Open Mic brings together writing project teachers, administrators, and other stakeholders for monthly conversations about the social issues that impact our classrooms, our schools, and our communities.
In this episode, Supporting Transgender Students, Voices United to Educate’s Megan Hauser and Amy Kozel provide a primer on the issues surrounding gender in our society; Bradbury-Sullivan’s Oliver Reilly and Atticus Rank, and Building 21’s Gay-Straight Alliance advisor, Heather Harlen, discuss community supports for transgender youth; Author of Raising the Transgender Child, Alisa Bowman, shares her … Continue reading "Episode Two: Supporting Transgender Students"
In our first episode, Teaching in the Wake of Charlottesville, Dr. Ernest Morrell, Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education at Teachers College, Columbia University; Dr. Tina Richardson, Chancellor of Penn State Lehigh Valley; Dr. Lucretia Brown, Director of Equity for the Allentown School District; and LVWP Fellows Heather Harlen, Megan Hauser, and Julia Kling discuss responding to and countering intolerance in their classrooms, schools, and communities.