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Episode 03 is here, and we are talking about the lives of undocumented Americans with author Karla Cornejo Villavicencio. Karla and I were both trying to make this recording work with families, pets, creaky floors and loud microphones, so please forgive the occasions where real life showed up. It was just too good to cut. There are a couple places where I tried to re-record, but I didn’t want to get too far from the actual dialogue. Hope you enjoy this conversation (and Karla’s honesty, brilliance and laughter) as much as I did.

Meet Karla:

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio has written about immigration, music, beauty, and mental illness for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Glamour, Elle, Vogue, n+1, and The New Inquiry, among others. She lives in New Haven with her partner and their dog.

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We are back with episode 02 of The Anti-Racist Pod Squad! Since I can’t travel right now, Im grateful to have you join me in this community. Thank you in advance for listening.

Meet Kelly

Kelly Hurst is a 23-year veteran educator in the classroom as on administrative teams as a Guidance Dean and Assistant Principal. A longtime educator, she has taken those practical skills and applied them to consulting and training. She joined the Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training staff in 2017 as an Organizer/Trainer based in Springfield, IL, a city that has been engaged in antiracism work in the local government, health care industry, religious, and education sectors for more than a decade. An activist, speaker, and storyteller, Kelly’s primary work has been in education where she also served as a Literacy Coach working in faculty professional development and contracted with schools on professional development and training. She is Executive Director of Being Black at School, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to moving equity conversations into action, making schools a safer place for Black students. Kelly and her spouse, Russell, are the parents of 6 adult children and 3 granddaughters.

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Being Black at School

Kelly Wickham Hurst

Twitter: @mochamomma

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It’s here! Our very first episode of The Anti-Racist Pod Squad. Before we begin, I just have to ask for your grace. Im not a professional audio technician, producer or voice over specialist. If you consume a lot of podcasts, you will notice that immediately, but please know this podcast was created in love and over many, many hours. For our inaugural episode, we are joined by musician and writer Andre Henry.

Meet Andre

Andre Henry has a passion for making the invisible visible. In the summer of 2016, he began carrying a solid granite boulder around Los Angeles to show the weight of systemic racism on the Black psyche. Months later, he walked around dressed for a funeral with the names of the victims of state violence written on his jacket; in response to the police involved death of his mentally ill neighbor, JR Thomas.

Andre is a student of nonviolent struggle and social change, including studying leadership in nonviolent movements for social change through the Harvard Kennedy School. He specializes in using digital media to educate and mobilize audiences for racial justice and social progress. He is currently a contributing editor for The Sider Center for Peace and Justice in Philadelphia and a Research Assistant for the Innovation for Vocation Project.

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Website: http://andrerhenry.com

Twitter: http://twitter/andrehenry

Instagram: @theandrehenry

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