  And
• 30:12
  so
• 30:13
  it's
• 30:14
  better
• 30:14
  to
• 30:14
  have
• 30:14
  role
• 30:14
  models
• 30:15
  that
• 30:15
  are
• 30:15
  right
• 30:15
  in
• 30:16
  front
• 30:16
  of
• 30:16
  you,
• 30:16
  that
• 30:17
  are
• 30:17
  within
• 30:17
  arm's
• 30:18
  length
• 30:18
  so
• 30:18
  you
• 30:19
  can
• 30:19
  touch
• 30:19
  them
• 30:19
  and
• 30:19
  talk
• 30:20
  to
• 30:20
  them
• 30:20
  on
• 30:21
  a
• 30:21
  daily
• 30:21
  basis.
• 30:21
  So
• 30:22
  representation
• 30:22
  is
• 30:23
  important.
• 30:23
  But
• 30:24
  I
• 30:24
  also
• 30:24
  want
• 30:24
  to
• 30:24
  add
• 30:24
  that
• 30:25
  I
• 30:25
  think
• 30:25
  we
• 30:25
  live
• 30:25
  in
• 30:25
  a
• 30:26
  diverse
• 30:26
  nation,
• 30:26
  right?
• 30:27
  So
• 30:28
  it's
• 30:28
  important
• 30:28
  for
• 30:29
  all
• 30:29
  people
• 30:30
  to
• 30:30
  be
• 30:30
  around
• 30:31
  diversity
• 30:32
  and
• 30:32
  to
• 30:32
  hear
• 30:33
  different
• 30:33
  perspectives
• 30:34
  and
• 30:34
  to
• 30:34
  be
• 30:35
  able
• 30:35
  to
• 30:35
  learn
• 30:35
  from
• 30:35
  people.
• 30:36
  So
• 30:36
  it's
• 30:37
  not
• 30:37
  beneficial
• 30:37
  for
• 30:38
  white
• 30:38
  students
• 30:39
  to
• 30:39
  only
• 30:40
  have
• 30:40
  white
• 30:41
  teachers
• 30:42
  their
• 30:42
  entire
• 30:42
  life
• 30:43
  or
• 30:44
  people
• 30:45
  just
• 30:45
  from
• 30:46
  their
• 30:46
  communities.
• 30:47
  They
• 30:47
  need
• 30:48
  to
• 30:48
  hear
• 30:48
  the
• 30:48
  perspectives
• 30:49
  and
• 30:49
  experiences
• 30:50
  of
• 30:50
  other
• 30:50
  people
• 30:51
  from
• 30:51
  different
• 30:52
  places.
• 30:52
  And
• 30:52
  it
• 30:53
  gives
• 30:53
  you
• 30:53
  some
• 30:53
  things
• 30:53
  to
• 30:53
  think
• 30:54
  about
• 30:55
  and
• 30:55
  to
• 30:56
  look
• 30:56
  at
• 30:56
  things
• 30:56
  differently.
• 30:57
  When
• 30:57
  you
• 30:58
  think
• 30:58
  about
• 30:58
  all
• 30:58
  of
• 30:58
  your
• 30:58
  work
• 30:59
  with
• 30:59
  the
• 30:59
  Teach
• 30:59
  Brother
• 30:59
  Teach
• 31:00
  program
• 31:00
  and
• 31:00
  you
• 31:00
  think
• 31:01
  about
• 31:01
  the
• 31:01
  Fundisha
• 31:02
  center.
• 31:03
  So
• 31:03
  first
• 31:04
  feel
• 31:05
  free
• 31:05
  to
• 31:06
  talk
• 31:06
  about
• 31:06
  the
• 31:07
  funditious
• 31:07
  center
• 31:08
  and
• 31:08
  for
• 31:08
  our
• 31:09
  listeners
• 31:09
  to
• 31:09
  also
• 31:09
  explain
• 31:10
  where
• 31:10
  the
• 31:11
  name
• 31:11
  comes
• 31:11
  from
• 31:11
  and
• 31:12
  what
• 31:12
  that
• 31:12
  means.
• 31:13
  But
• 31:14
  then
• 31:14
  also
• 31:14
  as
• 31:15
  you
• 31:15
  think
• 31:15
  about
• 31:15
  that,
• 31:15
  what
• 31:16
  gives
• 31:16
  you
• 31:16
  hope
• 31:16
  right
• 31:16
  now?
• 31:17
  Yeah,
• 31:18
  well,
• 31:18
  I
• 31:18
  have
• 31:18
  a
• 31:18
  lot
• 31:18
  of
• 31:19
  hope.
