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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 35:01

Feb. 23, 2025, Bergenfield, N.J.Video: https://vimeo.com/1059551417

12/21/24 – Shiur 494 – How to not lose our children – and ourselves – to peer pressure

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 125:46

How can a child withstand peer pressure Why do some kids give in easily to peer pressure and others don't How should parents educate their children to withstand peer pressure What are the most common peer pressures in our yeshivos and girls' schools Why do kids and teens involved in bad behaviors want to get their peers to join them Are we obligated to avoid negative influences and make Gedarim for ourselves Host: Ari Wasserman, author of the newly published, revised and expanded book Making it Work, on workplace challenges with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham, Bergenfield, New Jersey – 15:13 with Rabbi Yisroel and Mrs. Elisheva Kamenetsky – Menahel of DRS and Rosh Yeshiva of HALB; Head of School of SKA – 52:14 with Dr. Debbie Akerman – Professor of social welfare and licensed clinical social worker – 1:27:52 Conclusion and Takeaways – 1:52:25 מראי מקומות

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IFS and Autism with Sarah Bergenfield - Part 1

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 44:00

Our guest today is Sarah Bergenfield, a Somatic Psychologist, and a Level 3-trained and Certified IFS practitioner, specializing in autism. Sarah holds a master's degree in embodiment studies and wrote her thesis on autism as an embodied condition that impacts the brain, body, and mind. Sarah is a student in the Applied Neuroscience program at Kings College in London and begins her Ph.D. in Psychology in September at the California Institute of Integral Studies. She is a wife, mom to three children, and dog mom to Magnus, her assistance dog. Sarah is the co-author of the book, Embodying Autism – Navigating your Autistic Brain, Body, and Mind, written with Martha Sweezey and published next year by New Harbinger. She is an international speaker and educator on the topic of understanding autism as an embodied condition. We will be speaking with Sarah about the nature of autism (Episode Part 1) and (Episode Part 2) how IFS concepts and techniques can be understood through the lens of autism, how IFS therapy can be helpful for autistic clients, and some special considerations to keep in mind when working with autistic clients with IFS. Hope you enjoy the episode and find it useful.

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IFS and Autism with Sarah Bergenfield - Part 2

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 47:11

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Pre Selichos Shiur in Bergenfield, NJ by Rabbi Daniel Kalish

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2024 71:44

Pre Selichos Shiur in Bergenfield, NJ in Selichos by Rabbi Daniel Kalish

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September Gagootz Part 1!

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2024 38:52

First off, a big announcement in this episode. More on that to follow soon.Secondly - your voicemails! Our reactions! Lots of laughs! Lots of reminiscing. Chef Volas! Letters home from camp! Road signs that are inappropriate even for New Jersey. And much, much more!Turnpike tier patrons, you'll get a second dose of these soon including a voicemail from Rick from Bergenfield that set the discussion on fire. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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APEX Express – 8.1.24 – Continental Shifts Organizing & More

