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To continue our Back to School teaching discussions, today Andrew is joined with two special guests, Shoshana Hershkowitz and Sarah Lauren. Their roundtable discussion poses a lot of questions and hopefully a multitude of answers. Shoshana brings up why "life is political," the importance of grassroots political activism, and what "courageous conversations" are (credit to Shanequa Levin for this idea). The three explain their teaching practices and how it relates to progressive issues they value in their everyday life. Of course these topics are sometimes met with obstacles so how do the three handle adversity? 

Here are a few questions for you all to think about as you're listening to this conversation:

What does it mean to be a teacher and an activist, and can you combine the two? 

How do you handle pushback when speaking up about progressive issues? 

Why is it important to have conversations with those who have differing opinions? 

Be sure to follow Shoshana and Sarah for more teaching and activist knowledge. Shoshana can be found on IG, @shoshanahershkowitz and Twitter, @jewkidsotb. And you can find Sarah on IG, @sarah.l.slotnick, and her podcast/spiritual IG, @northnode.alignment. 

You can find Suffolk Progressives here: https://www.facebook.com/suffolkprogressives and Citizen Action of New York here: https://citizenactionny.org/.

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