In the first episode of Season 2 of the Beyond Basketball Podcast, Seth and Kenny speak with Sharif El-Mekki, West Philadelphia native and Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. The purpose of the Center for Black Educator Development is to ensure the equity in the recruiting, training, hiring, and retention of quality educators from similar backgrounds and socio-political interests to the students they serve. The group discusses black educators, the importance of diversity in the workplace, deliberate acts towards equity, having a collective sense of accountability towards action, and many more important topics.