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 59:57

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight we present our sister podcast Continental Shifts. Hosts Gabriel and Estella speak with Tavae Samuelu. Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express. Swati Rayasam: [00:00:35] Good evening, everyone. You're listening to APEX Express Thursday nights at 7 PM. My name is Swati Rayasam and I'm the special editor for this episode. Tonight, we're wrapping up the podcast continental shifts created by bi-coastal educators, Gabriel Anthony Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church who embark on a voyage in search of self, culture and the ancestors. Last time we featured the concept's podcast, Gabe and Estella, talked with union leader and educator Yan Yii about creating culturally relevant classrooms, the importance and emotional toll of teachers being a social safety net for marginalized students, and the ever-growing union presence in education. Tonight. They're talking to Tavae Samuelu about what it will take to organize across ethnic groups, specifically Pacific Islander and Asian communities, beyond ethnic or national lines. And what future we're visioning for when the US empire falls. If this is your first touch into the conshifts podcast, I strongly recommend diving into the apex archives on kpfa.org. Backslash programs, backslash apex express to check out the previous episodes. And also to check out the podcast on ConShift's site at continentalshifts.podbean.com or anywhere podcasts are found. But for now, let's get to the show. Tavae Samuelu: [00:02:05] When Toni Morrison talks about Invisible Man and asked this question of like invisible to who? Like, what do I care if whiteness sees me? Also know I come across folks who are like, I say API cause I was taught that that was inclusive. And I was like, I bet you a PI didn't tell you that [laughs]. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:02:27] What will it take to organize across ethnic groups, specifically Pacific Islander and Asian communities. In this episode, we rap with the amazing Tavae Samuelu to strategize ways we might organize AAPI folks across and beyond ethnic or national lines. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:02:48] What up, what up? Tālofa lava, o lo'u igoa o Estella. My pronouns are she/her/hers, sis, uso. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:02:53] What's good, family? This is Gabriel, kumusta? Pronouns he/him. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:02:56] Tavae Samuelu is the daughter of a pastor from Leo Lumoenga and a nurse from Salemoa in Samoa as the executive director of Empowering Pacific Islander Communities, she's a passionate advocate for Pacific Islanders and is committed to liberation for all. Tavae was born, raised, and currently resides on Tongva territory. She credits her time on unceded Ohlone land for her political consciousness. During the pandemic, she has learned that her most important title is Auntie Vae. I had the pleasure of meeting Tavae at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Conference in Vegas a couple of years ago when I sat in on her workshop related to organizing Pacific Islander communities. It was, and I'm sure I've told her this by now, one of the first times in my life I have ever felt seen as a Samoan woman. Uso, thank you so much for joining us today. Please go ahead and take a few minutes to further introduce yourself to our listeners. Tavae Samuelu: [00:03:57] Thank you, Stella. I've heard you say that before and it always makes me tear up [laughs]. That's also probably the most rewarding aspect of this job, of this community work, to be able to hear from people that they feel seen and validated. By, you know, by what we do and what, by what we put out there in the world. As I said, you know, currently residing on Tongva territory, what is momentarily known as Long Beach, California, until we get this land back to who it rightfully belongs to. You know I'm really clear and really intentional in this pro indigenous approach of naming the original stewards of this land because it's important to me that we know who to return the land to when this empire falls and that we're really clear, right? Not to just be in solidarity as a performative aspect, but naming our indigenous siblings who continue to exist, who are incredibly resilient and are still the experts on the best way to take care of this land and each other and how to be good relatives. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:05:13] She said, “when the empire fall,” I went [laughs]. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:05:16] When the empire, when the empire falls. When…so. Tavae Samuelu: [00:05:19] I mean, let me credit to Dakota Camacho, who taught me to say “momentarily known as” I was like, yeah, that is a manifestation, if ever. I like that. I'm gonna, I'm gonna borrow that. Let me also cite Dakota Camacho for that. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:05:33] Tavae I would love to know just a little more about your backstory. What brought you to this work in particular, organizing in the Pacific Island community and spaces. Tavae Samuelu: [00:05:43] My path was circuitous. I think there are a couple of milestones that are important to be explicit about. I've been Pacific Islander my entire life, right? Whatever that means to be born into racism and understand that race is a social construct. And so what it means to be Pacific Islander has also changed every single moment of my life. I would say that the way that I language and articulate my Pacific Islander identity most definitely needs to be credited to black feminist thought and that despite being Pacific Islander my entire life [laughs], it wasn't really until, you know, I was an undergrad at Cal and an ethnic studies major and introduced to Audre Lorde and bell H=hooks and Angela Davis and especially Kimberlé Crenshaw, right? The person who so often is not credited enough for coining intersectionality. But I want to be really clear, I didn't understand Pacific Islander until I got language from these black feminist thought leaders. Folks who were so so brilliant about naming what it means to walk around in a world that is both racist and sexist. And then, through an ethnic studies class that was on time on American History, right? I'm a first year Cal and it also meant I went kindergarten through 12th grade not hearing a single thing about Samoans. And had to get to my freshman year of college to see anything about us and having a lot of critical questions about why that is right. And everything leading to one thing or another. I was like, oh, well, there's not enough of us in higher education. So, well, why aren't there enough of us in higher education? I know. Brilliant smart, talented Pacific Islanders. So you start getting into like the systemic and institutional barriers around. So there was a lot of critical race theory consumption that happened for me really in gaining an elitist language for things that I experienced my entire life, right? And then after getting black feminist thought, then being able to read about Pacific Islanders through Epeli Hau'ofa and Sia Fiegel and Haunani Kay Trask and so many ancestors and elders who really blazed a trail around things, who became definite, and more recently, Teresia Teaiwa. So I say that, and there's also a piece of it where I would love to say that there was like this drive that came from this really positive place, but a lot of it was just anger. Like that initial phase of building your political consciousness where you wake up and realize how up is, oh, man like, what can I do? And then sort of moving throughout these other phases of political consciousness building where then I'm like, oh, but there are ways that I participate in the systems that disenfranchise us, but also that internal work and still being there. And so even most of my organizing and like even professional career has actually been in multicultural spaces outside of the Pacific Islander community. And it's really only with EPIC that I've been able to deeply engage in that. And the irony of being called Palangi or the Samoan word for white my entire life and then never feeling Pacific Islander enough and now being charged as the leader of a national Pacific Islander organization that is frequently asked to define PI, so, you know, that is the irony of the universe for me. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:09:07] There was so much, so much there. Our listeners cannot hear me like banging on the table and snapping and, but, again, you are another guest who has affirmed the absolute importance of ethnic studies in our education, in our process, and you are another guest who has affirmed the absolute necessity of black feminist thought, like in all of our upbringing and conscious awareness rising. And like maybe there's a case study here in season one [laughs] that's formulating on how we became the educators and organizers that we are. Gabriel, you were a social studies classroom teacher, and then moved into taking on union labor work like heavily, what was some of your motivation or inspiration to make the move from the classroom and step heavy into union labor organizing? Gabriel Tanglao: [00:10:16] If I'm keeping it 100 percent real, I didn't want to leave the classroom. I loved the classroom. I still love the classroom. It was the foundation of just my passion in specifically the Bergenfield community, which we've talked about in the past episodes has a larger Filipino population. So not only was education, just a pathway to be able to help uplift, engage my people, young folks in my community. But the union organizing space in Bergenfield was also formative in allowing me to engage on a broader scale. So that said, when making the transition out of the classroom, which was a difficult decision, to step into the union organizing space on a statewide level, it was really just with the possibility of being able to support educators on a larger scale and have a broader impact and specifically in my role in professional development, I consider this the only type of full time union work that I would leave the classroom for because it's the closest to the classroom. And in professional development, I think there's this old school perception on PD that's really sit and receive canned PowerPoints. And I feel like this conversation around organizing, there's actually a really fascinating exploration between facilitation, education, and organizing. They all pull from the similar skill sets, right? Sharing resources, bringing people together in shared learning, collective understanding, trying to figure out how the collective wisdom can allow us to just transform the community spaces, the up society in which we live. All of the things, Tavae set it off so we can do that she established some new rules. But to keep it relatively brief, I would say the professional development role and the opportunity to organize on a larger scale is the only reason that I considered leaving the classroom. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:12:30] I know you, you touched on this already, but I'll go ahead and ask it and I'll ask both of you and I'll toss it to Tavae first. In what ways does your culture and your identity inform the work or vice versa? Tavae Samuelu: [00:12:46] I think that it always has. There was a point at which I thought I needed to come to EPIC and sometimes that's still true. That I needed to come to EPIC in order to give primacy to my Pacific Islander identity, I had spoken earlier about most of my professional career and even like, as a student organizing was done in multicultural spaces that were, you know, in, in this sort of umbrella way identified as black and brown. But they weren't spaces where I was PI, I was like, you know, most often a woman of color, more broadly, a person of color, but there was never really an understanding of Pacific Islander. Whether people knew it or not, everything I was doing was in a very Pacific Islander way. From the way I speak to things that people would have identified as very humble. I was like, oh, that's just how PIs do it, right? That there's a protocol to things. The deference to elders, the, I love my best friends says, all I do is quote people [laughs]. But there's this part to me where it's like, everybody quotes people I just cite my sources. But there's a part to it too where even citing your sources is very Pacific Islander in that you are naming the genealogy of something, of a thought, of a practice, of a story, right? That you are always going back to the roots of where you came from and that conclusion. And also like a lot of ways where things that I was recognized for was in storytelling. It's like, oh, that's a really good. And folks not realizing like, oh, that's, that comes from me being Pacific Islander. Like that comes from me being Samoan. Not in spite of, but because of it. And so now there's a lot of ways where the work is defining Pacific Islander. And this other really interesting piece that EPIC does leadership development. That means we work with a lot of young people and the vast majority of our young people are second, third, fourth generation, right? Fairly removed from their indigeneity. And because of that, growing up in diaspora, in particular, growing up in the U. S., that there's always this thirst for Pacific Islander culture, and that's what they come to us for but also this notion and kind of this living conversation about what is PI, right? And that we ask them, and then many of them not feeling Pacific Islander enough, like that being the through line. But when you ask, like, what is Pacific Islander, is advocacy Pacific Islander, is education Pacific Islander? And oftentimes hearing from them, really troubling narratives that they've internalized about what PI is, and then having to untether and tease out, like, where did you get that from? Where did that story come from? Did it come from PIs? Very often, not, right? That, that what it means to have to constantly interrogate the ways that white supremacy controls how you understand yourself, controls your story, right? And so, you know, what does it mean that to our young people, that being PI means automatically and inherently means being part of the military, because that's what it means to be a warrior culture. Or that being PI is playing football or that being like that many of the narratives that they had taken to be factual were also grounded in the consumption of their bodies and wanting to trouble that notion. Right? And then also empower them to participate in the creation of a new narrative. So we sort of sit at this place where our work is to both remember culture, spread that remembering, and also watch it evolve and empower our young people to participate in that evolution and feel ownership of it. