In this episode I discuss why my target audience is Black people when it comes to literacy and why it's important to know who your target audience is with no apologies. 

If you are looking for a reading tutor for PreK-4th grade please go to my website abclearntutoring.site to sign your child up today for their free reading assessment.

Please subscribe to my Youtube channel Reading Is Freedom where you will find plenty of read alouds and information about ways to help your child with their reading struggles. 

In this episode I talk about the signs you should pay attention that lets you know when it's time to look for a reading tutor for your child. Also I discuss the importance of your role as the caregiver in making sure your child is doing what they need to do when they are given assignments by the reading tutor. The tutor, child and caregivers have a partnership that will ensure the results and help that the child needs when it comes to their reading success. Remember all hands on deck.

If you are looking for a reading tutor for your Pre-K through 4th grade student please go to my website abclearntutoring.site and sign your child up today for a Free reading assessment.

Also subscribe to my Youtube channel Reading is Freedom where there is a plethora of read alouds and reading tips for children and parents. 

Please make sure you check out my podcast on Spotify and Breaker as well. 

Please get your notebooks and pens ready I drop three key points in this episode that can help us in the Black community develop a culture of literacy in our communities. Please subscribe to my podcast, share it and give me some great reviews as well as feedback on how to improve my podcast. Also subscribe to my Youtube channel Reading is Freedom. If you are looking for a tutor for your pre-k-4th grade student go to my website abclearntutoring.site to sign your child up today for their free reading assessment. 

This episode is straight fiyaa! I am having a great conversation with Morris Ervin “Musa” who is an educator, consultant, entertainer, writer and youth development professional. He also has 20 years of experience in education, mentoring, community building, and equity/anti racism work. He also a proud family man, who is married 23 years years to his awesome wife who is a veterinarian and they have two young adult children who are in college. His Motto-”I turn fear into strength and pain into passion.” I want you to grab your notebooks and pens because Musa will be dropping some nuggets at the same time he’ll be sharing with us his journey from childhood into the present and how literacy has always been apart of his life and ways to help our Black families develop and nurture that culture of literacy.

Follow Musa on IG @ therealmansa

Go to his website therealmansa.com to sign up for his classes that he offers that is so beneficial especially during this double pandemic which CO-VID and the anti-Black war that has been waged against Black people ever since the inception of this country

Connect with Morris Ervin on Facebook as well

Click on the link to write down those 9 multiple intelligences

https://www.citruscollege.edu/academics/courses/everest/Documents/Math%20Help/GardnersUpdatedNineMIObservableActionsList.pdf

The book that Musa is currently reading is My Grandmother’s hands by Resmaa Menakem

Go to my website if you are looking for a reading tutor for your child Pre-k-4th grade abclearntutoring.site

Subscribe to my podcast on Spotify and please support my podcast Real Reading Talk @https://anchor.fm/sasha-beckette-abdullah7/support

In this episode I have a great conversation with the phenomenal LaDosha Wright who is a cosmetologist, author, Entrepreneur, mentor and she started the first of it's kind cosmetology library in Senegambia, Africa! We're talking about everything from how she grew up in household surrounded by literacy, and how through her experiences as an outreach worker and a cosmetology salon owner,  she has been able to help Black children and adults cleverly realize the value of reading  and how, that helped them to change their mindset from I hate reading,  to,  I didn't realize I was reading all along and now I want to read more. 

Remember I said LaDosha is an author right so make sure you go to:

lwrightbooks. com to purchase Curly Hair Adventures and What they don't tell you at the hair salon; Go to amazon.com to purchase her books as well

follow LaDosha on Instagram @msladosha

follow her on Facebook @Ladosha Wright

Follow her on Twitter @cares4hair

When you are looking for an excellent hairstylist make your appointment with LaDosha and her team of stylists at The Reverence Design Team Hair Salon in Cleveland Hts, Ohio @216-321-1101

This episode is fire! Ebony Donley the 'esteemed educator, tutor, author and motivator discusses how she's been helping predominantly Black children and adults for over 20 years develop a love a reading and helping them to overcome their struggles with reading as well. Please grab your pens and notepads because she will be dropping nuggets that can help you with your child or student who shows a lack of interest in reading and who tries to avoid it at all costs because of their difficulties with reading. 

In this episode acclaimed author Dr. Lynda Mubarak and I will be discussing how we can help get our Black children change their mindset from apathy about reading to wanting to read. Also the systemic issues that are at the very core of why Black children are struggling with reading. 

I am discussing with acclaimed author Louie T. McClain II about the systemic issues that we are dealing with in the Black community on why our Black children are not thriving when it comes to literacy and how we can change that.