• 31:19
  I
• 31:20
  think
• 31:20
  right
• 31:20
  now
• 31:21
  there's
• 31:23
  I
• 31:23
  see
• 31:23
  the
• 31:23
  burgeoning
• 31:24
  movement
• 31:24
  happening.
• 31:26
  People
• 31:26
  are
• 31:26
  talking
• 31:27
  about
• 31:27
  this
• 31:27
  a
• 31:27
  lot
• 31:27
  more.
• 31:28
  There
• 31:28
  are
• 31:28
  programs
• 31:29
  all
• 31:29
  over
• 31:29
  the
• 31:29
  country
• 31:29
  like
• 31:29
  Teach
• 31:30
  Brother
• 31:30
  Teach.
• 31:30
  They're
• 31:30
  encouraging
• 31:32
  men
• 31:32
  to
• 31:32
  go
• 31:32
  into
• 31:33
  the
• 31:33
  field.
• 31:34
  And
• 31:34
  so
• 31:35
  people
• 31:35
  are
• 31:35
  very.
• 31:35
  I
• 31:36
  think
• 31:36
  there's
• 31:36
  some
• 31:36
  excitement
• 31:37
  in
• 31:38
  around
• 31:38
  that.
• 31:38
  So
• 31:39
  I
• 31:39
  think
• 31:39
  we're
• 31:40
  starting
• 31:40
  to
• 31:40
  get
• 31:40
  a
• 31:40
  little
• 31:40
  some
• 31:41
  momentum
• 31:41
  around
• 31:42
  that
• 31:42
  that
• 31:42
  you're
• 31:42
  seeing.
• 31:43
  There
• 31:43
  are
• 31:43
  articles
• 31:44
  every
• 31:44
  day
• 31:44
  I
• 31:44
  have
• 31:44
  a
• 31:45
  Google
• 31:45
  alert
• 31:45
  and
• 31:46
  articles
• 31:46
  are
• 31:46
  popping
• 31:47
  up
• 31:47
  every
• 31:47
  day
• 31:48
  about
• 31:48
  on
• 31:49
  this
• 31:49
  topic
• 31:49
  where
• 31:50
  people
• 31:50
  are
• 31:50
  struggling
• 31:51
  with
• 31:51
  this
• 31:51
  concept
• 31:52
  about
• 31:52
  how
• 31:52
  to
• 31:52
  do
• 31:52
  the
• 31:53
  space.
• 31:53
  So
• 31:53
  I'm
• 31:53
  very
• 31:54
  hopeful
• 31:54
  about
• 31:54
  that.
• 31:55
  When
• 31:55
  I
• 31:55
  talk
• 31:55
  to
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  men
• 31:56
  in
• 31:56
  the
• 31:56
  program
• 31:58
  is
• 31:59
  very
• 31:59
  encouraging
• 32:00
  to
• 32:00
  hear
• 32:01
  the
• 32:01
  impact
• 32:01
  that
• 32:02
  they're
• 32:02
  making,
• 32:04
  their
• 32:04
  vision
• 32:05
  for
• 32:06
  what
• 32:06
  they
• 32:06
  want
• 32:06
  to
• 32:06
  do
• 32:07
  and
• 32:07
  how
• 32:07
  they're
• 32:08
  optimistic
• 32:08
  about
• 32:09
  the
• 32:10
  impact
• 32:10
  that
• 32:10
  they
• 32:11
  can
• 32:11
  have.
• 32:12
  What
• 32:12
  we
• 32:12
  need
• 32:13
  to
• 32:13
  do
• 32:13
  is
• 32:13
  to
• 32:13
  make
• 32:13
  sure
• 32:13
  that
• 32:14
  the
• 32:14
  systems
• 32:14
  that
• 32:15
  will
• 32:15
  be
• 32:15
  receiving
• 32:15
  them
• 32:16
  are
• 32:16
  ready
• 32:16
  for
• 32:16
  them
• 32:17
  and
• 32:18
  will
• 32:18
  encourage
• 32:19
  them
• 32:19
  and
• 32:19
  empower
• 32:20
  them
• 32:20
  and
• 32:20
  develop
• 32:21
  them
• 32:21
  so
• 32:21
  that
• 32:21
  they
• 32:21
  can
• 32:21
  have
• 32:22
  the
• 32:22
  impact
• 32:22
  that
• 32:22
  they
• 32:23
  desire
• 32:24
  to
• 32:24
  have.