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:17:05] I'm just gonna have a real moment right now on this episode and just say I wish I had a rewind button right now just to run that back because I'm trying to process some of the knowledge you just dropped and thinking about the ways that our culture and identity inform the ways we show up in spaces, specifically the ways that our perception is grounded through the lens of white supremacy culture and the consumption of our bodies is the way that you framed it, but how do we transform those narratives to be grounded in our own indigenous authentic cultural lens. So just Tavae, thank you for jumping in there. I was thinking about this question in what ways does my culture and identity inform my work? And I'm going to keep it real with you that I'm still exploring that right now. I recognize that the knowledge of self, the knowledge of Filipino history is something that I am becoming more familiar with and drawing more connections with in my adult life. Of course, being Filipino, having the cultural roots be present in my life, but also being a first generation person in a predominantly white suburban area, assimilation is something that is very much the reality for first generation folks. It wasn't until college, it was an educator, a professor Osei, on the literature of African peoples that started to help spark that critical race consciousness and sent me down a journey to become more race conscious and explore that. So to respond in short, the cultural identity, I'm still exploring that now, but I will say this. that the more that I learn, the more connections that I'm starting to realize. Being that I'm now heavily involved in the union spaces, and that's been a big part of my journey recently, I've come to learn about the farm workers and the Filipino organizers across Hawaii and the West Coast that have been pivotal in American history, labor organizing that I wasn't aware of. It was actually a moment of pride as I learned about that through APALA so APALA was one of the places where I was educated about this history and I'm realizing a lot of the connections that I'm making in my people, cultural roots.There's something there that I'm still unpacking right now, still exploring right now, and that's part of this Continental Shifts podcast. It's a real time exploration of how our culture and identity inform the ways we show up now. So that's, that's how I think about it in this moment. Tavae Samuelu: [00:19:56] I love that and I think even as you were saying that what comes up for me is a lot of stuff too. That's also what's unique about EPIC is because I know our young people everywhere else they go will tell them that culture is a deficit. Right. It's the thing that you need to put away in order to succeed. And that we're also really clear of like, well, we are asking them to define success. It's not about aspiring to whiteness. Right. That I'm not trying to replace American exceptionalism with PI exceptionalism. And this other piece around culture is like, culture is not a costume. But it's most definitely a uniform for me, right? Like that when I go to the Capitol, if I'm lobbying in Sacramento, if I'm in D. C., I'm wearing my mom's fulakasi so that everybody can see, right? So to bring her with me as like a physical reminder. But also so my people see me there, right? Like a pulakasi, you wear it for ceremony. You also wear it to do faius or work when you're in service, right? So if I'm wearing a pulakasi, you know that I'm there for teltua. You know that I'm there to be in service, and that signaling to our young people, and then like the ceremony part of it, right? There's a sacredness to it. So if I'm in it, you also know, like, that you know what I'm there for. You know I'm about that business if we're, if we're in it. And you know, it tells other people, like, yo, this is how much we belong in the capital that I didn't put on, you know, I didn't put on some pantsuit or a blazer or whatever the case so that white people will recognize me. I put on a fulakasi so you all could see me. Right? And I think, and I've talked to this to a couple of folks about it, right? Like when Toni Morrison talks about Invisible Man and asked this question of like invisible to who? Like, what do I care if whiteness sees me? Like, the first time white people saw us, they decided, like, we were savage and they needed to take our land from us. It's actually not safe for white people to see me. Like, I just need our folks to see each other, right? And this other piece too, around narratives and story and culture, right? Like, that's the importance of APALA, of EPIC, of, of Ethnic Studies, is like, it'll give you the stories white supremacy never wanted you to know about yourself, right? That, like, white supremacy will tell people about the Aloha spirit, and that, like, Kanaka are just so grateful for tourism to have you on their land. It's like, yo, my favorite stories about Native Hawaiians are when they killed Captain Cook, cause that just like stepped out of line and tried to take too much right. Like, those are my favorite stories. And so, you know, they'll tell you about us being warriors to recruit our young people for empire, like, yo, if you're gonna talk about words, talk about the Polynesian Panthers who stood toe to toe, inspired by the Black Panther Party to surveil the cops who were harassing, deporting and doing all of this up to our community. Or like tell the stories about our healers, right? Big Pharma will copyright things that we've been using to treat and heal our people for years so that it's not accessible on our lands. Like those are the stories where I'm just like, yo, I need all of our folks to know more of this. And I think even to that note Estella and I got to, after that APALA workshop got to reconnect through LE GaFa. And LE GaFa is also really important, like all of these language revitalization programs that are coming up, because even in a Fa'a Samoa or like a Samoan context, the three pillars of identity are land, family, and language, right? And so many of our young people come to us, you know, if you're in diaspora, that means you, you're divorced from your land. Many have lost language and then family is complicated. Family is real complicated [laughs]. And so how did we also become that space of redefining Samoa? Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:23:36] Oh, sis. So much has been said, but when you were speaking earlier, I thought back to how I felt when I first met you. And for the first time I was seen by my sister. You know what I mean? Like, I have never been in space with other Samoan women and felt at home until then. And then in thinking about LE GaFa and why I chose to take the class at 30, trying to learn a language is hard at 30, trying to learn Samoan at 30 oof! It is one of the biggest challenges I've ever accepted in my life. But every time we are in class, things just feel like they were already in my bones. And I didn't have a name for it or I didn't know what it was. So folks are always telling me, Stella, you're a storyteller. And you know, obviously I'm a theater major. Ended up in storytelling. And it's definitely a part of my practice as an educator. But like, now I know, well, that was in my bones, that is my lineage, that's my heritage, that's my ancestry. From both sides, you know, you know what I mean? I'm Nigerian and Samoan, I get it strong from both sides of who I am. I just love holding on to that thought that all of these things that someone tried to rip away from me, tell me was not okay, they couldn't because it is deeply innate. It is literally in… in me and it cannot be taken. And so my journey throughout my life to it was just that. It was something that was misplaced and I just had to find it again and I'm happy that I am there and to what Gabriel said earlier, that was definitely a reason why we chose to start this podcast because I can see it on my social media feeds, that there is a thirst, especially among young Samoans, to find out more about what's going on, I now have so many, oh, Samoan daily words and Samoan proverb, you know what I mean? Like so many folks I'm following and people are also trying to learn the language, I'm meeting and making connection with random Samoan artists on Instagram who now are in the LE GaFa class. And like everyone is now connected through social media. Because all of us, like you said, we are living in diaspora and those three parts of ourselves, we are now having to find. They're misplaced and we're in search of them and are lucky and blessed to be able to find each other so that we can rediscover those pieces of ourselves. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:26:09] Tavae, when you were talking about the different stories that aren't told that should be told, you got me thinking about Lapu Lapu in the Philippine Islands, the chieftain that defeated, Magellan and stemmed off the first wave of colonizers coming through to the Philippines. I didn't learn about that in my, in my fourth grade class when I had to do a history research project. I learned about Magellan discovering the Philippine islands and that's not the story. Tell me the story about Gabriela Silang and all of the Filipino revolutionaries. So I was feeling what you were saying earlier. And also, with the deficit narratives that are placed on us, Dr. Tara Yasso, who introduced the Community Cultural Wealth Framework, the idea to challenge the dominant culture's narrative, the deficit thinking around us, and recognize the value-based, asset-based, capital-based thinking of cultural wealth that we're bringing to spaces, that's real. Swati Rayasam: [00:27:07] You are tuned in to APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley, 88.1 KFCF in Fresno and online at kpfa.org. