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This Live episode is centered on Juneteenth. Our first guest, friend and scholar, Nakisha Whittington joined us in sharing her experience implementing the observance of the Juneteenth holiday both in and out of classroom in her hometown of New Orleans. Nakisha is a native of Vacherie, LA and a PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at Penn State University. She obtained her BA in Political Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Masters degree from Xavier University of Louisiana in Elementary Education. She is a seasoned educator with experiences in K-5 classrooms, as well as, instructing undergraduate students in Elementary Education. Her research interests are centered around digital literacy practices of urban youth and early exposure to multimodal pathways for learning.

Episode 2: Where are all the Black Classes? centers around the relationship of Blackness and Education. This months special guest is the one and only Dr. Wendi S. Williams! Check out this short bio and be sure to go to her website www.drwendiwilliams.com. Dr. Wendi Williams work centers on the development, implementation, and evaluation of school and community-based health and educational interventions that promote health and well-being among youth, their families, and the educational and mental health practitioners who will work with them. Through her scholarship and research activity, she has articulated an intersectional approach to psycho-social spiritual intervention for middle school girls. The foundations of this work have extended to reflective-intervention to facilitate leadership development among diverse women and Black/African women, specifically.