• 32:25
  But
• 32:26
  I'm
• 32:26
  encouraged
• 32:27
  by
• 32:28
  the
• 32:28
  program
• 32:30
  running
• 32:31
  in
• 32:31
  the
• 32:31
  tailwind
• 32:31
  of
• 32:32
  lots
• 32:32
  of
• 32:32
  programs
• 32:32
  that
• 32:33
  are
• 32:33
  being
• 32:33
  successful
• 32:33
  in
• 32:34
  other
• 32:34
  parts
• 32:34
  of
• 32:34
  the
• 32:34
  country
• 32:36
  and
• 32:36
  learning
• 32:37
  from
• 32:37
  their
• 32:37
  successes.
• 32:40
  Our
• 32:40
  fellows
• 32:40
  and
• 32:40
  advisors
• 32:42
  later
• 32:42
  this
• 32:42
  week
• 32:43
  we're
• 32:43
  headed
• 32:43
  to
• 32:43
  Philadelphia
• 32:44
  to
• 32:45
  major
• 32:45
  conference
• 32:46
  that
• 32:46
  the
• 32:46
  center
• 32:47
  for
• 32:47
  Black
• 32:47
  Educated
• 32:47
  Development
• 32:48
  sponsors
• 32:48
  every
• 32:49
  year
• 32:49
  where
• 32:50
  we'll
• 32:50
  be
• 32:50
  in
• 32:50
  rooms
• 32:51
  with
• 32:52
  a
• 32:52
  couple
• 32:52
  thousand
• 32:53
  black
• 32:54
  educators
• 32:54
  discussing
• 32:55
  these
• 32:55
  topics.
• 32:56
  And
• 32:56
  so
• 32:56
  I
• 32:56
  think
• 32:56
  that
• 32:57
  those
• 32:57
  things
• 32:57
  are
• 32:57
  important
• 32:58
  because
• 32:59
  you
• 32:59
  could
• 32:59
  feel
• 33:00
  isolated,
• 33:00
  you
• 33:00
  could
• 33:00
  feel
• 33:01
  like
• 33:01
  you're
• 33:01
  a
• 33:01
  by
• 33:01
  yourself.
• 33:02
  But
• 33:03
  to
• 33:03
  be
• 33:03
  in
• 33:03
  those
• 33:03
  rooms
• 33:04
  where
• 33:04
  you
• 33:04
  can
• 33:04
  see
• 33:04
  people
• 33:04
  who
• 33:05
  have
• 33:05
  navigated
• 33:06
  their
• 33:06
  way
• 33:06
  through
• 33:06
  are
• 33:07
  experiencing
• 33:07
  some
• 33:07
  of
• 33:08
  the
• 33:08
  same
• 33:08
  things
• 33:08
  and
• 33:09
  there
• 33:09
  are
• 33:09
  places
• 33:09
  that
• 33:10
  you
• 33:10
  can
• 33:10
  go
• 33:11
  to
• 33:11
  learn
• 33:11
  more
• 33:11
  so
• 33:12
  you
• 33:12
  can
• 33:12
  be
• 33:12
  more
• 33:12
  effective
• 33:13
  I
• 33:13
  think
• 33:13
  is
• 33:13
  very
• 33:14
  helpful
• 33:14
  and
• 33:14
  encouraging.
• 33:15
  Neil,
• 33:17
  if
• 33:17
  you
• 33:17
  would.
• 33:18
  I'm
• 33:18
  imagining
• 33:20
  among
• 33:20
  our
• 33:20
  listeners
• 33:21
  there
• 33:21
  may
• 33:21
  be
• 33:22
  some
• 33:22
  district
• 33:23
  leadership
• 33:24
  personnel
• 33:25
  who
• 33:25
  are
• 33:26
  human
• 33:26
  resource
• 33:26
  individuals
• 33:28
  who
• 33:28
  are
• 33:29
  working
• 33:29
  in
• 33:30
  suburban
• 33:30
  districts,
• 33:31
  for
• 33:31
  instance,
• 33:32
  and
• 33:32
  are
• 33:32
  very
• 33:33
  interested
• 33:34
  in
• 33:34
  diversifying
• 33:35
  their
• 33:35
  educational
• 33:36
  staff.
• 33:37
  You
• 33:37
  talked
• 33:38
  about
• 33:38
  the
• 33:38
  need
• 33:38
  for
• 33:39
  school
• 33:39
  systems
• 33:40
  to
• 33:40
  be
• 33:40
  ready
• 33:41
  for
• 33:42
  accomplished
• 33:43
  black
• 33:43
  educators
• 33:44
  to
• 33:44
  enter
• 33:45
  their
• 33:45
  communities.