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:27:22] Tavae, I do have a question about your organizing work with EPIC. That's a dope name, by the way just got to shout that out. But what success have you and EPIC had in organizing across PI communities? Tavae Samuelu: [00:27:37] Credit for the name goes to Ono Waifale. You know, so EPIC started in 2009 by a group of young Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander leaders, mostly in higher ed, Ono, and a lot of it's sort of like the seeds of it planted, in the Pacific Islander leadership pipeline. So there's like a lot of hands that went into building it. Ono Waifale was one of the young people who went through that. And so the name EPIC comes from him. You know, something about the word success gives me trepidation. Like I have a thing about it, and maybe this is also me having a hard time just discerning between, humility and insecurity of like when you call something a success that people come and like want to hold you accountable to that. There are things that I feel good about, things that I feel proud about and. You know, it's my own recovering perfectionism that has me hesitant about it. That has me like, Oh, if I call that a success, there are so many things that I would have nitpicked about it, that I would done differently. You know, I'm always going to say the young people are my favorite part of this work of EPIC as an organization. On like that Huey P Newton, like, the revolution is always in the hands of young people. There's also a way that they are the best compass and litmus test, right? In that audacity that young people have of it could be better. And I'm just like, Oh, that's dope. Like, cause I think there's also a lot of ways where you know, I'm always an aspiring radical elder and trying to figure out how I can be that radical elder right now. But recognizing, a lot of the markers for adulthood and maturity are about sometimes, like, how much closer you get it to status quo, to like being more served by existing systems. And so there's a way in which I'm going to age out of this role. And I'm always looking for the young person who's going to take it on and keep up that mantle of demanding more, right. Of keeping us accountable to that. And so I think it's always the young people who are like over inspiring and also so brilliant and have so much heart around this and are such a good reminder because there's also ways in which they're closer to the problem because of their youth, right? And so because they're closer to the problem, they have more solutions and they're also a better way of vetting the viability of something that I might think is so great, but I'm doing all this grass top of what do I know if I'm spending all my time talking to funders and elected officials? Like, I need the young people who tell me stories about I couldn't do homework because I had to do files for my mom and my grandma. And then I also had to take care of my little siblings and like, that's the kind of where I'm like, Oh, that's actually what should be dictating our policy agenda, right? Of like, how young people are thriving in this world, right? Because they're always going to be the marker of a healthy society, right? And that because they are part of that most vulnerable group, because they inherit so much . And then also the ways that we're developing young people into adult allies. Like, how are these young people also then looking at themselves of like, oh, let me be that, like, that OG that all the younger folks can come to as well. Like that they're preparing themselves also to take up the mantle and they feel good about it. Like that they feel ready and maybe if not ready, that they feel supported like, when they take that on, all the adults aren't going to disappear. And then there's also like a relativity to it, right? Like, in many spaces, I'm the youngest ED, or I'm the youngest “leader” whatever that means. And so there's me kind of also feeling young in that way, but then sometimes I'm like, oh, I'm the adult in the room [laughs]. Lamenting that ugh I gotta be the grownup. So I think that piece too is a weird in between that, that I'm in, but like I I think those are the parts of EPIC that feel good. And I think this speaks to the API aspect of this episode and where we're going to be diving deeper in. It's always a success to me when I've got more accomplices and allies for the Pacific Islander community. Right. When I have more people beyond PI's that are asking about us, that are fighting for us. Right. And that's a solidarity and then, you know, this is also an inspiration and something I like feel good about the direction that we're moving in is being really explicit about our organization being pro black and pro Indigenous and anti racist. Not because it's trending, because Imma be in this, [laughs] like even after it stops trending, but because it also signals to folks that we're a safe place to land. That if we say it out loud, you can hold us accountable to it, but you also know that you can come here and talk about and go there with us. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:32:48] What you said about young people, I think, is my favorite part about being a classroom teacher. It is, I think, exactly for that reason. And I can sit and sit and lesson plan, lesson plan, lesson plan, get to class, and kids are like, nah. Now you, that's corny. You thought it was, you thought it was great, but Miss, let me tell you, but then I love that they feel absolutely comfortable telling me that it's not as dope as I thought it was [laughs]. And then we, you know, I just let them take over the lesson at that point. What are the critical issues that you foresee us needing to mobilize around? Maybe it's right now or in the immediate future. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:33:28] Yeah, I guess what's present for me based on this conversation has me thinking about education, thinking about the stories and the narratives that are out there, and thinking about decolonizing curriculum as a primary frontline issue, but I actually need to shout out Kai, who was one of our guests, that decolonizing curriculum, if we flip that framing to indigenizing curriculum, is perhaps a better approach in terms of how we are more historically and culturally responsive in our approach. Why is that important? I think it's important to mobilize because I'm starting to recognize that the narratives that are being shared throughout public education in this country really do have a major impact on perpetuating white supremacy culture and continuing the violence that we're seeing. So, the obvious physical violence, but the forms of emotional violence and trauma that are just part of the mythology of the ways this nation state perpetuates white supremacy, patriarchal culture, capitalist system at large. So, I feel like part of my educator roots always calls me to that. But I think because Tavae and Estella, you're making sure we're grounded in understanding the youth perspectives that's present on my right now as a critical issue. And that's also going to be now and forever, perhaps, right? Oh wait, no, actually, Tavae, I'm gonna take some learning from what you shared at the beginning. The empire, when it falls, right? We're preparing for when it falls. So I'll just, I'll leave it there. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:35:17] I think right now, like, educators across the nation, an immediate charge is to pass ethnic, like, ethnic studies has to be it everywhere, across the board, preschool to 14, like, mandatory, we've got to make sure that ethnic studies, um, so whatever state association across all of our unions. When ethnic studies ends up on your legislative body on the floor, yes on ethnic studies and push it and make sure that, it is what it's supposed to be and not some watered down, BS where you've taken out words like anti blackness and white supremacy. Let's make sure that. Every child has access to that, and it is what it's supposed to be because, like you said, I'm not trying to hear about Magellan discovering some he didn't discover in the first place. I'm trying to learn my whole truth, and it'd be great if I could get it, you know, starting at preschool instead of having to go, like Tavae put it earlier, I had to get that elite language in order to name the stuff. Like, I shouldn't have to go all the way to Graduate school, undergrad to figure out who the hell I am and then do something with that. So ethnic studies, I think, is the thing that needs to happen like right now. Tavae Samuelu: [00:36:43] Well, I guess I'm also thinking about this ethnic studies piece too, because I fully support it and I know there's like a save PI studies coalition full of brilliant, like PI educators, also like very much Manawahine which folks should definitely follow. I think there's this piece too, where if you're going to mandate ethnic studies, I also need a pipeline for teachers of color and not just a pipeline, but Right, to support and retain teachers of color. Because there's this concern that I have too of what does it mean that most teachers are white? Like that's the other part, right? I was like, oh, white people are, I've never met a white person who teaches ethnic studies well. Never. I don't even know if it's possible, but you'd have to break yourself to do that, right? And also to think back of, like, the origins of ethnic studies in the 1969, the Third World Liberation Front. What it was created to respond to, the fact that it was also meant to be a college, not a department of, what does it mean to do ethnic studies in biology, right? Like, what does it mean to do ethnic studies as a lens through which we observe everything, right? Because if you have ethnic studies, you actually don't need US history anymore. Like, if you have ethnic studies, you don't need European history anymore, because ethnic studies is all of that, right? It's all of that. It also, you know, I agree, Ethnic studies it taught me a set of values and a way to look at the world and not just stories, right? It made me question all the things of like, what is essentially like the propaganda that our young people receive in formal education spaces [laughs]. And so I say this too, of like, yes, absolutely, all of that, it should be accessible, it should be invested in, it should be from us, there should be a naming of the fact that the US and education systems are, traditional education systems are invested in and fans of revisionist white supremacist history and that there's simultaneous campaigns that need to happen. And I defer to you all in your expertise and brilliance as educators. Right. Every issue is a critical issue right now. Everything. You know, especially like COVID-19 and Pacific Islanders, I think in the context of this episode, in this podcast, this conversation, I'm at an impasse with Asian Pacific Islander or API, the terminology as an aggregate has been around since, you know, 1970s ish, and for me, because it's been around that long, it means that, API spaces and organizations have had since the 1970s to figure it out. So we're in 2021 right now and I'm having conversations with folks about what about PI and like there's a request for patience that just frankly is not fair. There's also just, like, this dynamic that doesn't get investigated. So when I talk about being at an impasse, it's that PIs already don't do API, that data disaggregation is actually just a request for data to catch up to the ways we already organize ourselves as communities API is a false promise and a site of erasure for many communities, not just Pacific Islanders, right? That Southeast Asian, South Asians, Filipinos as well get erased in these things, right? That even under API, we were still actually just being held responsible for a majority East Asian representation. And that it doesn't investigate the inequitable dynamic that exists between and AA and PI so this impasse is that the work that we do in advocacy is in recognition of the fact that power and resources are still distributed and disseminated through API. So we have a critical conversation to have as a community because PIs are already not using PI, and it's actually Asian Americans that use API and that it doesn't feel very good, these accountability conversations of calling folks in of like, how can we be good relatives? How can we talk about, because there's also like, you know, Asian American spaces aren't talking about colonization, like the PI as a colonized people, all the forms of racism that we experience being facilitated through that means, and, you know, if we're real, that some of our PI nations are colonized by Asian Americans, like not American, but like Asian nations, right? That there's like some healing that needs to happen. And so this, I don't know that it's a critical issue so much as like a critical conversation that needs to occur in our communities that is inclusive of PIs. Cause I also know I come across folks who are like, I say API cause I was taught that that was inclusive. And I was like, I bet you a PI didn't tell you that. So, yeah, you know, I think about that in the context of this episode, but there's this other piece too of like, You know, my family and I had COVID back in August, and so that was its own, I don't know that I say wake up call, because I, like, what's the humble way to say, like, I've been awake? It was asking this question of, like, what facilitated our survival, right? And a lot of actually what came to me was around labor. Was around union organizing and those wins of like we survived because I got a livable wage. I have paid sick leave I have like health insurance I have all of these things that I'm really clear were won by unions were made possible by labor and they're treated as privileges right or even like speaking English Like, all of these things that I was just like sitting with, like, oh, those are actually now shaping our demands of how we are going to move our advocacy work, or, you know, that we're housed, all of these things where I was like, oh, these are actually, there's not one critical issue, because the insidious nature of racism and poverty is that it could manifest itself in so many ways in our community that lead to premature death, and in that, like, Ruthie Wilson Gilmore way where she defines racism as the set of systems that lead to premature death. So that being like, oh, those are all the critical issues for me. