1 00:00:00,940 --> 00:00:03,880 Hey, what's up everybody? Before we start this episode, 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:06,600 I want to tell you about our new partners, 3 00:00:07,070 --> 00:00:09,240 Kearney Sandon Associates Kearney, 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,800 Sandon Associates helps educators find jobs that support their goals as teachers 5 00:00:14,020 --> 00:00:17,320 and school administrators, an education recruiting firm, 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,320 working with K through 12 independent, 7 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,640 private and charter schools across the globe. 8 00:00:21,980 --> 00:00:26,800 Carney Sando provides a free personalized job search service. When you sign up, 9 00:00:27,060 --> 00:00:30,560 you are paired with a highly qualified placement associate who will coach you 10 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,440 through the search process, review your resume, 11 00:00:33,860 --> 00:00:36,520 and advocate on your behalf to schools you're interested in. 12 00:00:36,830 --> 00:00:41,040 With a 45 year history of placing talented people in over 1800 13 00:00:41,230 --> 00:00:42,320 different schools, 14 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:46,760 you can trust the team to find you roles that fit what you are looking for. 15 00:00:47,030 --> 00:00:50,520 When it comes to job seeking relationships matter, and Kearney, 16 00:00:50,530 --> 00:00:54,560 Sando has the connections you need to find your ideal position. 17 00:00:54,970 --> 00:00:59,880 Visit kearney sando.com/tudo to schedule a time to speak with 18 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:02,200 a member of their recruitment team. 19 00:01:02,220 --> 00:01:05,440 That's carney sando.com/tudo, 20 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:09,440 C A r N E Y S A N D O 21 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,920 e.com/tudo. 22 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:16,760 And you can schedule a time to speak with a member of their recruitment team. 23 00:01:44,020 --> 00:01:46,480 What's up, y'all? I am her. 24 00:01:47,460 --> 00:01:51,320 And this is the Chicano Logs. Um, 25 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,480 this is my new podcast that I launched a couple months ago. 26 00:01:55,710 --> 00:02:00,240 Dropped an episode in there, but it occurred to me that never did a, 27 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,840 a formal introduction of the work that we are doing, um, 28 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:07,520 over here at Tudo Production. So the Chicano Logs is a tudo production. 29 00:02:07,580 --> 00:02:11,680 You're gonna be able to listen to this podcast both on the Tudo teachers and a 30 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,800 mic feed for a while, uh, as we bring an audience in. 31 00:02:16,380 --> 00:02:21,240 But you will also be able to subscribe to the Chicano Logs Podcast 32 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:26,080 anywhere you get podcasts. Um, we are out there. Uh, 33 00:02:26,190 --> 00:02:28,600 it's our newest Tudo production. So, as you know, 34 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:34,000 we here at Two Dope Productions have historically had three 35 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:36,080 podcasts that we're doing. Uh, 36 00:02:36,260 --> 00:02:40,840 we produce the Exit interview podcast. This is Dr. 37 00:02:40,990 --> 00:02:45,360 Asia Lyons and Kevin Adams talking about black educators 38 00:02:45,820 --> 00:02:50,760 and their struggles and triumphs both within and outside of the 39 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:53,920 education system. Really beautiful stuff. Uh, 40 00:02:53,940 --> 00:02:58,720 you can go over to the exit interview podcast, uh, on their site. This is where, 41 00:02:59,020 --> 00:03:02,880 uh, Dr. Asia prefers that you listen to it. Um, and of course, 42 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,400 there's two dope teachers and a mike, uh, 43 00:03:05,500 --> 00:03:10,200 for seven years now remixing the conversation on 44 00:03:10,270 --> 00:03:14,760 race, power and education. Uh, 45 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:19,240 the other thing I wanna share with you is that we have, um, 46 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,440 a new sponsor and, uh, that sponsor is Carney Sando and Associates. 47 00:03:23,740 --> 00:03:28,120 Carney Sando and Associates helps educators find jobs that support their goals 48 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:30,520 as teachers and school administrators. 