• 33:46
  What's
• 33:46
  some
• 33:47
  advice
• 33:47
  that
• 33:48
  you
• 33:48
  might
• 33:48
  offer
• 33:49
  to
• 33:50
  a
• 33:51
  district
• 33:51
  level
• 33:52
  administrator
• 33:52
  about
• 33:54
  first
• 33:54
  moves
• 33:55
  to
• 33:55
  begin
• 33:55
  to
• 33:56
  be
• 33:56
  appropriately
• 33:56
  responsive
• 33:57
  and
• 33:57
  Supportive
• 33:58
  as
• 33:59
  these
• 33:59
  young
• 33:59
  professionals
• 34:00
  enter
• 34:00
  their
• 34:01
  communities?
• 34:02
  Yeah,
• 34:03
  I
• 34:03
  think
• 34:03
  that's
• 34:03
  a
• 34:04
  very
• 34:04
  important
• 34:04
  question
• 34:04
  because
• 34:04
  we
• 34:05
  spend
• 34:05
  a
• 34:05
  lot
• 34:05
  of
• 34:05
  time
• 34:05
  talking
• 34:05
  about
• 34:05
  recruiting
• 34:07
  and
• 34:07
  not
• 34:07
  enough
• 34:08
  time
• 34:08
  talking
• 34:08
  about
• 34:09
  how
• 34:09
  do
• 34:09
  we
• 34:09
  create
• 34:09
  spaces
• 34:10
  where
• 34:10
  folks
• 34:11
  can
• 34:11
  thrive
• 34:11
  and
• 34:12
  be
• 34:12
  successful
• 34:12
  once
• 34:13
  they
• 34:13
  get
• 34:13
  there.
• 34:14
  And
• 34:15
  so
• 34:15
  I
• 34:15
  think
• 34:15
  there's
• 34:16
  a
• 34:16
  few
• 34:16
  things.
• 34:16
  The
• 34:16
  first
• 34:16
  thing
• 34:16
  I
• 34:17
  would
• 34:17
  say
• 34:17
  is
• 34:18
  they
• 34:18
  need
• 34:18
  to
• 34:18
  talk
• 34:19
  to
• 34:19
  the
• 34:19
  folks
• 34:19
  that
• 34:19
  they
• 34:20
  have
• 34:20
  in
• 34:20
  their
• 34:20
  building
• 34:22
  to
• 34:22
  know
• 34:22
  what
• 34:22
  their
• 34:22
  experiences
• 34:23
  have
• 34:23
  been,
• 34:23
  to
• 34:24
  know
• 34:24
  what
• 34:24
  their
• 34:24
  challenges
• 34:25
  have
• 34:25
  been,
• 34:25
  to
• 34:25
  know
• 34:25
  what
• 34:25
  they're
• 34:26
  experiencing.
• 34:27
  I
• 34:27
  think
• 34:27
  too
• 34:27
  often
• 34:28
  a
• 34:28
  lot
• 34:29
  of
• 34:29
  districts
• 34:30
  and
• 34:30
  places
• 34:31
  in
• 34:31
  general
• 34:31
  give
• 34:32
  lip
• 34:32
  service
• 34:32
  to
• 34:32
  this.
• 34:33
  It's
• 34:34
  important
• 34:34
  we
• 34:34
  value
• 34:35
  diversity.
• 34:35
  This
• 34:35
  is
• 34:36
  important.
• 34:36
  We
• 34:36
  want
• 34:37
  to
• 34:37
  recruit
• 34:37
  people,
• 34:37
  but
• 34:38
  they're
• 34:38
  not
• 34:38
  really
• 34:38
  willing
• 34:39
  to
• 34:39
  have
• 34:39
  the
• 34:39
  conversations
• 34:40
  that
• 34:40
  are
• 34:40
  necessary.
• 34:41
  So
• 34:41
  when
• 34:41
  you
• 34:41
  identify
• 34:42
  problems
• 34:42
  that
• 34:42
  are
• 34:43
  happening,
• 34:43
  when
• 34:43
  people
• 34:43
  are
• 34:43
  telling
• 34:44
  you,
• 34:44
  hey,
• 34:44
  this
• 34:44
  is
• 34:44
  my
• 34:44
  experience,
• 34:45
  this
• 34:46
  is
• 34:46
  really
• 34:47
  not
• 34:47
  a
• 34:47
  welcoming
• 34:48
  space,
• 34:49
  it's
• 34:50
  sometimes
• 34:50
  toxic.