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:43:12] We need to, we, we're going to have to like come up with a syllabus for this episode, like to drop this [laughs] episode next week that has everyone cited all the articles and all the things listed so that we can like, yeah, I'm disseminating a syllabus with this episode. And I think that you were, you were right in that. First of all the disaggregation of data is something that is a theme that has come up on nearly every episode too in this podcast. It was another reason why, when Gabriel and I met, that was one of the first conversations we had because I have been very vocal in our caucus that there is some healing and reconciliation needs to happen. There is a reckoning that needs to happen. We need to deal with the anti blackness and et cetera, et cetera. In our caucus, right? And the fact that this caucus is meant to represent too many dang people and you try to squeeze us all together and make, like, all of our issues one issue, and it just does not work like that for all of the reasons that you said, but it doesn't mean you said, how can we be good relatives? It doesn't mean that moving forward, we can't be good relatives and figure this out. I think you're right. We've got to stop and have the conversation, before we can really move forward. And it's probably gonna be a long conversation. It's going to be a long conversation and one that happens continuously and in various spaces, but it definitely needs to happen moving forward aside from what you've already shared with us, what do you think it will take to increase the visibility of our communities and mobilize PI people around some of the critical issues that you've already talked about. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:45:08] So Estella, your question has me thinking, and the energy from this episode in particular has me fired up, if I'm keeping it real, that if we're talking about visibility for our communities, obviously organizing is at the core of that, making sure that we lift up and create spaces for our people to come together and discover that collective wisdom within our own respective communities. But the fire that you all lit right now has me thinking that just being unapologetically and fearlessly courageous in the face of white supremacy culture within our own spaces, whether that's in the organizations, institutions, businesses, all of the places that we exist. I'm recognizing actually in this moment that one of the things that Tavae said earlier about not being seen by white supremacy institutions is actually safer, which is also very true in the way that things manifest. But what I'm feeling right now is increasing visibility. We're in a moment where, we're in this moment where our ancestors have prepared us to do battle in the ways that we are in our generation to try to disrupt the colonizers in our own respective ways. So those are my thoughts. Tavae Samuelu: [00:46:34] Well, you know, I think the part of your question that I'm grappling with is this visibility piece, right? Because there are a lot of ways where I feel like our community is actually hyper visible, right? Like we've got The Rock, we've got Jason Momoa, we've got like all of these like really visible figures in our community who are also like very loud about our culture. And so there's this piece where I sit with is it that we need to be visible or is it like in this, man, I don't want to cite Chimamanda Adichie because she's like super TERFsy uh, and she had this Ted talk about like the danger of a single story and that actually, what, what troubles our visibility is the community is the singularity of our story here in the US, how there's like one thing that people get to know about. And I think, and maybe it's better to think about Stuart Hall and how he talks about there's no such thing as good or bad representation, because good and bad is constantly changing, right? Even the word bad in some contexts means good. In that sense, that actually what you're looking for as a community is a multitude of representation so that nothing becomes the single story of your visibility. Of how you're seen and understood, right? That that's also like, what white supremacy gets that white people get to be poor and wealthy. They get to be teachers and doctors and criminals, right? And even when they're criminal, we make it Godfather and like, glorify that criminality and so I think that's the part of our community is of wanting that to of, like, how do we get to see ourselves everywhere so that there isn't a limitation around how we mobilize. I also think, and I think this is always the conversation around representation of, like, how do I feel represented? Like you know, I never felt, Tulsi Gabbard is a Samoan woman, and I never felt represented by her like, that's not my people. And so, even that representation piece of, and I've stated this before, of like, yo, if it's not pro Black and pro Indigenous and anti racist, it doesn't represent me. Like, those are not my people. Like, I'm not throwing down with people who aren't trying to get free. And so if I'm thinking about representation to invisibility, like I want our folks to be exposed and see as many examples of freedom as possible. That the other thing about young people and like language and all this stuff is young people already, really anyone like has a sense of what is not fair or doesn't feel right. That our young people actually, and many of us as marginalized communities, are experts in oppression. Like, you don't need to teach us what up looks like, because we've experienced it our whole lives. And so what does it mean to develop and invest in and build a whole pipeline and lineage of folks who are experts in liberation, who have so deeply exercised that muscle that they don't know anything else, that they only know how to be free. Like, I think that's the part where I'm thinking about, like, that's the kind of visibility I want to see. That's the kind of that I hope that our young people, that I, like, not just our young people, that I also need. And that I also am seeking so much, especially during this pandemic and always as somebody who struggles with anxiety and depression is, you know, on that Miriam Kaba, like hope is a discipline. I am internalizing more and more what that means. You to have to exercise hope as a discipline, as a muscle that needs to grow. I mean, I'll share this with you all, like, thank you Stella for saying happy birthday. It is, just probably one of the most difficult birthdays I've ever had. It is hard to age during a pandemic. In particular, like, because it's so macabre right now. But also because I've been wading through a lot of survivor's guilt. For the last couple of months, I'm just kind of like wondering why other people didn't make it and I did and so I have like a systemic analysis of all the privileges that kept me alive, but I'm still sitting here feeling guilty about making it or about surviving COVID thus far. And then sitting on a birthday, then having, like, every wish just felt really warm, but also sharp. And having to, like, say thank you to every single one to, like, exercise a muscle of gratitude. Like, try to replace some of that guilt with gratitude. But all that to say that I think this is also the direction that EPIC is going in, that like, when I think about these critical issues that it's like translating this thought experiment into tangible action around stuff. I'm sorry, I turned it off, I just completely lost you all. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:51:53] No, I'm, I am with you, I was, y'all, like, I'm. dizzy from just shaking my head. Yes, I legit got lightheaded a second ago. Like, I was just shaking my head. What you just said, I was just like, isn't that the dream? Like, isn't that what we were supposed to be fighting for all those years ago and still today? A whole generation of people who don't know what it is to experience oppression. Like, that's the dream. Like, that's the dream. That, that is what we want and so what you were saying about visibility, you know, I'm, I constantly am struggling, like, with, I think, yeah, The Rock is there, but like, he's a wrestler, he's a movie star, you know what I mean? Like, it's always that same story. And while I appreciate him, I do, because being Black and being someone I always felt like a damn unicorn and The Rock was the only one who was there, who existed other than me and my brothers. And so I do appreciate him and the other celebrities or stars that we have to look to. But like you said, I want where we get to be. Any and everything and all of those things all at the same time. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:53:19] I'm not sure if this makes it to the episode, but I have to express my gratitude for you just coming through and blazing this whole conversation. And really, I feel like there's just so much that I can't wait to. process and think through. I feel like the impact in this conversation alone is just gonna reverberate not only in my experience, but also our listeners that are tuning in. So Tavae, thank you so much. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:53:47] Recovering perfectionist, that phrase. I'm walking away with it. Actually, it just posted something on like characteristics of white supremacy and the ways in which I was thinking about the ways in which as a theater educator, I have been guilty of perpetuating characteristics of white supremacy because it's so much a part of the way theater folk we do things. And so I was thinking like, but no wait, theater folk and artists, we also have the skills to dismantle white supremacy. It's also in the way that we do things so we do know better and when we know better we should do better so that recovering perfectionist is like in me and it also speaks to something that Gabriel has shared earlier about, you know, assimilation and being a first gen and that very typical immigrant story or child of immigrants like you're going to go to school get straight A's and essay like that show. And then your only options are doctor and lawyer. And don't come talk to me about anything else. So, you know, that that's definitely always been a part of. Me too, is it being in the diaspora and first gen American born, and always feeling like whatever I've done is not good enough. And, but then I'm like, but in whose eyes, whose eyes is it not good enough? And if it's in mine, then I need to sit with that and work past that. So recovering perfectionist, that's where I'm at. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:55:14] My favorite line from today was aspiring radical elder. I'm holding on to that one. I was feeling that. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:55:22] I wrote that one down too. Fa'a fatai te le lava. Thank you for listening. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:55:28] Salamat. Thank you for listening. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:55:29] We want to thank our special guest Tavae, one more time for rapping with us tonight. We really appreciate you. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:55:36] Continental Shifts Podcast can be found on Podbean, Apple, Spotify, Google, and Stitcher. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:55:43] Be sure to like and subscribe on YouTube for archived footage and grab some merch on our site. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:55:48] Join our mailing list for updates at CONSHIFTSPodcast.com That's C O N S H I F T S podcast dot com. Follow us at con underscore shifts on all social media platforms. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:56:06] Dope educators wayfinding the past, present, and future. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:56:10] Keep rocking with us, fam. We're gonna make continental shifts through dialogue, with love, and together. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:56:16] Fa'afetai. Thanks again. Deuces. Gabriel Tanglao: [00:56:19] Peace. One love. Swati Rayasam: [00:56:20] Thanks so much for tuning into apex express and an extra special thank you to Gabe and Estella for allowing us to feature your incredible podcast. Like I said at the top, you can find other episodes of the ConShifts podcast on our site at kpfa dot org backslash programs, backslash apex express. Or even better, you can go to the ConShifts site to listen on Podbean or wherever podcasts can be found. And make sure to follow them to keep up with where they go next. Please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apexexpress to find out more about the show tonight and to find out how you can take direct action. We think all of you listeners out there keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world. Your voices are important. 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APEX Express – 6.6.24 Continental Shift-API Educator Pipeline