49 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:36,480 An educating education recruiting firm, working with K through 12 independent, 50 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:39,440 private and charter schools across the globe. Kearney, Sando. 51 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:44,200 Perver provides a free . I'm doing a really good job on this ad read. Uh, 52 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:45,360 believe me, uh, 53 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:49,880 this organization is better than the ad read that I am currently in the middle 54 00:03:49,900 --> 00:03:52,840 of, um, Kearney. 55 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,680 Sando provides a free personalized job search service. When you sign up, 56 00:03:56,700 --> 00:04:00,600 you are paired with a highly qualified placement associate who will coach you 57 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,640 through the search process. And th this is folks, 58 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,920 this is a really amazing thing. Um, however you, 59 00:04:06,300 --> 00:04:11,000 you feel about the situation facing teachers in this country 60 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:13,640 today. There are some of us, 61 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:17,360 and I'm one of these people who stayed as a classroom teacher, 62 00:04:18,260 --> 00:04:21,560 in part because I was kind of afraid of seeing what else was out there. 63 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:24,120 And I'm gonna talk a little bit about that today. 64 00:04:24,340 --> 00:04:26,840 But it would've really would've been cool to have, um, 65 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:31,760 some career counseling from an organization like Kearney, Sandon Associates. Um, 66 00:04:32,630 --> 00:04:36,040 this person can coach you through the search process, review your resume, 67 00:04:36,620 --> 00:04:41,480 and advocate for your behalf on your behalf to schools you're interested in. 68 00:04:42,220 --> 00:04:42,440 Uh, 69 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:47,240 with a 45 year history placing talented people in over 1800 different 70 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,060 schools, 71 00:04:48,060 --> 00:04:52,600 you can trust the team to find you goals that fit what you are looking for. 72 00:04:52,950 --> 00:04:56,080 When it comes to job seeking relationships matter, and Kearney, 73 00:04:56,130 --> 00:05:00,960 Sando has the connections you need to find your ideal position. 74 00:05:00,970 --> 00:05:03,440 Visit kearney sando.com/tudo. 75 00:05:03,620 --> 00:05:08,600 That's kearney sando.com/t o o d o p e to schedule a 76 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,920 time to speak with a member of their recruitment team. That's Carney Sando, 77 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:18,360 C a r n e y S A N D O e.com/tudo, 78 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,400 T o O D O P e to schedule a time to speak 79 00:05:23,910 --> 00:05:27,000 with a member of their recruitment team. And, you know, I gotta tell you that, 80 00:05:27,340 --> 00:05:30,400 uh, Carney Sandos helped us, uh, to improve hopefully, 81 00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:34,880 the quality of this podcast. So in the coming weeks and months, uh, we think, 82 00:05:35,660 --> 00:05:38,120 we think we're gonna come through kind of clean for you. 83 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,840 Head over to our Instagram at Tudo Teachers to see more. 84 00:05:42,220 --> 00:05:46,360 Can also follow Tudo Productions, um, on the Handle. 85 00:05:46,460 --> 00:05:48,600 Two Dope Teachers on Instagram and Twitter. 86 00:05:48,820 --> 00:05:52,960 You can also go to www.facebook.com/tudo teachers. 87 00:05:53,180 --> 00:05:57,560 You can head over to our website, two dope teachers.com, where for now, 88 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:01,640 it's all old episodes, but, uh, there is a little bit of writing there. Um, 89 00:06:01,650 --> 00:06:06,600 there are our episode playlists that we will be putting up periodically. 