• 34:52
  Then
• 34:52
  you
• 34:53
  have
• 34:53
  to,
• 34:53
  it
• 34:53
  requires
• 34:53
  you
• 34:53
  to
• 34:54
  have
• 34:54
  to
• 34:54
  do
• 34:54
  something.
• 34:55
  And
• 34:55
  so
• 34:55
  sometimes
• 34:55
  that
• 34:56
  information
• 34:56
  can
• 34:56
  be
• 34:57
  shocking
• 34:57
  to
• 34:57
  places
• 34:58
  where.
• 34:59
  When
• 34:59
  they
• 34:59
  find
• 35:00
  out
• 35:00
  how
• 35:01
  many
• 35:01
  microaggressions
• 35:02
  are
• 35:02
  happening
• 35:02
  on
• 35:02
  a
• 35:03
  regular
• 35:03
  basis
• 35:03
  and
• 35:04
  how
• 35:04
  people
• 35:04
  are
• 35:04
  feeling
• 35:06
  frustrated
• 35:06
  and
• 35:07
  so
• 35:07
  they,
• 35:07
  they.
• 35:08
  But
• 35:08
  because
• 35:08
  what
• 35:09
  requires
• 35:09
  you
• 35:09
  to
• 35:09
  do
• 35:10
  something?
• 35:10
  So
• 35:10
  I
• 35:10
  think
• 35:10
  that's
• 35:11
  one
• 35:11
  of
• 35:11
  the
• 35:11
  things
• 35:11
  that,
• 35:11
  that
• 35:12
  frustrates
• 35:12
  folks.
• 35:12
  And
• 35:13
  so
• 35:13
  people
• 35:15
  end
• 35:15
  up
• 35:15
  being
• 35:15
  silenced
• 35:17
  because,
• 35:17
  you
• 35:18
  know,
• 35:18
  you
• 35:18
  don't.
• 35:18
  Nobody
• 35:18
  wants
• 35:19
  to
• 35:19
  be
• 35:19
  the
• 35:19
  troublemaker
• 35:19
  that's
• 35:20
  always
• 35:20
  bringing
• 35:20
  up
• 35:20
  the
• 35:21
  negative
• 35:21
  thing,
• 35:22
  especially
• 35:23
  if,
• 35:23
  if
• 35:24
  it's
• 35:24
  going
• 35:24
  to
• 35:24
  fall
• 35:25
  on
• 35:25
  deaf
• 35:25
  ears.
• 35:26
  So
• 35:26
  we
• 35:26
  have
• 35:26
  to
• 35:26
  start
• 35:26
  by
• 35:26
  listening
• 35:27
  to
• 35:27
  the
• 35:27
  folks
• 35:27
  that
• 35:27
  are
• 35:28
  with
• 35:28
  them.
• 35:28
  The
• 35:28
  other
• 35:29
  thing,
• 35:29
  I
• 35:29
  think
• 35:29
  that
• 35:30
  like
• 35:30
  Teach
• 35:30
  Brother
• 35:30
  Teach
• 35:31
  is
• 35:31
  really
• 35:31
  a
• 35:32
  professional
• 35:32
  brotherhood.
• 35:33
  It's
• 35:33
  an
• 35:33
  affinity
• 35:34
  space.
• 35:34
  I
• 35:35
  think
• 35:35
  the
• 35:35
  schools
• 35:36
  need
• 35:36
  to
• 35:36
  create
• 35:36
  those
• 35:37
  spaces
• 35:38
  where
• 35:38
  folks
• 35:38
  can,
• 35:40
  can
• 35:40
  converse
• 35:40
  with
• 35:41
  people
• 35:41
  that
• 35:41
  are,
• 35:41
  that
• 35:42
  are
• 35:42
  like
• 35:42
  minded,
• 35:42
  that
• 35:42
  share
• 35:43
  their,
• 35:43
  their
• 35:44
  experience
• 35:45
  and
• 35:45
  can
• 35:45
  talk
• 35:45
  about
• 35:46
  and
• 35:46
  feel
• 35:46
  safe
• 35:47
  to
• 35:47
  talk
• 35:47
  about
• 35:47
  these,
• 35:48
  these
• 35:48
  things
• 35:48
  and
• 35:49
  what
• 35:49
  their
• 35:49
  needs
• 35:49
  are.
• 35:50
  So
• 35:50
  I
• 35:50
  think
• 35:51
  when
• 35:51
  districts
• 35:52
  can
• 35:52
  figure
• 35:52
  out
• 35:52
  what
• 35:52
  the
• 35:52
  needs
• 35:53
  are
• 35:53
  of
• 35:53
  people
• 35:53
  that
• 35:54
  they're
• 35:54
  bringing
• 35:54
  in,
• 35:55
  then
• 35:55
  they
• 35:55
  can
• 35:55
  better
• 35:56
  support
• 35:56
  them
• 35:58
  and
• 35:59
  they'll
• 35:59
  feel
• 35:59
  valued,
• 36:00
  they'll
• 36:00
  feel
• 36:00
  respected.
