Rob and Jes discuss the disparities of schooling and technology when it comes to the recent stay-at-home order.

Episode Summary:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 0:50 - Episode start
• 3:30 - Processing change
• 4:32 - Check in with Rob
• 6:05 - Check in with Jes
• 8:40 - Schedule/playbook for quarantine
• 9:30 - Zoom calls, access to technology
• 11:00 - Differences in ability to access schooling
• 12:20 - Impact of disrupted school on younger kids
• 13:10 - Privilege of being able to quarantine
• 14:20 - NYT article about location data
• 17:45 - Negative impact of “If it doesn’t affect me it doesn’t matter” mentality
• 18:30 - Leadership not caring about community impact
• 19:10 - Importance of proximity and impact of social distancing
• 20:00 - Need to be proximate to suffering
• 21:10 - Frame up for listeners
• 22:00 - Putting future conversations against the backdrop of the pandemic
• 23:50 - Jes’s proximity to the virus
• 25:00 - Continue to amplify voices on the front lines

Resources:

• Location Data Says It All: Staying at Home is a Luxury (New York Times)

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Our hosts:

• Jes Averhart, cofounder of Black Wallstreet Homecoming
• Rob Shields, executive director of the Recity Network.

Our Producer:

• Miles Spann