90 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:08,400 Got a fire playlist from Dr. 91 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:11,800 Erica Glover a couple weeks ago that's going up this week. 92 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,880 And we just really hope that you are down 93 00:06:17,180 --> 00:06:21,320 to this. So I wanna welcome you once again to the Chicano Logs. Um, 94 00:06:22,150 --> 00:06:26,800 this, uh, this podcast is, uh, you know, 95 00:06:27,500 --> 00:06:31,400 it speaks to a lot of really important things in my life right now. 96 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:36,960 Um, the first is, as a lot of you may know, 97 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:40,800 those of you who know me, I'm in graduate school, 98 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:44,160 I'm working on a PhD. And, um, 99 00:06:44,420 --> 00:06:48,560 one of the challenges that I actually didn't see coming that's, 100 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,640 that's actually made this program a little bit difficult in a lot of ways, 101 00:06:53,540 --> 00:06:58,480 is the search for my researcher identity. You know, I'm trying to figure it out, 102 00:06:58,740 --> 00:07:02,200 trying to figure out who I am and what I bring into this. 103 00:07:02,340 --> 00:07:05,560 And I've got this incredible network of, uh, 104 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,560 mentors and peers in, in my program, 105 00:07:09,370 --> 00:07:14,160 where the root of a lot of what we're working on is how we figure out 106 00:07:15,060 --> 00:07:19,000 our critical reflexive identity, right? Um, 107 00:07:19,860 --> 00:07:24,040 and so one of the things that I'm trying to do is find my researcher, 108 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:27,000 your identity. And that's kind of wild cuz I'm 47 years old. 109 00:07:27,070 --> 00:07:30,840 They always told me that, you know, uh, by the end of your twenties, 110 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,760 you should know who you are. And I don't, I'm still on that journey. 111 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:40,080 And this researcher identity has been really important to me because I 112 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,200 can't separate who I am from the work that I'm trying to do. 113 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:49,560 I see stories everywhere and, um, I find inspiration, um, 114 00:07:50,500 --> 00:07:55,240 you know, kind of all over the place. Um, so that's part of it. 115 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,000 A second part of it is, 116 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:03,800 is looking at ways to find incredible stories. 117 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:08,960 We center the Latinx experience, um, 118 00:08:09,500 --> 00:08:14,200 but it doesn't mean that all the topics will be exclusively 119 00:08:15,420 --> 00:08:17,800 Latinx chicanx, um, 120 00:08:18,220 --> 00:08:21,280 or one particular cultural group. As you know, 121 00:08:22,450 --> 00:08:24,600 there are myriad, um, 122 00:08:24,980 --> 00:08:29,120 groups out there who connect to our community a lot. 123 00:08:29,820 --> 00:08:33,440 Um, we have Afro-Latinos, af Afro-Latina X people. 124 00:08:33,580 --> 00:08:34,880 We have people who are immigrants, 125 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,440 who got people who have been here for generations. Um, 126 00:08:38,820 --> 00:08:43,440 we have indigenous roots that a lot of people aren't, 127 00:08:44,020 --> 00:08:48,520 uh, particularly educated on. And so there's a whole lot of, 128 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:50,840 um, search for 129 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:54,040 how we can start telling these stories, 130 00:08:55,980 --> 00:09:00,200 how we can start really getting a part of this conversation. 131 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:03,320 Um, back in the sixties, 132 00:09:03,740 --> 00:09:07,800 we seemed like we were only capable of talking about race and racism and racial 133 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:12,480 justice, uh, through the lens of a, uh, black, white dichotomy. 134 00:09:13,140 --> 00:09:13,973 Um, 135 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:18,400 and while that dynamic is still really powerful, 136 00:09:18,780 --> 00:09:23,600 and we as Latinx people find ourselves on both sides of 137 00:09:23,860 --> 00:09:27,440 anti-blackness as it exists in our society today, 138 00:09:27,990 --> 00:09:32,800 it's extremely important that we recognize that we also have 139 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,920 stories that don't naturally fit into that dichotomy. 