• 36:01
  One
• 36:02
  of
• 36:02
  the
• 36:02
  things
• 36:02
  that
• 36:02
  I
• 36:02
  notice
• 36:03
  about
• 36:03
  men,
• 36:04
  the
• 36:04
  men
• 36:05
  in
• 36:05
  particular,
• 36:05
  but
• 36:05
  I
• 36:05
  think
• 36:05
  this
• 36:06
  is
• 36:06
  true
• 36:06
  for
• 36:06
  all
• 36:06
  teachers.
• 36:07
  You
• 36:07
  want
• 36:07
  to
• 36:07
  feel
• 36:08
  like
• 36:08
  you
• 36:08
  belong
• 36:08
  in
• 36:09
  the
• 36:09
  place
• 36:09
  that
• 36:10
  you
• 36:10
  are.
• 36:10
  You
• 36:10
  want
• 36:10
  to
• 36:10
  feel
• 36:11
  that
• 36:11
  you're
• 36:11
  respected
• 36:12
  and
• 36:12
  valued
• 36:14
  there
• 36:14
  and
• 36:15
  you
• 36:15
  want
• 36:15
  to
• 36:16
  feel
• 36:16
  empowered.
• 36:16
  And
• 36:17
  so
• 36:17
  teachers
• 36:18
  are
• 36:19
  really
• 36:19
  complaining
• 36:20
  over
• 36:20
  and
• 36:20
  over
• 36:20
  again
• 36:21
  with
• 36:21
  all
• 36:21
  the
• 36:21
  mandates
• 36:21
  that
• 36:21
  we
• 36:22
  have,
• 36:22
  that
• 36:22
  there's
• 36:23
  less
• 36:23
  and
• 36:23
  less
• 36:24
  autonomy,
• 36:25
  that
• 36:25
  their
• 36:25
  voices
• 36:27
  are
• 36:27
  not
• 36:27
  being
• 36:28
  heard
• 36:29
  as
• 36:29
  often.
• 36:30
  And
• 36:30
  so
• 36:30
  this
• 36:30
  is
• 36:31
  true
• 36:31
  for
• 36:31
  black
• 36:31
  educators.
• 36:32
  That's
• 36:32
  one
• 36:32
  of
• 36:32
  the
• 36:32
  things
• 36:33
  that
• 36:33
  they
• 36:33
  talk
• 36:33
  about,
• 36:33
  why
• 36:34
  they
• 36:34
  don't
• 36:34
  stay
• 36:35
  is
• 36:35
  that
• 36:35
  they
• 36:36
  constantly
• 36:36
  feel
• 36:37
  like
• 36:37
  they're
• 36:37
  going
• 36:37
  against
• 36:37
  the
• 36:38
  grain.
• 36:38
  So
• 36:38
  we
• 36:38
  need
• 36:38
  to
• 36:38
  create
• 36:39
  spaces
• 36:39
  where
• 36:40
  they
• 36:40
  don't
• 36:40
  feel
• 36:40
  that
• 36:41
  way,
• 36:41
  that
• 36:41
  they're
• 36:41
  being
• 36:42
  listened
• 36:42
  to.
• 36:44
  And
• 36:44
  then
• 36:44
  we
• 36:44
  can
• 36:44
  learn
• 36:45
  from
• 36:47
  why
• 36:47
  folks
• 36:48
  stayed,
• 36:48
  what
• 36:48
  made
• 36:48
  them
• 36:49
  successful,
• 36:50
  and
• 36:50
  then
• 36:50
  also
• 36:51
  what
• 36:51
  is
• 36:51
  making
• 36:52
  folks
• 36:52
  leave
• 36:52
  and
• 36:53
  why
• 36:53
  they're
• 36:53
  not,
• 36:54
  not,
• 36:54
  not
• 36:54
  being
• 36:54
  successful.
• 36:55
  So
• 36:55
  one
• 36:56
  of
• 36:56
  the
• 36:56
  things
• 36:56
  is
• 36:56
  that
• 36:56
  with
• 36:56
  the
• 36:57
  recruitment,
• 36:58
  we're
• 36:59
  just
• 36:59
  not
• 36:59
  going
• 36:59
  to
• 36:59
  go
• 36:59
  out
• 37:00
  and
• 37:00
  find
• 37:00
  diamonds,
• 37:01
  you
• 37:01
  know
• 37:01
  what
• 37:01
  I
• 37:01
  mean?
