T.E.A. - The Educational Architect
By Mursalata Muhammad
T.E.A. - The Educational ArchitectMar 17, 2021
33. TEA: Sheila Williams: Juanita was Always Strong. Our Conversation Ends Pt 3 of 3.
32. TEA: Sheila Williams: Oh, Juanita! Our Conversation Continues Pt 2 of 3
Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with author Sheila Williams! I hope you find time to listen to all three parts of our conversation. Williams storytelling comes with vibrant details that welcome you into the experience. Check out a clip from the movie Juanita.
31. TEA: Sheila Williams: Fierce - Our Conversation Begins Pt 1 of 3
I can't express how much I relished the opportunity to talk with author Sheila Williams! Juanita, the movie based on her book Dancing on the Edge of the Roof, made me seek her out for a conversation. During our conversation, I learned about Fierce - her first opera and what a librettist does! It debuts in July 2022 as part of the Cincinnati Opera. I've got tickets. I also have a hankering to see Fierce performed where I live now (Grand Rapids, MI) and where I grew up (Detroit, MI).
Season 3 Trailer: Hope You Join Me
Season 3 trailer.
30. TEA: Sandy Jameson: Our conversation concludes – Recovered Conversation 5
Items of note from my conversation with Sandy Jameson:
"Superman and Me" (1997) essay by Sherman Alexie
Why They Can't Write (2017) by John Warner
Whistling Vivaldi (2011) by Claude M. Steele
'Whistling Vivaldi' And Beating Stereotypes on Talk of The Nation - NPR, Author Interviews
29. TEA: Sandy Jameson: Wasn’t Supposed to Be a Teacher - Recovered Conversation 5
Items of note from my conversation with Sandy Jameson:
"Superman and Me" (1997) essay by Sherman Alexie
Why They Can't Write (2017) by John Warner
Whistling Vivaldi (2011) by Claude M. Steele
'Whistling Vivaldi' And Beating Stereotypes on Talk of The Nation - NPR, Author Interviews
T.E.A. Season 2: Sneak 'Pique' - Sandy Jameson
28. Reba Jolene Lewis: My Kids at Lincoln - Our Recovered Conversation 4 Concludes
--Summum Bonum / Ubuntu Mursalata, The Educational Architect
27. Reba Jolene Lewis: I Tried to Understand Segregation Recovered Conversation 4
Welcome to my recovered conversation with Reba Jolene Lewis, my Advanced Placement, teacher-colleague. In this segment, our conversation only just begins! Lewis delivers wealth of experience in this conversation. I hope you enjoy this conversation and tune in for the concluding segment. You can find her book “Who Needs Girls?” on amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Needs-Girls-Choice-Awards-Recipient/dp/1934486329
--Summum Bonum / Ubuntu Mursalata, The Educational Architect
26. Dr. Pinkston & Dr. Baloubi: Listen to Learn Our Recovered Conversation 3 Concludes
--Summum Bonum / Ubuntu Mursalata, The Educational Architect
25. Dr. Pinkston & Dr. Baloubi: Our Recovered Conversation 3 Continues
--Summum Bonum / Ubuntu Mursalata, The Educational Architect
24. Dr. Pinkston & Dr. Baloubi: Colleagues in Education - Recovered Conversation 3
--Summum Bonum / Ubuntu
Mursalata, The Educational Architect
23. Chris VanderArk: I Was More Obtuse 20 Years Ago - Our Recovered Conversation 2 Concludes
I hope you enjoy this conversation.
22. Chris VanderArk: There’s No Tidy Path - Recovered Conversation 2
I hope you enjoy this conversation.
21. April Krieger: When I See Barriers - Our Recovered Conversation 1 Concludes
I hope you enjoy this conversation.
20. April Krieger: Recovered Conversation 1
I hope you enjoy this conversation.