140 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,640 And so telling those stories, I think, um, 141 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,160 I think is gonna be a really powerful thing. And I think we can kind of, 142 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,520 I hope we can do that. I mean, and honestly, um, 143 00:09:46,980 --> 00:09:50,120 the third reason that I wanted to start this podcast, 144 00:09:51,810 --> 00:09:52,643 y'all, 145 00:09:54,580 --> 00:09:58,140 I don't really know how to put this in a way that is, um, 146 00:10:00,140 --> 00:10:04,150 that minces words or that sugarcoats it. Um, 147 00:10:05,290 --> 00:10:10,190 we need healing in our [inaudible] y'all. We really do. Um, 148 00:10:11,610 --> 00:10:16,430 you know, the problem that we face is always white supremacy. 149 00:10:16,940 --> 00:10:21,710 It's always white supremacy. It's, um, it's white supremacist capitalist. 150 00:10:22,350 --> 00:10:26,870 I would add heteronormative and homophobic patriarchy 151 00:10:27,340 --> 00:10:30,190 that, that we have in this. So this, 152 00:10:30,210 --> 00:10:33,950 that's the undercurrent of everything that we experience, 153 00:10:34,530 --> 00:10:38,150 and I think it's really important that we start facing that. Um, 154 00:10:38,410 --> 00:10:42,910 but we also need a space where we can heal our own relationships. 155 00:10:42,930 --> 00:10:43,763 And y'all, I, 156 00:10:43,790 --> 00:10:48,150 I speak as a person who has done 157 00:10:49,090 --> 00:10:53,390 his, his share of harm to others in community 158 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:59,230 times, that I have been disrespectful to people where I have 159 00:10:59,950 --> 00:11:03,590 reinforced, um, the pain and the trauma that our people go through. 160 00:11:03,810 --> 00:11:08,270 I'm not naive to that. And, um, and I hope those of you who know me, uh, 161 00:11:08,270 --> 00:11:12,030 know this to be true, but 162 00:11:15,150 --> 00:11:18,060 we're living in hard times. You know, 163 00:11:19,090 --> 00:11:23,740 I've been working since, uh, August of 2022, um, 164 00:11:23,740 --> 00:11:28,060 as a voice for honest education through the National Network of State Teachers 165 00:11:28,060 --> 00:11:32,500 of the Year. Um, shout out to Nickel the national, 166 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,900 um, youth Center for Law. I think, I think I probably butchered that. 167 00:11:37,150 --> 00:11:38,020 Shout out to rally, 168 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:41,380 shout out to the National Network of State Teachers of the Year for platforming. 169 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:46,260 Me and my friends, Monica Washington, Tracy Nance, um, 170 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:51,820 TA Nashi and Chris Deer as we try to write and 171 00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:56,680 speak and train and push back against these legislative and 172 00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,840 policy attacks on our people in history. Um, 173 00:12:00,340 --> 00:12:05,160 so I've been doing that and I've been seeing how ugly it gets. Um, 174 00:12:05,550 --> 00:12:09,080 there's some people out there really spreading some hatred. And, and, you know, 175 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:13,640 this is, this is as much a racial reckoning as any other, 176 00:12:14,180 --> 00:12:18,920 um, because we're seeing this, uh, this BA backlash. Um, and that, 177 00:12:19,260 --> 00:12:21,720 um, has, has revealed to me that a, 178 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:27,120 the forces of white supremacy are just extremely well organized. 179 00:12:27,940 --> 00:12:30,160 Um, they know their talking points, 180 00:12:31,270 --> 00:12:33,160 they roll them out there, 181 00:12:33,340 --> 00:12:38,240 and they know how vulnerable people in their own communities are, um, 182 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:39,200 to hear these things. 183 00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:44,320 The second thing I've noticed is that our voices often get drowned out. 184 00:12:44,690 --> 00:12:46,800 Black, brown, indigenous, um, 185 00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:51,640 voices get drowned out in this conversation. And it, you know, we're not, 186 00:12:52,250 --> 00:12:54,600 we're not together on a lot of this. You know, 187 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:59,560 I think some of us are fearful of the consequences if we speak out 188 00:12:59,910 --> 00:13:03,640 rightly so, uh, there's a threat to black and brown life that, um, 189 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,840 doesn't exist for a lot of white folks. Um, and, 190 00:13:08,620 --> 00:13:10,360 you know, these are things