• 37:01
  I
• 37:01
  think
• 37:03
  we
• 37:03
  have
• 37:03
  to
• 37:03
  cultivate
• 37:04
  them,
• 37:04
  you
• 37:04
  know
• 37:04
  what
• 37:05
  I
• 37:05
  mean?
• 37:05
  So
• 37:05
  we
• 37:05
  bring
• 37:05
  people
• 37:05
  in
• 37:06
  to
• 37:06
  have
• 37:06
  potential
• 37:06
  and
• 37:07
  we
• 37:07
  put
• 37:07
  them
• 37:07
  in
• 37:07
  a
• 37:07
  space
• 37:08
  where
• 37:08
  they
• 37:08
  are
• 37:09
  encouraged
• 37:10
  and
• 37:10
  empowered
• 37:10
  and
• 37:11
  supported
• 37:11
  and
• 37:12
  then
• 37:12
  they
• 37:12
  can
• 37:13
  develop
• 37:13
  into,
• 37:15
  you
• 37:15
  know,
• 37:15
  top
• 37:15
  teachers.
• 37:16
  And
• 37:16
  so
• 37:17
  oftentimes
• 37:17
  you're
• 37:17
  left
• 37:17
  alone.
• 37:18
  You
• 37:18
  know,
• 37:18
  there's
• 37:18
  major
• 37:19
  business.
• 37:19
  You
• 37:19
  know,
• 37:20
  a
• 37:20
  teacher
• 37:20
  told
• 37:20
  me
• 37:20
  one
• 37:20
  time
• 37:21
  that
• 37:21
  worked
• 37:21
  in
• 37:21
  New
• 37:21
  York
• 37:21
  City,
• 37:22
  her
• 37:22
  first
• 37:23
  day
• 37:23
  was
• 37:23
  like,
• 37:24
  yeah,
• 37:24
  your
• 37:24
  classroom
• 37:25
  was
• 37:25
  on
• 37:25
  the
• 37:25
  third
• 37:25
  floor,
• 37:26
  right?
• 37:28
  And
• 37:28
  you
• 37:28
  go
• 37:28
  up
• 37:28
  to
• 37:28
  the
• 37:29
  third
• 37:29
  floor.
• 37:29
  And
• 37:30
  she
• 37:30
  said,
• 37:30
  no
• 37:30
  one
• 37:31
  really
• 37:31
  checked
• 37:31
  on
• 37:31
  me
• 37:31
  for
• 37:32
  three
• 37:32
  years.
• 37:32
  You
• 37:32
  know
• 37:32
  what
• 37:32
  I
• 37:33
  mean?
• 37:33
  So
• 37:33
  I
• 37:33
  just
• 37:33
  happened
• 37:34
  to
• 37:34
  make
• 37:34
  it.
• 37:34
  So
• 37:34
  if
• 37:34
  you
• 37:35
  happen
• 37:35
  to
• 37:35
  weather
• 37:35
  the
• 37:35
  storm
• 37:36
  and
• 37:36
  make
• 37:36
  it,
• 37:36
  then
• 37:37
  you
• 37:37
  stay.
• 37:37
  But
• 37:38
  we
• 37:38
  know
• 37:38
  a
• 37:38
  lot
• 37:38
  of
• 37:38
  teachers
• 37:39
  end
• 37:39
  up
• 37:39
  leaving
• 37:41
  before
• 37:41
  they
• 37:41
  make
• 37:41
  it
• 37:41
  to
• 37:42
  that
• 37:42
  year
• 37:42
  three
• 37:42
  because
• 37:43
  they're
• 37:44
  struggling.
• 37:44
  And
• 37:45
  so
• 37:45
  we
• 37:45
  need
• 37:45
  to
• 37:45
  make
• 37:46
  sure
• 37:46
  that
• 37:46
  we
• 37:46
  have
• 37:46
  intentional,
• 37:48
  that
• 37:48
  we're
• 37:49
  setting
• 37:49
  up
• 37:49
  intentional
• 37:50
  ways
• 37:50
  that
• 37:51
  they
• 37:51
  can
• 37:51
  find
• 37:51
  connection
• 37:52
  and
• 37:52
  mentorship
• 37:53
  so
• 37:54
  that
• 37:54
  they
• 37:55
  can
• 37:55
  get
• 37:55
  the
• 37:55
  support
• 37:55
  that
• 37:55
  they
• 37:55
  need
• 37:56
  before
• 37:56
  they
• 37:56
  just
• 37:57
  say,
• 37:57
  hey,
• 37:57
  this
• 37:57
  isn't
• 37:57
  for
• 37:58
  me.
