Join Katie Paetz as she interviews the creators of Lom Nava Love. Fanon Hill, Navasha Daya, Dirk Joseph and Adoté Akwei are the creators of the Documentary Lom Nava Love. The film documents the journey of Mama Shirley Foulks’ advocacy for her community in the local schools of Cherry Hill, one of the most segregated and disinvested communities in Baltimore. This podcast is a discussion of about the family and art-centered programs, philosophies, African wisdom, Black/African-American education and white-allyship.


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*Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded Pre-COVID19 in the early spring of 2020. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer or company.

Katie's Board Service: January 2015 - June 2020


0:34 Wisdom in Policy

1:36 Panel Introduction

5:53 Act 1
Lom Nava Documentary | Lom Nava Definition | African Immigration | Assimilation

8:09 Mama Shirly
Micro | Family Scale Building Bridges | Cherry Hill Segregation

11:39 Art Space
Youth Resiliency Institute & Journey Project | Art to bring change | Family and Community | Healing from trauma current and past | Building relationships through art

14:05 Katie’s History
Music Teacher | Being Fragmented and using Art for Humanity | Policy | Colonialism

15:25 Holistic Practitioner
Drumming | Singing | Creating Music and Expression | African Ancestry and Ceremony | Healing Culture with Focus | Art Humanizes & Changes | Art brings balance in insanity | Family is balance

17:56 Cherry Hill Festival
4th year | Cultural Policy | Using the rest of the year to build projects | Celebration of resilience and connects the past with the future | Grassroot Movement | Funding the Ritual | Community Designs Safety Plan | Redefining Space through Art | Artist attending | Economic Generator | Civil Right and Resources

25:29 Family Involvement
Generation and Racial Cultural sensitivity | Still individuals in similar cultures | Summer and Academic involvement | Safe Streets Cherry Hills | Procedures for Trauma Based engagement |


37:03 Community Service
Katie Board Exp to Teaching | Save to Serve | Patience in Policy and Nature | Oppression and Silence - Wisdom in Need | Resources that hold people back

41:43 Act 2
Organizing the Trip | National School Board Conference | National Black Caucus

42:43 Serving from Privilege
Process of gathering together to share as a collective | Racial Authentic Family Engagement | Practice on an Institutional Level | System Change in Action with Family |...