Nina and Celeste are back for season 2. In this episode, we talk about where we’ve been, where we’re at now, and what we need from this season to sustain ourselves as teachers in unprecedented times. We’ll talk about what we’ve chosen as the theme of this season and why. Take a listen…
Nina and Celeste Debrief their Praxis
(Episode 5) After our first season of conversation with our three incredible guests, Celeste and Nina reconnect to debrief what we’ve learned from Jessica, Corey, and Andrea. We discuss what we’ve changed in our classrooms, what we’ve struggled with this year, and how we want to move forward.we’ve changed, what we’ve struggled with, and how we want to move forward.
Authors mentioned when Nina talked about creating co-gens:
Chris Emdin, Pei-Ling Hsu, Ian Stith and Wolff-Michael Roth, Seng-Chee Tan and Aik-Ling Tan, Kenneth Tobin and Ashraf Shady, and Carol Alethia Woodburn-McDonald.
Student Power, Community Power: A Conversation with Andrea Ortiz
(Episode 4) During the pandemic, the United States was dealing with the health crises of Covid-19 and rampant white supremacy. Historic inequalities in this country only came into starker relief during the pandemic, and Andrea Ortiz was right there in the thick of it supporting youth organizers who, even in a pandemic, relentlessly challenged oppressive systems in schools and throughout Chicago.
Andrea is a community organizer from the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council here in Chicago. We learned so much from her about building youth power and letting students and their voices guide our classrooms and communities. So take a listen and learn how to love our youth harder with Andrea Ortiz…
Teaching that’s Transformative, not Transactional: A Conversation with Corey Winchester
(Episode 3) Slow down with Corey Winchester, a high school history teacher from Evanston Township High School. Corey helps us pause, reflect, and listen deeply to ancestors, mentors, colleagues and students. He models for us what it means to mindfully build loving and critical spaces for our students while never forgetting where we came from and who continues to influence us as educators.
Just as Corey talks about being indebted to his teachers, we are indebted to Corey for taking the time and slowing us down to carefully consider the students we teach and ensuring they’re seen and centered in our curricular choices. Slow down, reflect, and take a listen…
Authors/Educators/Elders mentioned in Corey’s conversation with us:
Jeff Duncan Andrade, Grace Lee Boggs, Bettina Love, OiYan Poon, John Dugan, Kate Phillippo, Dr. Megan Bang, and Shirin Vossoughi.
Popular Education in Practice: A Conversation with Jessica Suarez-Nieto
(Episode 2) We’re talking with Jessica Suarez-Nieto, an amazing elementary teacher in Chicago. You’ll hear her challenge us to think about our work in a more collective sense, building strong relationships with our students and between our students. Jessica is wise and full of beautiful and sharp ideas of how to pose problems to our students so they address social ills and think about how to build a different world together. Jessica challenges us to think about how to transform schools to be conduits of community agency and anti-racist practices. Take a listen…
What is Pushing Praxis? Nina and Celeste Talk Vision
(Episode 1) In this conversation, Nina and Celeste talk about this podcast and project in its infancy. You might hear us call the podcast “Transformative Teacher Talk,” a title we were considering, and you’ll hear us talk about our hopes and dreams for this shared work. We hope you enjoy this episode and, if you do, we encourage you to follow this podcast on spotify, apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Here’s the conversation.