--Summum Bonum / Ubuntu
Mursalata, The Educational Architect
T.E.A. Season 2 Trailer
19: Finale: 2021 BHMS Scholarship Recipient Conversation!
I’m happy that this conversation serves as my season 1 finale. It was a pleasure to talk with a 2021 Bragg, Harvard, MuhammadSmith Why We Can’t Wait Scholarship recipient! BHMS scholarship applications are due the first Wednesday of November.
- If you are a GRCC student, you can apply online for the BHMS and other scholarships at GRCC Scholarships.
- You can donate to this scholarship online, too! Go to GRCC Give Today, select "Other" for your designation and type in BHMS!
Summum Bonum & Ubuntu
See you next season!
18. TEA: Dr Will Osmun - Our Conversation Concludes
17. TEA: Dr Will Osmun - Our Conversation Continues
Links
Kids Food Basket
Wicked Bridges
16. TEA: Dr Will Osmun - Our Conversation Continues
1.3 million - the number of meals Kids Food Basket served to our children during the first 16 months of the COVID-19 pandemic!
Join me as my conversation continues with Will Osmun, Ph.D. - VP of Programming at Kids Food Basket in Grand Rapids, MI. We talk about a lot in this segment. So, take a listen as Dr. Osmun shares his experiences with changing the narrative of children’s education, coded language for whiteness, and our job when it comes to educational dignity. Dr. Osmun is passionate about addressing racism and hunger in the US. His professional work has focused on social equity issues through the lens of personal, community, and organizational change. He has facilitated local, national, and international conversations, coached, and trained CEOs, executive teams, government agencies, nonprofit leaders, and community organizations on issues of poverty, hunger, racism, othering, bias, hiring, retention, inclusion, collaboration, and leadership. I am happy to share this conversation. I hope you listen to all the segments!
Links
15. TEA: Dr Will Osmun - Our Conversation Begins
Will Osmun, Ph.D., VP of Programming at Kids Food Basket in Grand Rapids, Michigan is passionate about addressing racism and hunger in the US. His professional work has focused on social equity issues through the lens of personal, community, and organizational change. Will has facilitated local, national, and international conversations, coached, and trained CEOs, executive teams, government agencies, nonprofit leaders, and community organizations on issues of poverty, hunger, racism, othering, bias, hiring, retention, inclusion, collaboration, and leadership.
Will is trained in Empathic Listening and Motivational Interviewing and is certified in Compassionate Listening, Mediation, and Immunity to Change. Through coaching, speaking engagements, group facilitation, training, and panel discussions, he takes clients through a meaningful process of self-reflection, history, research, conflict repair, and authentic relationship building. Coaching and training sessions are customized to meet the specific needs, language, and frameworks necessary to create understanding and promote change.
Will’s primary focus is on the factors that create resistance to equity and entrench cultural dehumanization. He provides clients with practical methods to address and overcome internal and structural frameworks. Will is currently the VP of Programming: Expert in Residence at Kids’ Food Basket, where he leads the programming team across four counties, including a 10-acre chemical-free farm.
Before this role, he was the Chief Strategist for the Urban League of West Michigan, where he headed their programming team and led their Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work. He previously served as executive director of The SOURCE, an equity and employment-focused nonprofit, and as the State Director for United Healthcare’s myCommunity Connect program in Detroit, Mi. Additionally, he spent 30 years working in for-profit industries, where he gained experience in manufacturing, management, and national sales and marketing.
Will earned a MM from Aquinas College, an MS in Supply Chain Logistics from Michigan State University, and a MA and a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University. He is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Grand Rapids and a Marano Fellow of the Aspen Institutes Sector Skills Academy 2011.
- His dissertation is entitled: Hiring the “Other”—A Biographical Narrative Inquiry of Progressive Human Resource Professionals.
Links
T.E.A. Season 1: Sneak 'Pique' - Dr. William Osmun
14. TEA: Sharon Barton - Our Conversation Concludes
13: TEA: Sharon Barton - Well, Why Not.