that we have to, 191 00:13:11,340 --> 00:13:15,560 we have to be able to acknowledge at the same time. Um, 192 00:13:17,140 --> 00:13:19,760 if we allow, 193 00:13:21,180 --> 00:13:23,880 if we allow books to be taken off shelves, 194 00:13:24,340 --> 00:13:29,320 if we allow for attacks on black and brown educators 195 00:13:29,340 --> 00:13:33,120 to continue, then that hurts us all. 196 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,520 So it's become really, uh, 197 00:13:36,770 --> 00:13:41,160 clear to me that we have to act and we have to, we have to do this. 198 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:46,120 So it's been really hard, um, to kind of watch this happening and, um, 199 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:51,360 and to see that in a lot of ways we aren't together as 200 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:56,120 communities. And you know, I say that acknowledging that there's, 201 00:13:56,120 --> 00:13:58,320 there's a lot of harm. There's a lot of pain out there. 202 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:00,760 And I'm not a person who can sugarcoat that. 203 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:05,360 I'm not capable of saying that people's pain can be 204 00:14:05,710 --> 00:14:10,320 minimized. Um, but I do think that there's a way, 205 00:14:11,430 --> 00:14:15,160 there's a way for us to start a conversation. And, you know, I, 206 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:19,080 I sort of hope that the Chicano logs is, um, 207 00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:23,320 is a place where this can happen. I've lined up a lot of guests, some really, 208 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:27,440 really amazing people who will make you laugh, cry, think deeply, 209 00:14:28,070 --> 00:14:30,480 some people that might even make you a little bit angry and, 210 00:14:30,660 --> 00:14:33,040 and that you may disagree with. But, you know, 211 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,920 I really want to host these conversations, and I want, I want to enter the chat, 212 00:14:38,340 --> 00:14:42,880 so to speak, um, that a lot of you out there have been in for a while. 213 00:14:43,820 --> 00:14:46,000 I'm gonna take a quick break when I come back, 214 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:49,560 I'm gonna talk a little bit about my week and talk a little bit about what I'm 215 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:54,400 up to. Uh, keep it locked right here on the Chicano logs. 216 00:14:59,090 --> 00:15:03,660 Welcome back to the Chicano Logs. Everybody. Segment two of two. 217 00:15:04,610 --> 00:15:08,820 It's here out the muno, still here, came back. Um, and, uh, 218 00:15:08,820 --> 00:15:10,980 I hope y'all are having a really good day. Um, 219 00:15:11,020 --> 00:15:13,700 I think this should be dropping on Mayday, um, 220 00:15:13,830 --> 00:15:18,620 check out our emergency podcasts with, um, with some folks, uh, 221 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:23,100 who are attempting to organize a mayday walkout, um, and, uh, 222 00:15:23,180 --> 00:15:26,940 a general strike for safety of children in schools. And so, 223 00:15:26,940 --> 00:15:29,740 really hope you enjoy that conversation. Um, 224 00:15:29,970 --> 00:15:34,660 it's been a really interesting week as we conclude. Uh, April, 225 00:15:35,370 --> 00:15:37,980 it's so wild to me that it's like may already, 226 00:15:38,290 --> 00:15:43,220 because I just feel like Covid did something to 227 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,340 really screw up our sort of, uh, 228 00:15:47,340 --> 00:15:50,740 relationship with time. Where, where, I don't know, man. 229 00:15:51,060 --> 00:15:54,780 I keep talking about decolonizing time, uh, something I learned from my friend, 230 00:15:54,780 --> 00:15:58,860 Marilene Sunga. Um, but man, it's like the realist. 231 00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:06,060 Um, like I can't believe that as I record this, tomorrow is May 1st. 232 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:10,900 And, uh, you know, Tudo teachers are gonna be super sweet with, um, 233 00:16:11,570 --> 00:16:16,260 with some, uh, interviews with Asian American Native, 234 00:16:16,500 --> 00:16:20,340 Hawaiian Pacific Islander teachers and educators from, um, 235 00:16:20,410 --> 00:16:23,300 from across these networks I've been so blessed to be a part of. 236 00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:27,060 So that's gonna be really cool. Um, but I gu I guess I had a little bit of a, 237 00:16:27,860 --> 00:16:31,460 