In this episode we have the privilege of talking with Ericka Huggins who was a professor of Sociology and African American studies at Merritt College in Oakland along with other institutions and for 35 years she has advocated for restorative justice. She is also a member of the iconic Black Panther Party. She shares her story with us about her trying experiences during a tense time in our history from losing her husband in an assassination to being a political prisoner for two years. Ericka’s story is powerful and shows the community focus of the Black Panthers which has been misconstrued over time.

In this episode we address the difficult topic of access when it comes to reproductive rights. Women of color along with women of low economic status are disproportionately affected when it comes to policy which determines what they can and cannot do with their own bodies. Our guest Monika Dymerski is a political activist who passionately fights for fair and safe policy. We hope you enjoy, and make sure to subscribe so you can stay up to date with our equity journey!

Grief. It’s something that can make you feel desperate and uncomfortable. Everyone experiences it, but not everyone knows how to understand it. Nancy Dome and Bailee Bennett-Andrade get to sit with Laura Thomas as she shares her journey with grief. We hope you may all have a chance to learn and grow with us in our compassion with ourselves and others.

Laura Thomas participated in the TEDx talk; Navigating the World of Grief. Follow the link below to check it out.

https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_thomas_navigating_the_world_of_grief

In this episode Epoch Equity Trainer, Deraan Washington, interviews Equity Trainer, Rozina Kapadia, about the intersection of her womanhood as she grew up in an immigrant household. Rozina’s family is Pakistani, therefore she represents East meets West when it comes to her cultural standing.

In this episode Epoch Education CEO and co founder, Nancy Dome, sits with co founder, Dora Dome, to talk about Women’s History and some of the legal statutes created around protecting women in our schools.

This week we discuss with Marie Smith and Nancy Dome the power of using Critical Race Theory to build narratives for the lived experience of educators of color. Marie is an attorney and educator who is the co author of a research paper called Experiences With Racism: Narratives From Black Educators. This research leans into the fact that it is not the responsibility of black and brown educators to qualm the racism which exists in our education systems.

In this episode we get to feature our first student voice. Lily wrote a powerful essay about inequitable practices in our criminal justice systems for her high school English class. Along with her Godmother, Epoch Equity trainer Kelly Cole, we dive deep into structural racism and how future generations are looking into this issue. Her essay is posted on Epoch Educations’ blog page so make sure to check it out!

In this episode we get real with Dr. Leena Bakshi. Leena shares an inspiring journey which leads to her building STEM4Real, a company which teaches STEM based learning with a social justice lense. CEO, Dr. Nancy Dome, Leena and myself discuss tracking, environmental racism, and the physical attributes we must reshape when we consider what a scientist looks like.

Check out and follow Stem4real at their website, Facebook and Twitter to learn more about some of their amazing and impactful work.

In this episode we sit down with Epoch Equity Trainer, Dr. Erikca Brown, to discuss the difficulties of being a teacher of color in white-dominated education systems. Dr. Brown has published research which analyzes the disparity of turn over rates for African American teachers in the U.S.

In this episode of the podcast we sit down with Epoch Education’s equity trainer, Deraan Washington, to discuss the harmful connotations behind the statement “You are beautiful, for a black girl.” and the microaggressions we experience when it comes to Eurocentric beauty standards.