KPFA - APEX Express

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2024 59:59

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. Tonight, we're going to continue to highlight the podcast Continental Shifts created by bi-coastal educators Gabriel Anthony Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church who embark on a voyage in search of self, culture and the ancestors. TRANSCRIPT Episode 4 with Yan Yii Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express. Swati Rayasam: [00:00:35] Good evening, everyone. You're listening to Apex Express Thursday nights at 7 PM. My name is Swati Rayasam and I'm the special editor for this episode. Tonight, we're going to continue to highlight the podcast Continental Shifts created by bi-coastal educators Gabriel Anthony Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church who embark on a voyage in search of self, culture and the ancestors. Last time we featured the ConShifts podcast, gabriel and Estella talked about anti-blackness in the PI community. And tonight they're talking to union leader and educator Yan Yii about creating culturally relevant classrooms, the importance and emotional toll of teachers being a social safety net for marginalized students, and the ever-growing union presence in education. If this is your first touch into the ConShifts podcast, I strongly recommend diving into the apex archives on kpfa.org, backslash programs, backslash apex express. But for now, let's get to the show. Yan Yii: [00:01:38] But what about the other 179 days? We can't just celebrate them for one day a year. Or one month a year. We can't just say, okay, Black History Month and we're done. We have to celebrate our students all year long. Because, and we need to change the curriculum. You know, we talked about decolonizing curriculum. I am purposeful in the books that I choose to use in my classroom because, yes, I can teach “Number the Stars” for the 600th time, or maybe I can decide to use a book that reflects my students. Gabriel: [00:02:10] How do we attract API educators into the workforce and support them throughout their professional journey? In this episode, we rap with Yan Yii on increasing the number of API educators that are coming through our teacher pipeline and emerging as union leaders. Estella: [00:02:26] What up, what up? Tālofa lava, o lo'u igoa o Estella. My pronouns are she/her/hers, sis, and uso. Gabriel: [00:02:32] What's good, family? This is Gabriel. Kumusta? Pronouns, he/him. Estella: [00:02:36] I have the pleasure of introducing our guest today, Yan Yii. Yan is a fifth grade teacher in Canton, Massachusetts, local board president of the Canton Teachers Association. NEA Board of Director for Massachusetts and serves as the Northeast Regional Director for the NEA Asian and Pacific Islanders Caucus. We want to be intentional, though, about not centering our professions above who we are. So Yan, could you please share with us who you are, how do you identify, and who are your people? Yan Yii: [00:03:05] Hi, as you said, I'm a fifth grade teacher. I'm in my 14th year of teaching. In Massachusetts public schools and I am one of six or seven Asian Pacific Islander NEA board of directors. And I think that number has doubled since last year, which is pretty exciting. I would say that I am a proud daughter of two immigrant Chinese parents. My dad grew up in Malaysia and my mom grew up in Hong Kong and you know being Chinese has always been a huge part of who I am, but it's also been an interesting divide growing up in America because, I've always been split between speaking English and speaking Chinese, you know, even an elementary level, my life was so split in two having my Chinese school on Sundays while all my friends went to church and then going to American school during the week. And that was a huge part of my life separating out, you know, who I was at school and who I was at home, what I spoke at school and what I spoke at home. And, you know, it's funny being bilingual. My friends have always asked like, “When did you learn how to speak English?” And I'm like, “I don't remember.” I know I went to school speaking English. I know that my brothers have always only spoken to me in English, but my parents only speak Cantonese to me. You know, Boston is a huge Cantonese community or it used to be anyways, it's a little more mixed now in our Chinatown, but it's an interesting divide because I remember being in college and having friends who made fun of the way I talked my English was spoken weirdly from my American friends and my Chinese was off for my Chinese friends. It was this difficulty finding a place where you really belong but I would say a huge part of why I became an educator was because of learning about my identity and being that kid who always loved school. I mean, I'm the kind of kid who didn't mind homework because I loved school so much. I was going home and playing school with my little brother and I remember, you know being 10 or 11 and my brother convincing me there was school in the middle of a snowstorm and I walked all the way to school because I wanted to be there and then I promplty went home because there was no school but it, you know, it's, it's some of those interesting things. Like growing up, aside from going to Chinese school, I really didn't see a teacher who looked like me. Now, I've loved each and every single teacher I ever had. I loved making that connection with them, but I think it was really disappointing to not see anybody who looked like me, except when I went to Chinese school where everybody looked like me. So it was this place where I never really felt like I belonged. I grew up in Somerville, Massachusetts, which is pretty diverse. And in eighth grade, we moved to Stoneham, which is 98 percent white and all of a sudden it felt like I had even less of an identity. Like I didn't know who I was supposed to be. And there was no one really who looks like me. And the few that did look like me were either adopted or didn't speak the language or they didn't share the same culture as me. I think that's the reason why when I went to college, I went to Simmons University, and the minute I got in there I signed up for Chinese classes. I became an East Asian studies major, even though I am not a history person at all. Because I felt like I needed to find my identity and I joined the Asian Students Association like, it was literally grasping at anything that could help me feel like I had some sort of identity. Gabriel: [00:06:40] That's such a powerful point in thinking about how much seeing your culture and identity reflected throughout your educational experience would matter. Even though it was absent, it causes us to want to explore and like you said, grasp for spaces where we can connect with people who share that identity and share that culture. So, part of our conversation here today is really to unpack the landscape of public education and thinking about how API educators aren't largely represented, depending on what state or local or part of the country you're from. But, Yan, I wanted to ask you, from your perspective as an API educator and a union leader with perspective across the state, but also nationally, why do you think there are so few API educators in the workforce? Yan Yii: [00:07:35] Well, I think part of that, especially in the East Asian culture, is built into our culture, right? It's this idea of is being a teacher a good enough job? I mean, I know when I came home from college and said i'm going into education that was my junior year of college I had already said that I was going to be a psychologist and all of a sudden I came home and I said I'm gonna be a teacher. And no one was upset that I wanted to be a teacher, but they were like, “Are you sure that's the journey for you? Are you sure that's where you want to be? Do you know how much a teacher makes? Is that a good enough job for you?” But like I said, I've always loved education. I think it's the perfect job for me. I think these, it's one of those professions that you're kind of born into. But I don't think it's celebrated among many cultures. Particularly like my Chinese parents, they didn't deter me from being a teacher, but they did say, “Is this the right path for you? Because we don't want to have to worry about you.” But I think also when you don't see yourself reflected in the field when you don't see other AAPI teachers or people working in education, that it makes you feel like there's not a place for you. And it's always about that sense of belonging. Even when I've seen other educators come into the field, if they don't feel like they have someone they can connect with, or, you know. You're facing microaggressions every single day and believe me, I have seen microaggressions in my community where I work, and I have been there for 14 years. And they're never, I would like to believe they're not, they don't come from malintent, but it feels that way sometimes. And I think that when you feel like an island, it becomes very difficult for people to stay in the profession. Gabriel: [00:09:15] Can definitely relate to that portion. Just again, that whole idea that we need to have representation in part so we can see ourselves in those roles. And the question that you ask, is being a teacher a quote, good enough job? And that narrative playing out in perhaps immigrant family experiences with the whole idea of migrating to the United States is to try to climb this ladder of socioeconomic elevation in some way. I wanted to also ask Estella, since you know, our co host here is a classroom educator out in California. Do you feel like there's a strong representation of API educators throughout the West Coast in California? Or how is the perception of API representation out there in your spaces? Estella: [00:10:10] In my observations I would say definitely not enough, especially as a PI educator, as a Samoan educator, definitely not enough. Part of the reason why I chose to become an educator, and I feel like there's a list of reasons why I chose education as my profession, and I agree with Yan it is definitely like a calling, right? Like folks who choose this, this is a lifestyle. And it's far more than just a job or a career and so there are so many reasons why I chose to be a teacher. But one reason why I chose specifically to make sure that I came back home to teach aside from my great aunt saying to me right before she passed away, I was the first in my family to go to college. First to finish and my aunt before she passed, she said, “You know, all of that will do no good if you stay in your ivory tower.” After hearing her say that and then losing her, I was very much committed to making sure that I came back home to teach. Early on in my career when I was younger or still in school, I was always feeling like, you know, I want to, I want to travel and teach. I'm going to go, I want to go to Japan. I want to go to Switzerland. I want to go to all these places and teach. And after my aunt said that, I was like, why? Why would I, why would I do that? I need to