a wonderful reset about a week ago. Um, 238 00:16:32,020 --> 00:16:36,860 I had an opportunity to go and, uh, 239 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:41,020 do a workshop with Dr. Uh, Yemi Embridge. Um, 240 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:45,980 for those of you who are unfamiliar with Dr. Yemy, I mean, first of all, 241 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,580 you gotta get familiar with him, man. You really do. Um, 242 00:16:50,530 --> 00:16:55,220 this dude is phenomenal. Um, and, you know, 243 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,900 if you're somebody who knows me, you know that there's, I just haven't, um, 244 00:17:02,010 --> 00:17:05,740 I've been doing a lot. I've been working really hard to, um, 245 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:10,700 to discover what's important to me. Um, over this academic year, 246 00:17:10,860 --> 00:17:15,140 I left teaching, I now work in the central office of Denver Public Schools. 247 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,540 Um, and I'm continuing my graduate program working on these fellowships. 248 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:20,400 I'm still, 249 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,700 I'm trying to take the podcast to the next level and do these kinds of things. 250 00:17:24,700 --> 00:17:25,940 And so I'm a really busy person. 251 00:17:26,140 --> 00:17:28,940 I should probably actually be reading right now. I need to be doing my homework, 252 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:33,620 which I will. Um, but I had this opportunity, 253 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,900 uh, the University of Northern Colorado in conjunction with another org, 254 00:17:37,900 --> 00:17:40,820 whose name escapes me right now. Um, 255 00:17:41,090 --> 00:17:45,020 brought Yemy in to do a workshop with us. 256 00:17:45,170 --> 00:17:49,880 He's got a new book coming out called Brilliant Teaching, um, which is really, 257 00:17:50,580 --> 00:17:52,000 you know, he, you know, we, 258 00:17:52,140 --> 00:17:55,600 we had a chance to talk about what's gonna be in that book. Um, 259 00:17:55,870 --> 00:18:00,840 he's also got previous books that he's written, and a lot of what his work, 260 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:04,800 um, really focuses on is authentic, 261 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,560 culturally responsive equity work. 262 00:18:08,780 --> 00:18:12,680 So his first book is called Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom and 263 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,040 Equity Framework for Pedagogy. And the thing I love about Yummy the most, 264 00:18:16,110 --> 00:18:17,840 besides the fact that dude is just funny, 265 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:20,920 and I'm hoping we get him on two dope teachers to come and talk. 266 00:18:21,180 --> 00:18:26,160 The thing I love about Yummy is that there's no checklist for 267 00:18:26,790 --> 00:18:28,680 equitable practice in classrooms. 268 00:18:29,110 --> 00:18:34,040 There's no list of items that if you get 269 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,400 through the entire list, 270 00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:40,440 you have achieved equity in your work with kids 271 00:18:40,620 --> 00:18:41,453 and youth. 272 00:18:42,370 --> 00:18:46,920 There isn't a smart goal around equity. 273 00:18:47,740 --> 00:18:52,240 Um, I mean, there is, but it's, equity is one of those things that, 274 00:18:52,350 --> 00:18:56,840 like equitable teaching is one of those things that requires a level of 275 00:18:58,670 --> 00:19:03,120 consistency and constant reflection in order to really work. 276 00:19:03,500 --> 00:19:07,200 And if you're not doing the work, it's just not gonna happen. 277 00:19:07,740 --> 00:19:09,080 It won't be sustained. And, 278 00:19:09,660 --> 00:19:13,880 and so what yemi really advocates for is artful thinking 279 00:19:15,060 --> 00:19:16,200 and, um, 280 00:19:17,980 --> 00:19:22,760 and work on one's own mind and identity 281 00:19:23,180 --> 00:19:24,520 as as equitable practice. 282 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,760 So it was a really beautiful thing when that book comes out. 283 00:19:26,770 --> 00:19:30,280 Y'all gotta check it out, go see it. Brilliant teaching. Um, 284 00:19:30,340 --> 00:19:33,000 and it's just got some brilliant stuff in it. And that really, 285 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,160 honestly set the tone for the week. Um, 286 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,880 I think the week has been a really good week, as I've kind of, you know, 287 00:19:38,990 --> 00:19:43,040 I've reached May, so I'm not gonna lie to you all. Like, 288 00:19:43,060 --> 00:19:46,120 I'm really happy that the sun is out more . 