The Zag

2019 NLC SF Fellow Shrina Kurani joins The Zag to talk about leveraging the best of tech to help with COVID realities. Plus, she shares strategies for engaging South Asian communities as we head toward the November election.

Krissy Gutierrez, NLC San Antonio 2019 Fellow, created a Little Free Pantry to provide household items to her neighbors.

Similar to a Little Free Library, the pantry works on an honor system, where neighbors can take or leave canned food, supplies and personal care products. Hear more about this project as well as the power of NLC on latest episode of The Zag.

Enjoy our final episode for #TeacherAppreciationWeek with 2020 NLC Austin Fellow Tiffanie Harrison. We chat about staying connected to her high school students and their upcoming commencement plans. Plus, why NLC is worth considering in 2021.

#TeacherAppreciationWeek continues with 2019 NYC Fellow Milan Reed joining The Zag to talk about teaching kindergarten and what it's like working for the NYC DOE. Plus, she makes a plug for joining NLC in 2021. Don't miss it.

2019 NLC Tampa Bay Fellow Keto Nord joins The Zag for #TeacherAppreciationWeek to share his story about supporting students during COVID 19 times. He also shared his insights as a digital organizer and the power of 10 second commutes via Zoom for an elected. Check it out.

2017 NLC LA Fellow Wade Dean joins us from Georgia to talk about Ahmaud Arbery's lynching and trying to turn fear into hope. We also discuss the future of higher education in a COVID world and what he pictures his dissertation defense at UCLA later this fall will be like. Don't miss this episode.

#TeacherAppreciationWeek continues with a new Zag episode featuring our favorite 2013 NLC LA alum and high school English teacher Kelly Maloney. He recounts how he got a head start on Zoom teaching, his students providing needed support in tough times, and what a reimagined school schedule could look like. Don't miss it.

More great guests for our #TeacherAppreciationWeek series. 2009 NLC San Francisco Fellow Leora Wolf-Prusan joins The Zag to talk about her work researching trauma in schools and what we can do about it. Plus, her favorite teacher ever.

2019 NLC LA Fellow and former middle school teacher Steven Almazan joins The Zag as we celebrate #TeacherAppreciationWeek. We swap stories of teacher gifts, discuss educational equity in COVID times, and what type of food Washington, DC is really missing. Don't miss it.

We're celebrating #TeacherAppreciationWeek on The Zag. We caught up with 2020 NLC Los Angeles Fellow Michelle Sanchez to hear about her work supporting students and families during the lockdown as well as how valuable unions and traditional schools will be moving forward. Plus, her favorite teachers of all time.