SIP & Sam Inclusion Coffee Talk: Recent Episodes
SIP and Sam Inclusion Coffee Talk
SIP & Sam Inclusion Coffee Talk, a collaborative conversation focused on creating inclusive opportunities for all students. This podcast is brought to you by Supporting Inclusive Practices (SIP) and Changing Perspectives with your hosts Janelle Mercado and Sam Drazin. This podcast is funded by the California Department of Education, along with El Dorado and Riverside County Offices. If you are committed to being an inclusion ally this podcast is for you!
In this episode, the daughter-father duo, Teresa and Mark Burnett, share their journey as inclusive education advocates. Teresa, a disabled young adult with a disability, discusses how self-advocacy paved the way for her to realize her dream of becoming a DJ. Additionally, Mark reveals the trials and successes he faced in championing inclusive education-related equitable opportunities for Teresa.
In this episode we speak to filmmaker, agitator, and social justice activist Amanda Lukoff. Amanda speaks from the sibling perspective of having a sister with a disability. Amanda shares how this experience empowered her to disrupt the use of the “The R- Word” by creating a feature film that unravels the history and lasting effects of this word. Learn more about Amanda and her film here: https://www.therwordfilm.com/.
In this episode your hosts Sam Drazin from Changing Perspectives and Janelle Mercado from the Supporting Inclusive Practices Project sit down and dig deep into the power that language plays in creating inclusive communities for all. Janelle and Sam explore how language is a tool that we all have access too. How we use that tool is up to us? Transcription can be found here: https://www.sipinclusion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SIP-and-Sam-Inclusion-Coffee-Talk-Transcription_-1st-Podcast.pdf
SIP & Sam Inclusion Coffee Talk hosts (Sam Drazin from Changing Perspectives and Janelle Mercado from the Supporting Inclusive Practices Project) sit down with disability and social justice activist Emily Ladau for a stimulating conversation about ableism and the way in which disability is perceived in society today. Full transcription of this episode can be found here: https://www.sipinclusion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SIP-and-Sam-Inclusion-Coffee-Talk-Transcription_-Emily-Ladau-Podcast.pdf