• 37:58
  And
• 37:59
  we're
• 37:59
  gonna
• 37:59
  take
• 37:59
  that
• 37:59
  conversation
• 38:00
  a
• 38:00
  little
• 38:01
  bit
• 38:01
  further
• 38:01
  in
• 38:02
  our
• 38:03
  after
• 38:03
  show.
• 38:04
  The
• 38:04
  Wheelhouse.
• 38:05
  All
• 38:05
  hands
• 38:05
  on
• 38:06
  deck.
• 38:06
  That
• 38:06
  takes
• 38:07
  us
• 38:07
  to
• 38:07
  the
• 38:07
  end
• 38:07
  of
• 38:08
  this
• 38:08
  episode.
• 38:09
  Don't
• 38:09
  forget
• 38:10
  to
• 38:10
  check
• 38:10
  out
• 38:10
  that
• 38:10
  after
• 38:11
  show.
• 38:11
  But
• 38:11
  we'll
• 38:11
  see
• 38:11
  you
• 38:12
  next
• 38:12
  week
• 38:12
  in
• 38:12
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• 38:13
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• 38:20
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• 38:21
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• 38:21
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• 38:22
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• 38:22
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• 38:22
  You
• 38:22
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• 38:23
  for
• 38:23
  the
• 38:23
  after
• 38:23
  show?
• 38:27
  Welcome
• 38:29
  to
• 38:29
  Below
• 38:30
  deck.
• 38:31
  Sorry,
• 38:31
  that's
• 38:32
  not
• 38:32
  right.
• 38:35
  I
• 38:35
  gotta
• 38:35
  do
• 38:36
  a
• 38:36
  commercial
• 38:36
  too.
• 38:36
  I
• 38:36
  forgot
• 38:37
  to
• 38:37
  mention.
• 38:38
  I
• 38:38
  forgot
• 38:38
  to
• 38:38
  mention
• 38:39
  that.
• 38:39
  So
• 38:39
  we're
• 38:39
  gonna
• 38:39
  go
• 38:40
  free
• 38:41
  one.
• 38:41
  I'm
• 38:41
  going
• 38:42
  to
• 38:42
  try
• 38:42
  to
• 38:42
  do
• 38:42
  this.
• 38:42
  Yes.
• 38:45
  If
• 38:45
  you'd
• 38:45
  like
• 38:46
  to
• 38:46
  hear
• 38:46
  more
• 38:46
  of
• 38:46
  this
• 38:46
  amazing
• 38:47
  conversation,
• 38:48
  then
• 38:48
  we
• 38:49
  have
• 38:49
  a
• 38:49
  second
• 38:50
  part
• 38:50
  or
• 38:50
  an
• 38:50
  after
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  show
• 38:52
  called
• 38:52
  the
• 38:52
  Wheelhouse.
• 38:53
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• 38:53
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• 38:57
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• 38:57
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• 38:58
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• 39:10
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• 39:10
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• 39:11
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• 39:11
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• 39:11
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• 39:11
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• 39:12
  11,
• 39:12
  episode
• 39:13
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• 39:13
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• 39:14
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• 39:16
  you
• 39:16
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• 39:16
  Today's
• 39:17
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• 39:18
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• 39:18
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• 39:19
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• 39:20
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• 39:20
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• 39:23
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• 39:23
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• 39:23
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• 39:24
  Kathy
• 39:24
  Mone,
• 39:25
  Michael
• 39:25
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• 39:26
  and
• 39:26
  Dr.
• 39:26
  Alicia
• 39:27
  Munro
• 39:28
  for
• 39:28
  helping
• 39:28
  us
• 39:29
  navigate
• 39:29
  this
• 39:30
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• 39:30
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• 39:31
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• 39:31
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• 39:33
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• 39:34
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• 39:34
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• 39:35
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• 39:36
  if
• 39:36
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• 39:36
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• 39:37
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• 39:37
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• 39:37
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• 39:38
  who
• 39:38
  believes
• 39:38
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• 39:39
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• 39:39
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• 39:39
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• 39:40
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• 39:40
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• 39:40
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• 39:41
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• 39:42
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• 39:50
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• 39:50
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• 39:51
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• 39:52
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• 39:52
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• 39:52
  Munro
• 39:53
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• 39:53
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• 39:54
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• 39:54
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• 39:54
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• 39:55
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