The topic of this episode of the Making Afterschool Cool podcast is how to facilitate difficult conversations with youth regarding diversity, equity and social justice. Joining this conversation is Rann Miller, Sr., who will share some best practices for working with youth during times of uncertainty.

This podcast discusses:

1. Strategies afterschool practitioners can implement to facilitate discussions regarding diversity and social injustice
2. Importance of educators and afterschool directors evaluating their classroom/program culture, behavior management and casual interaction with students for bias with the new lens of anti-racism
3. Differences between program culture that is student-centric and administrator-, program-, or outcome-centric
4. Importance of afterschool programs and service providers utilizing students’ culture and community as the foundation for the learning environment
5. Steps for afterschool programs interested in starting anti-racism dialogue or programs and how to include families

Guest

Rann Miller, Sr. is the Founder & Lead Writer for the Urban Education Mixtape. He has served as afterschool director for a 21st Century Community Learning Center program, a social studies teacher, mentor for first-year teachers, curricula writer, facilitator, and literary author and contributor. Most importantly Rann is a devoted husband and father.

Resources

Urban Education Mixtape

https://urbanedmixtape.com/

An Antiracist Roadmap for Discussing Tough Topics in Class

https://www.edutopia.org/article/antiracist-roadmap-discussing-tough-topics-class

Harris County Department of Education

https://hcde-texas.org

CASE for Kids

https://hcde-texas.org/afterschool-zone