We did spend some time on the value of the arts in education. The arts increase our human literacy skills. They are wonderful educational choices. However, they have been overlooked in STEM approaches, which is why I (Mursalata) like to spell STEAM like this steAm (for now).
During our conversation, she talked about education by any means necessary and other topics. I am happy to share this conversation. I hope you listen to all the segments! The following items were lifted directly from the STEAM entry on Wikipedia:
-- "STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education". Slate. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
-- "Virginia Tech and Virginia STEAM Academy form strategic partnership to meet critical education needs". Virginia Tech News. 31 July 2012.
-- Jolly, Anne (18 November 2014). "STEM vs. STEAM: Do the Arts Belong?". Teacher. Education Week: Teacher. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
-- Pomeroy, Steven Ross. "From STEM to STEAM: Science and Art Go Hand-in-Hand". blogs.scientificamerican.com. Scientific American. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
-- Eger, John (31 May 2011). "National Science Foundation Slowly Turning STEM to STEAM". www.huffingtonpost.com. Huffington Post. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
NOTE: I'm feeling a little self-conscious about not putting a "?" at the end of my title sentence "Well, Why Not" - but the way Sharon says,"why not" at the end of this episode - to my ears - "why not" sounds like a statement to a limited way of thinking, not an invitation to keep talking.
12. TEA: Sharon Barton - Our Conversation Begins
Sharon Barton is retired but busy! She's worked in public health, education, and fundraising. I knew her during her time as a fundraiser for the symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During our conversation, she talked about education by any means necessary and other topics. I am happy to share this conversation. I hope you listen to all the segments!
T.E.A. Season 1: Sneak 'Pique' - Sharon Barton
Bonus Banter: Azizi Jasper
What’s Your Educational Origin Story?
11. TEA: Azizi Jasper - Our Conversation Concludes
10. TEA: Azizi Jasper - Our Conversation Continues
9. TEA: Azizi Jasper - Our Conversation Continues #Humanliteracy
8. TEA: Azizi Jasper - Our Conversation Continues
7. TEA: Azizi Jasper - Our Conversation Begins
T.E.A. Season 1: Sneak 'Pique' - Azizi Jasper
6. TEA: Dr Lawrence - Our Conversation Concludes
5. TEA: Dr Lawrence - Our Conversation Continues
4. TEA: Dr Lawrence Our Conversation Continues
3. TEA: Dr Lawrence - Our Conversation Continues
T.E.A. Topics:
1. Education, by any means necessary.
2. Human Literacy skills.
3. Diversity of educational thought.
4. Educational access, dignity, equity, and inclusion.
5. Sharing actions that dismantle educational barriers created by individuals, collective cultural habits, and institutional practices.
-- Summum Bonum/Ubuntu.
2. TEA: Dr Lawrence - Our Conversation Begins
T.E.A. Topics:
1. Education, by any means necessary.
2. Human Literacy skills.
3. Diversity of educational thought.
4. Educational access, dignity, equity, and inclusion.
5. Sharing actions that dismantle educational barriers created by individuals, collective cultural habits, and institutional practices.
-- Summum Bonum/Ubuntu.
T.E.A. Season 1: Sneak 'Pique' - Dr. Tonja Lawrence
TEA: About Trailer
T.E.A. Topics:
1. Education, by any means necessary.
2. Human Literacy skills.
3. Diversity of educational thought.
4. Educational access, dignity, equity, and inclusion.
5. Sharing actions that dismantle educational barriers created by individuals, collective cultural habits, and institutional practices.
-- Summum Bonum/Ubuntu.
1. Khaysirah MuhammadSmith - COVID College or "My Tester Semester"
In this episode, Khaysirah, a third-year undergraduate business student, talks about her response to learning during a pandemic. Fall 2020 was her first fully COVID-19 pandemic semester. She has dubbed it "my tester semester."
-- Summum Bonum / Ubuntu
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