289 00:19:46,340 --> 00:19:49,880 I'm trying to get a little bit more exercise, trying to eat a little bit better, 290 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,520 trying to drink more water, trying to enjoy my Denver nuggets. I mean, whoa, 291 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:56,840 we gotta do a whole episode to talk about the Denver Nuggets in the Phoenix Suns 292 00:19:57,100 --> 00:20:01,960 and, uh, how game one was just a vibe, a whole vibe. It was really beautiful. 293 00:20:02,180 --> 00:20:05,320 Uh, big NBA fan, if you don't know that already, I really am. Uh, 294 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:08,000 I would say the vast majority of my tweets are actually about the Denver 295 00:20:08,030 --> 00:20:12,880 Nuggets. Um, and so on. I, 296 00:20:13,340 --> 00:20:16,600 um, I had a really good week in that way. Uh, 297 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,680 got to play some pickup basketball at my alma mater, 298 00:20:19,860 --> 00:20:24,480 the manual high school on Wednesday morning. That was really fun. Uh, 299 00:20:24,550 --> 00:20:27,840 even when one of my teammates said, said, go guard that guy. 300 00:20:27,860 --> 00:20:31,840 He runs less . That's good times. Uh, 301 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:33,320 I'm not a young person anymore. 302 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:36,920 I don't know how to turn off my damn phone notifications super annoying. Um, 303 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:40,200 I usually can't hear them, but now I can. It's weird. Hope you can't hear them, 304 00:20:40,260 --> 00:20:44,040 but whatever. Uh, it's authentic. And so, um, 305 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,760 I think that, uh, you know, 306 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:51,240 that as I try to do that stuff and try to live a little bit healthier, um, 307 00:20:51,910 --> 00:20:56,240 it's because what Yemi taught me last week is to really 308 00:20:57,060 --> 00:21:01,640 be true and clear about the role of joy 309 00:21:02,380 --> 00:21:06,680 in artfulness in one's life to, you know, Elliot Eisner, uh, 310 00:21:06,810 --> 00:21:11,800 wrote about these aesthetic, um, experiences within education, um, 311 00:21:11,990 --> 00:21:14,120 aesthetic meaning these feelings of beauty, 312 00:21:14,170 --> 00:21:15,920 these feelings that touch the spirit, 313 00:21:16,290 --> 00:21:21,120 these feelings that get to a spiritual identity and aren't always about the 314 00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:25,360 technical and operational aspects of, of being an educator and beyond. 315 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:29,280 And so I think that that will just really touch me deeply. Um, 316 00:21:30,140 --> 00:21:34,800 you know, and so today, uh, you know, I also joined an over 40 men soccer team, 317 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:38,560 so I'm excited to go and play. I I play here in a couple hours. And, uh, 318 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,440 believe me, you will know how it all went. Well, 319 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,320 that's gonna put a wrap on, uh, this introductory, uh, 320 00:21:45,390 --> 00:21:49,920 episode of the Chicano Logs. Uh, you know, I'll be back, 321 00:21:50,260 --> 00:21:53,200 um, with guests. If you know of anybody, 322 00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:58,240 or if you are anybody who wants to be a part of this, 323 00:21:58,380 --> 00:22:03,280 uh, grand experiment in, uh, in, uh, education, uh, 324 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:06,680 hit us up two dope teachers gmail.com. Also, 325 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:11,520 feel free to jump in our dms on Twitter or on Instagram or on Facebook 326 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:15,640 to, um, to connect. You know, we're trying to build community here. 327 00:22:16,060 --> 00:22:20,640 I'm trying really hard to find a path to myself, um, 328 00:22:20,700 --> 00:22:24,880 and a path to the rest of you. Um, so until next time, 329 00:22:25,700 --> 00:22:30,080 um, stay beautiful, stay brilliant, 330 00:22:30,150 --> 00:22:33,600 stay connected. Uh, stay yourself. I'm Munos. 331 00:22:33,730 --> 00:22:35,040 We'll catch you in the next episode.