go home and teach. I need to go back to South Central to South LA and teach and so I ended up coming back to the South Bay to teach because I had assumed that this was going to be a place where I could teach Black and Samoan kids just like me. Because I had never had a Samoan teacher. I had never had a PI teacher ever in my life and I did have Black teachers and that's only because my parents were very deliberate in sending me to a Black school in South LA, for elementary school. But the experience changed in public high school and so I was committed to coming back home to be in a space where I knew I would see Tongan kids, Samoan kids, Fijian kids and then when I got here, my second year teaching and I was like, where, where are my peoples? Where is everybody? Like, I know that when I was a kid, this was because my mom went to Gardena High School. I just knew like growing up, I saw Samoans all over the place and suddenly there were none at the school that I was teaching at. And in my years teaching in the South Bay, I taught in the South Bay for six, nearly seven years. It was a continuous decline of enrollment of PI students. There's a whole host of reasons. One reason, right off the bat, and it goes to everything that Yan has already said, there was no sense of belonging. Or cultural understanding of any of those students in addition, or similarly, there's a continual decline of Black families in our schools in this area. And I'm not saying that the decline has anything to do with, like, the influx or rise of other populations. I think it needs to be pinned squarely on the fact that PI Students are not receiving the support, academic supports they need, or the social emotional supports they need. There is research to show that there is a push out of PI girls and Black girls. They are more likely to be suspended or expelled and pushed out of our schools. In addition, if the boys are not playing football, there's not a lot of support or welcoming or belonging created for those students and definitely no teachers who can connect to them on, on a cultural level or literally speak the language and there's probably a great deal of linguistic needs that aren't being met. They might speak English, but if their first language was Samoan they probably need a lot more EL supports that we don't have programs built for. And so students are leaving, parents are opting for private education or other places where they should go. So I think, I don't know how to name it, but there has to be a correlation with the student population and the number of educators that are also in the space. I'm here to teach students who, you know, I assume or imagine probably going through very similar things I went through as a kid, and there's no one here for me to teach. You know what I mean? Like, like what I set out to accomplish, I don't know that I will be able to. Gabriel: [00:14:47] Stella, there were two things from what you just shared that are resonating for me. First, the push out of PI and Black students in schools. I think it's important to note that when we think about API: Asian and Pacific Islanders that we perceive this group of people or group of students as a monolith. And when you disaggregate the data, Even though the perception is that API as an aggregate is more highly educated, has higher socioeconomic status, et cetera, et cetera, that when you disaggregate the data, it's important to understand what the impact is on the various communities that exist within that umbrella of API. The other thing you said Estella, about coming back and it being a calling to connect with students that you reflect and reflect you and your cultural identity. That resonated with me when I was teaching in the classroom in Bergenfield, New Jersey. It was one of the largest Filipino populations in New Jersey. Jersey City, I think is the highest Filipino population, but part of my experience there and being able to connect with Filipino students and families. It made that passion grow even more. So part of what I wanted to ask Yan and Estella both is. If we have listeners listening to this podcast right now, say young API folks that are thinking about their calling and exploring their direction in their future, what about teaching inspires passion for you that would make it attractive for API folks listening to this podcast, be inspired to consider choosing this as a direction in their life's path. Yan Yii: [00:16:40] I think one of the things that really resonates with me as an educator and the reason why I love it so much, you know, I've been back and forth with my involvement in my local union and the fact that it takes me away from my classroom, it's the connections that I make with my students. That, I think that's the most important thing to me, like, how I connect with my students, how I can support them, whether it's through, you know, a few years ago I started a fifth grade, like, show choir. Might have been a little bit Glee inspired, but, you know, it's the fact that my students were willing to give up their recess once a week to come sing with me and dance with me. And, art club after school, they're willing to give up their time, but it's that making those connections with the students and then having those students come back and say, you really changed my life. When I first started teaching, I had a student who was probably the most happy go lucky child I'd ever seen. And she wrote to me years later and said, “You saved my life. Like I was in such a hard place,” and this is, I'm talking about a nine year old child, when she was in my class and she said, “I was in such a bad place and my home life was not good. And, and you made me feel loved.” And that's what we're supposed to do as educators. We're supposed to make our students feel loved. And I think especially when I talk about this in terms of Asian Pacific Islander identity, when you don't feel that connection to your classroom and you don't feel like your teacher sees that part of you, because you know, I hear educators say a lot, “Oh, I, I don't see color.” And I'm always like, but when you don't see color, it's the danger of a single story, right? You're only seeing one part of your student, you're seeing the academics of that student. But, you know, I remember a few years ago, one of the big things I've always done in my classroom is celebrate Lunar New Year, because it's a huge celebration for my family. I wanted to share that with my students, and you know, two boys in one of my coworker's class had said, they were so excited to share about their culture and what they do at home. And she's like, well, then that was great. And I said, yes, it was. But what about the other 179 days? We can't just celebrate them for one day a year, or one month a year. We can't just say, okay, Black History Month and we're done. We have to celebrate our students all year long. And we need to change the curriculum. You know, we talk about decolonizing curriculum. I am purposeful in the books that I choose to use in my classroom because yes, I can teach Number the Stars for the 600th time, or maybe I can decide to use a book that reflects my students. And, you know, that's why I started my year off with Seedfolk, because I wanted to talk about what cultures coming together looked like, and you know, one of my students immediately said, he's like, “Wow, I could see myself in that book.” And that's what I want to hear from my students. I can see myself in that book. And it's not the same whitewashed characters over and over and over again, because my students are gaining nothing from that. And it's, it's trying to make that relevant throughout the entire school and not just my classroom. But making that connection with my students I would say is what makes my job worth getting up for every single day. Estella: [00:19:37] It is not lost on me that this is what episode four and nearly every guest we have had on this show, every single one of us have said that an important part of our journey was cultural or ethnic studies. At some point in our life, probably undergrad, graduate school, we made a very conscious choice to seek it out and go after it. And it was crucial to our becoming who we are, right? We've had professors, educators, social workers on the show, and every single person has stated that cultural studies was somewhere in their journey. So that's not lost on me that you said earlier that, you know, that was an important part also of your journey. Even though you're not, you're like history [blows a raspberry], but [laughs] it was still an important part of becoming who you are as an educator and a leader. And I wanted to just call that out. You also mentioned how important it was to find a place of belonging, and I guess I struggle with actually encouraging young people to become educators, in part because I don't know that the profession itself serves us the way it should. Right? Like, as a union leader, as a educator, as a Black woman, as a PI woman, I don't know that our field has figured out how to take care of us the way it should and I don't, I feel guilty, I guess, pushing young people to move into education. And that bothers me, right? Because the other, the flip side of that is we're having this conversation: How do we get more educators in classrooms? And I'm struggling because I know we need more API representation in the field. But then I'm like, do I want to do that to people I care about? Because this profession does not lend itself to self care. We are not taught in our training programs how to create collectives or community you know, to survive our field. We don't have open and honest conversations through that credentialing program about how we survive in this field you know. How do we deal with a lot of us are empaths, right? Like we are in this and we lead with our hearts. And when you're dealing with your trauma and then a whole host of secondhand trauma. I didn't take a class on that. You know [laughs] how to deal with your own emotions and carrying the weight of everything your kids are going through and you're trying to, you know, help them as best as you can, while also dealing with your own. There was nothing to prepare me for that part of this, this industry. And I think that those of us who this is our calling we just put our heads down and we fight through and we push as hard as we can to show up, to continue to show up for our kids. But oftentimes it is absolutely at our detriment. We are self sacrificing martyrs more times than I think we should be. I'm just being honest, I'm not saying I plan on walking away from my classroom anytime soon, but I just wanted to, to state that. I definitely agree that the biggest thing that keeps me inspired or in the classroom is the relationships with students. The amount of times they, I mean, I teach high school, I'm secondary, so I've got ninth through twelfth graders, and every single grade level is its own special brand of hilarious. And I just love, I love those moments in between the lesson. I love the moment where they absolutely take charge of the