In this episode, I talk about ways I built healthy relationships with students before I meet them in person.

In this episode, I talk about a recent conversation I had with a friend who has a teenage daughter failing pre-Algebra. She can’t seem to understand why, since her daughter is testing through the roof on math aptitude assessments. I provide a possible explanation.

In this episode, I spend some time talking about the benefits Black educators (and their students) receive when they consistently engage in Racial Affinity Groups

In this short episode, I express my gratitude for all the youth Summer Camp administrators and leaders. I have a 7 year old daughter and during the summer of 2020, my household experienced cabin fever. So this summer, with camps open, my daughter has a safe place to make new friends, learn about the history of Black artists, swim and exercise all that energy God gifted her.

In this episode, I talk about how some people feel the need to say they like you, just prior to saying how they don’t like your stance on a particular topic or the way you handled a situation. Are they afraid that if they disagree with me, I would take that as an attack on my personhood? What’s up with that?

In this episode, I talk how there is more to leading in education, than becoming a school principals. I never wanted to be one and I’m finding many other Black men in education who feel the same way.

In this episode, I talk about the healing that power of the Truth and Reconciliation process.

In this episode, I talk about the incomplete truth that teachers and educators have the summer off.

In this episode, I share a short conversation Natasha (my wife and President/CEO) and I had concerning the responsibility incubators, non-profits, and other entities have when trying to support people of color and people from under resourced communities, with entering “professional” spaces that have historically been unwelcoming to them.

In this episode, I talk about the awkwardness of attending play dates and other social activities with my daughter and being one of 2 (or only) guy there.