This episode is about knowing. We introduce ourselves, the podcast, and how we define teaching and learning for justice, liberation, and abolition through conversations with two teachers from our own schooling experiences: Ms. Brenda Fleming and Michelle Cotnoir. In this episode's Resource Room, we hear from Chase-Mitchell about a book that keeps her grounded in her teaching practice and Zoe, a high school student from Virginia, shares a poem about language, identity, and the power to become. Who are your podcast hosts? (monét and Erin) Why this podcast, why now, and why should we join together on this journey toward liberation in our schools? Well, you'll just have to listen. Thank you for coming with us.

Episode 1: Teaching for Joy, Liberation, and Abolition

Episode Description for Anchor & Others 

During our three-part series on the carceral curriculum in our schools, we’ll be asking, “How do we abolish carcerality in our schools (and beyond it)?” In this first episode, we learn about curriculum violence, a manifestation of carcerality, through a conversation with Dr. Stephanie Jones, Assistant Professor of Education at Grinnell College. Dr. Jones defines curriculum violence as “planned activities, planned assessments within the classroom space that are particularly harmful to Black and Brown students and their knowledges,” whether it is intended to be or not. We also discuss how educators enact racial trauma via the carceral curriculum in the classrooms and ways we can be accountable to ending curriculum violence in our schools. In our Resource Room, Kishanna Laurie shares about her Reiki practice of self-care. Erin’s former student, Lissa, shares her poem, “Where I’m From,” celebrating the many parts of her identity. And, throughout Erin and monét invite you to sit with the violence we have enacted as educators and how we can repair and transform our classroom communities through our practices. Thank you for walking with us. 

This Episode's Intellectual Inheritance:
”Ending Curriculum Violence,” Dr. Stephanie Jones, Spring 2020 Learning for Justice Magazine 
“Mapping Racial Trauma in Schools,” Dr. Stephanie Jones 
We Will Not Cancel Us and Other Dreams of Transformative Justice, adrienne maree brown
“The Known Unknown: The Limits of Empathy,” Camille Rankine
“Where I’m From” George Ella Lyon, mentor text for Lissa’s poem 
Phyllis Jordan at Victor Novell Massage & Wellness
Original music by Mara Johnson, Elliott Wilkes, and monét cooper

Episode 2: Carceral Curriculum--Owning What Is Ours

Still the One

Good Morning Beautiful

I'm Gonna Love You

I Just Want Ya

I Could Fall In Love

I Could Fall In Love (Acoustic)

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these walls keep on closing in 
and I know you’ll be back again 
cause even in the darkest night we found our way 
and even when I lost my sight you never changed
so I will never leave 
and I will always be right by your side 
just like the air I breathe 
you’re everything I need to stay alive 
alive 

I don’t know how we got so compatible 
and the things that we do are never for show 
it’s different than what you’re used to 
i’m still glad I pursued you
i’m gonna always include you 
cause even in the darkest night we found our way 
and even when I lost my sight you never changed
so I will never leave 
and I will always be right by your side 
just like the air I breathe 
you’re everything I need to stay alive 
alive

ALIVE

HOWS LA

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Patrice Roberts: Blessings
Nailah Blackman: Wave DJ Intro
Bunji Garlin: Celebration
Viking Ding Dong: Throwback Saint Pepsi Intro
Nadia Batson: In Meh Space
College Boy Jesse: Party Genie
Mical Teja: Energy
Kes: Traffic Jam
Nadia Batson: Coffee
Voice: Too Own Way
Shurwayne Winchester: No Where (Aloha Riddim)
Voice: Higher Rizen Music Intro
Rae: Whining Degree (Dutty Monkey Riddim)
Dev: More Meat Than Rice (Dutty Monkey Riddim)
MX Prime: Follow The Music
Patrice Roberts: Leh We Play Madness Muv & Marcus Williams Roadmix
DJ Iwer: When Ah Come Back
Bunji Garlin: Trini Road (Kassava Riddim)
Fay-Ann Lyons: Meh Self (Kassava Riddim)
Tionne Hernandez: Starta Pack (Hot Granny Riddim)
Faith Callender: Pampalam (Hot Granny Riddim)
Litleboy, Quan, & Trilla-G: Someone Else
Fay-Ann & Syri Lyons: Road Meeting Travis World Roadmix
Nadia Batson: Together
Patrice Roberts: The Great Escape
Machel Montano: Pardy
Skinny Fabulous: Find Out (Wham 2 Dem Riddim)
Bunji Garlin: Thousand (Wham 2 Dem Riddim)
Bunji Garlin: Fete I Like
Machel Montano, Bunji Garlin, & Mical Teja: Home is Where the Heart is
Voice & Skinny Fabulous: Owe Me Nothing
Voice & Bunji Garlin: Flatten
Bunji Garlin: Carry It

Best in a While, Part 2 (2025 Soca)

When You

DJ TRooKLyN started her career as a young musician and began DJing in high school.  Since then, she has worked alongside many popular male DJ’s and hosted events for well-known musicians, models, government officials and numerous volunteer organizations. She has performed on AM, FM and Internet Radio Stations, is the first female member of a DJ group based in Brooklyn, New York known as “The Legendary Supreme Team”, and mentors two (2) teen DJ’s in South Florida. DJ TRooKLyN has been the headline DJ for the City of Miramar's Caribbean-American Heritage Celebration, Miami Fashion Week, tied for first place in the City of Opa Locka's Art of Transformation "Battle of the DJ's" Competition and was the resident DJ for the South Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center. She is known for her ability to seamlessly integrate different musical eras and genres, making her extremely versatile. With over 25 years experience, DJ TRooKLyN now considers DJing a hobby and will continue to release mixes in the future.

Best in a While, Part 2 (2025 Soca)

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