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F.L.Y. L.I.B.R.E.: A Guide for Healing and Liberation (Paperback)
by Maraliz Salgado (Author), Dorian A Ortega (Author), Xenia Ruiz (Editor), Dr. Rosita López (Editor), Sam Kirk (Illustrator), Rosa Torres (Contributor) December 6, 2024
How We Get Free Podcast
Description
How We Get Free is a podcast hosted by Tiffany Dena Loftin, a black woman activist with 16yrs of local and national civic, economic, racial organizing, experience. Join Tiffany as she speaks directly with the most brilliant Freedom Fighters across the globe where they will be sharing the blueprint on how to make a difference in your community with actionable steps, because where do Freedom Fighters go to learn from each other?
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The Game Black Girls Play
Book Description:
Explores how the traditions of black music are intertwined in the games black girls grow up with
When we think of African American popular music, our first thought is probably not of double-dutch: girls bouncing between two twirling ropes, keeping time to the tick-tat under their toes. But this book argues that the games black girls play—handclapping songs, cheers, and double-dutch jump rope—both reflect and inspire the principles of black popular musicmaking.
The Games Black Girls Play illustrates how black musical styles are incorporated into the earliest games African American girls learn—how, in effect, these games contain the DNA of black music. Drawing on interviews, recordings of handclapping games and cheers, and her own observation and memories of gameplaying, Kyra D. Gaunt argues that black girls' games are connected to long traditions of African and African American musicmaking, and that they teach vital musical and social lessons that are carried into adulthood. In this celebration of playground poetry and childhood choreography, she uncovers the surprisingly rich contributions of girls’ play to black popular culture.
Urban Legends Professional Development podcast
Urban Legends Professional Development podcast seeks to empower educators and leaders to change the narrative of urban education through storytelling and relationship building so that together we can achieve real equity, uncover our needs and those of our students, and create an environment that fosters belonging, learning, and unity for all. Facilitated by Dr. Gloria McDaniel-Hall, Associate Professor at National Louis University and author of Dasia Finds a Way, the podcast engages a diverse array of stakeholders to move forward the narrative around education and the. impact it can and must have.
Hope Dealer w/ Jose Rico Podcast
Reclaiming Roots & Returning Home with Cecily Relucio
Episode Description:
What does it mean to find hope and resilience amid life's darkest moments? Journey with us as I sit down with Cecily Relucio, whose story of overcoming adversity is both gut-wrenching and inspiring. Cecily opens up about her parents' immigration from the Philippines to a predominantly white, rural town in Illinois during the mid-1960s, facing cultural alienation and the harsh realities of living in a Sundown Town. She also shares her personal experiences with gender-based violence and the trauma of witnessing her mother's abuse, all while maintaining an unyielding pursuit of safety, love, and community.
Cecily's powerful narrative doesn't stop at personal hardship. She delves into the broader implications of structural violence, gaslighting, and the pervasive influence of colonial and imperial systems carried through her bloodline in the US. Her journey of recognizing her own agency amid adversity is a testament to the transformative power of self-love and community. We explore the critical role of reclaiming indigenous knowledge and fostering connections to land and life as sacred, linking personal empowerment to collective resistance against systemic oppression.
In this episode, Cecily also reveals the significance of reclaiming ancestral wisdom for liberation. She discusses her work of founding Umuwi and the crucial role of ethnic studies in developing critical consciousness. We talk about the necessity for BIPOC educators to practice decolonized, re-indigenized ways of knowing and the importance of creating spaces of safety, connection, and wholeness. Lastly, we reflect on the value of divine guidance, community support, and self-mastery in the healing process, drawing inspiration from the historical solidarity between Black and Brown communities.