UnHidden Voices

YouTube Watch Party 🎉 or listen to (Un)Hidden Voices Podcast on Anchor, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us @UnHiddenVoices on IG and FB and @aaminahm on Twitter. Find the transcript here. 

Greetings (Un)Hidden Voices Family, Join the conversation with our second guest in the “Look To The Artist” series, educator and children’s book author JaNay Brown-Wood, Ph.D.

Like and Subscribe to our podcast here and on YouTube to learn more about JaNay and her work with creating books that represent children who look like her. Follow us @(Un)Hidden Voices on FB and IG. Transcript of the episode can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E3elUgSgqVP95VA57MkU3CYeYsFxxtI6CyXAdGt9BqI/edit?usp=sharing

Happy Black History Month (Un)Hidden Voices Family! We are officially launching our “Look to the Artists” series. Our first guest is educator, writer, and coach Raina León! Join our YouTube watch party to hear some of Raina’s poetry and learn more about the series. https://youtube.com/channel/UC3jDENFw6MFiiwcoia3luEA or listen on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, or wherever you get your podcasts.

This episode is dedicated to the Centering Black Women Teachers in Teaching Learning and Research Fellowship.  Listen to learn all about the 25 fellows, the fellowship opportunity, and their upcoming presentation at the Multicultural Education Conference (MCE), a free virtual conference on March 20, 2021, from 9-4 with keynote Speaker Dr. Bettina Love.  Like and subscribe to this podcast. Share it with a friend. And follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter to learn more. Listen, Learn, and Amplify with Us! The full transcript can be found here. Use this link to Register for the MCE Conference 2021.

This episode is a real joy. I speak to my niece, Tanishia "Pooh" Littlejohn about the impact of COVID 19 on her family. She talks about what it is like to homeschool her son during the pandemic. Listen, Learn, and Amplify with us! 

Greetings (Un)Hidden Voices Family, Sending out words of love and support to all of you during this difficult time. Stay safe and healthy. We will have a new episode next week. In the meantime, please watch episode 11, my interview with Sis. Amelah El Amin https://youtu.be/y9MNVmOLgNM 

Greetings (Un)Hidden Voices Family, 

My special guests Drs. Usree Bhattacharya Haddad and Jonathan Haddad experienced Georgia's discriminatory voter suppression laws. They are two of the millions of voters who helped flip Georgia blue and overcame voter suppression to cast their votes in the 2020 election. They are loving parents to a beautiful four-year-old daughter with a rare genetic disorder called Rett Syndrome. To learn more about Rett Syndrome or donate for a cure visit Rett Syndrome Research Trust https://reverserett.org/. I guarantee you will be inspired by their story. Listen, learn, and amplify with us! The transcript can be found here.

This episode is dedicated to our paternal grandparents Johnny and Ida Mae White, their eldest son Jimmy (Vicki's father) and Aunt Gene (Vicki's mother), and their youngest son, Musa (my Dad) and Brenda (my mom). Because of them, we are. Vicki and I discuss difficult topics including suicide and mental illness. I am grateful to her for sharing her stories and experiences with us. If you or someone you love is suicidal, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 800-273-8255. If you are in need of resources for Mental Illness, contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Call the NAMI Helpline at 800-950-6264. I promise you will learn from this conversation. Please watch and share it. Subscribe to our podcast. Continue to listen, learn, and amplify with us.

Greetings (Un)Hidden Voices Family, You do not want to miss this interview with Marvin Reed, the only Black male elementary school teacher in his district. He talks about helping students learn online, building community with them, and the importance of racial justice in teaching and learning. Please listen and share your thoughts on this episode in the comment section. I will share them with Marvin. You can even send a kind message for Marvin to share with his students! Listen, learn, and amplify with us.  If you like this episode please subscribe to our podcast. Continue to listen, learn, and amplify with us! The transcript link is here.

This episode is a continuation of a dialogue that Dale and I began during last spring when the Coronavirus first caused a shut down at Sacramento State. We discuss the impact of racism and antiblackness on us and our families and ways that we can work as co-conspirators to keep each other alive. It is a powerful and healing conversation. If you like it, please subscribe to our podcast and share it with a friend. Listen, Learn, and Amplify with us! Transcript is here