lesson. I love moments where students are, you know, correcting and calling me out because I know learning is happening. I know that they, something has been ignited and lit and they're questioning and they're being curious and they're pushing back and they're thinking critically. So I welcome all of those moments and those are the best moments that keep me in the classroom and similar stories when kids come back or write me messages like miss, you know, I just, you know, thank you or I can't wait for my younger sibling to be in your class or, you know, whatever the case may be, those are definitely the things that keep you in the classroom or keep you willing to keep coming back. Even though the profession does not look out for us or protect us or take care of us. Virtual teaching, if nothing else, has pointed out how bad these silos have gotten. Because during this virtual teaching, and I don't know about other folks, but my experience has been I feel absolutely disconnected from colleagues. I could go a whole week without ever talking to another colleague. And it's just me and students logging into Zoom and logging out. And so this has sort of made those silos even worse in some cases. But what I was thinking about when you were talking is there's an added layer of culture. Like, if we're having conversations about intersectionality that I think teachers of color deal with, that API teachers deal with, that other teachers may not fully understand and those microaggressions that you talk about, sometimes I don't even like using the word microaggression because I, like you said, I feel like nah that was just aggressive, bro like you, you didn't have to say what you said, the way you said it. It wasn't, there was nothing micro about that. That was just straight up aggression. Cause like you, just unnecessary. And so there's this added layer of like cultural and I guess this and I feel like I'm talking to circles now, but this goes back to feeling like the profession doesn't take care of us. And there's an added layer to that for Black teachers for Latinx teachers for API teachers. And so not only do we then burden the responsibility or we shoulder the burden of having to show up for every single kid who looks like us and sharing those experiences as first generation Americans and immigrant students, but we also then have the extra task of showing up for all the educators across the field who also share in, you know, why I had to go all the way to college just to figure out who I am and what my calling is and find a place where I could be and exist and belong. Yan Yii: [00:26:17] I just wanted to say, you know, I think that the demand of educators because I'm mentoring a brand new teacher this year. She's literally a one year teacher And she was made for this, right? Like, she was made to be an educator, but there are times where I'm like, you probably shouldn't do this. Like, if there's still time for you to get out, I've already put too many years into this. You know, I think back, you know, when the Boston Marathon bombing happened, and then the next day when my students came to school, they said, “What are you going to do to protect me?” So, so all of a sudden, and my fifth graders are 10 years old. All of a sudden, I'm not just your teacher now. Now I'm your protector. That is my job to sacrifice myself, and I would willingly do it for any of my students. To protect them. And then on top of it, now we're in a pandemic and we're learning in person. So, you know, I'm, I'm going to be 100 percent honest. I was exposed at school and I'm under isolation right now. Thankfully tested negative, but this is another layer that students have to deal with. And as students that now they're worried that they're going to one get us sick. And if we get sick, you know, there's another layer of trauma and I feel like everywhere I turn, there's more trauma and more administrators telling us, you should take care of yourself, but also I'm going to give you new curriculum. I'm going to give you this, this and this to do, but I'm not gonna take anything off your plate, but also take care of yourself. And I want to be able to tell new teachers it will change because let's be honest, public education has been a pendulum. It goes to the extreme, and then it comes back because someone goes, Whoa, what are we doing? But I think there's a lot of pressure on educators constantly to do the right thing and then to always put their students first. And you're right, we end up sacrificing ourselves and our, our mental health and our well being for our students. How many teachers, you know, who probably have taken home like a student who doesn't have a home or is spending their own money to buy students lunches or, or buy students clothes or whatever else they need to do, whatever else they need to do for their students. And we give and we give and we give, especially, you know, anytime we can, and I don't ever want to not do that. But when you think about a brand new educator coming in, you go, you still have time, like, and it's a terrible, terrible way to feel. But, one of the things that, you know, we started an Asian mentorship program this, last year, and honestly, it's been a breath of fresh air to not be alone and we went from 12 people last year to 40 people this year. And it's been like, wow, there are other people who are going through the same thing I'm going through and there are other people seeing what I'm seeing and on top of it being an educator of color, you have people, especially in your first three years of education that will doubt your abilities in the job because you probably got it because of the color of your skin, at least in their opinion. Right? And you're fighting, like, if I didn't have a super ethnic sounding name, if I could, if I could have hidden that, I would have, because I wanted people to know that I did it on my merit and not because of the color of my skin. That I didn't get this job because I'm Asian, but I got this job because I'm a good educator and I got to keep this job because I'm a good educator, not because of affirmative action. And there are so many different layers that we have to deal with as educators of color on top of everything else we're already dealing with. Estella: [00:29:45] After the shooting in Florida at… Yan Yii: [00:29:48] Stoneman Douglas. Estella: [00:29:50] Yes. Yeah, there you go. Stoneman Douglas. Thank you. After that shooting, I remember at our school, it was my 10th graders were doing, you know, school shooter drills or having conversations about what to do if there's a school shooter on campus. And my students, I remember their response was very similar. Like, what do we do, miss? And them being very vocal about like, I don't trust teachers, miss. Like who's going to take a bullet for me, miss? And when I thought about it, I was like, hold up. There's not one teacher on campus. And then students stopped and thought, and they're like, well, I mean, I guess I'm coming to this room and we can figure it out together. And I had to have an conversation with students about like, now that I'm a mother and a wife. My perspective has changed, right? Like my first year of teaching, maybe it would have been, you know, and I can't say what I would do in a terrible moment like that, but you know, I know that my first year teaching my attitude was probably more like I will do whatever to protect my students. I took an oath, right? I'm going to protect my students. And after having my daughter, I had a conversation with another educator, you know, we're talking about. What do we do in, in events like a school shooting? And she said to me, “I know that you are willing to take care of your students. We, we know that no one is questioning that you are a good educator, but your responsibility now is different because you have a child to make it home to.” And that cut real deep and hit different. And I, [long pause, tearing up] I questioned whether or not I could stay in the profession and how much longer I could stay in the profession. If what we had to deal with was going to continue to bombings, shootings, pandemics, I have a child to make it home to and a husband to take care of. And I don't know how much more, you know, folks expect. For us to be willing to sacrifice and watching the conversations online about open up schools, go back to schools. Teachers are whining. Teachers are this, that, and the other. When just nine months ago, it was, “Oh my God, I never knew how much you guys do in the classroom every day.” And then to suddenly like this quick shift to just go back to the classroom. It doesn't instill me with a whole lot of faith. And I honestly don't know where I was going. I was just thinking about what you said about, you know, the bombing and having that conversation with kids. And while I know that students need to feel and know that we're going to take care of them, I definitely had a conversation with students. An honest conversation. And I said, I don't, I don't know. I know that I'm, I will do everything that I can. And if this is the room that you feel safe coming to, this is the room you need to be at. And I've practiced with students, like, you know, we've had large fights where the school gets shut down and we go under lockdown and I've gone outside and just yanked kids into my room as quickly as I can. As soon as that lockdown sound goes on. And we've practiced, like we've had conversations like, “Miss, we gon bust that window out. We'll make a rope ladder,” like whatever it is, like we've had those conversations and I just hate that we have to have those conversations. Like, I really hate that that's normal now. Gabriel: [00:33:49] The amount of pressure that educators are feeling, especially in this moment, being the nurturers, caregivers, and now being asked to be the protectors. The overwhelming workload, the self sacrifice physically, mentally, emotionally, and as Yan mentioned, in some cases, financially, even dealing with the Eurocentric curriculum, in some ways is a form of emotional violence. That we as educators are expected to perpetuate onto our students and that it takes its own toll. In addition to the quote, microaggressions that are really aggressions, there's a lot and what I also heard from you both is that it's really the relationships with the students, with some colleagues, with creating communities of affinity spaces, where you can share some experiences, cultural identity, and as Yan was describing that mentorship program, building those relationships internally. Those are the things that keep the weight on this scale as even as it can be to keep you connected and committed, at least in this moment. Swati Rayasam: [00:35:14] You're tuned in to APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3 KPFB in Berkeley, 88.1. KFCF in Fresno and online at kpfa.org. Coming up is the song “Depressure” by Nu Nasa, off of the Khamsa music project. MUSIC That was the song “Depressure” by Nu Nasa, off of the Khamsa music project. And now back to the ConShifts podcast. Gabriel: [00:38:52] So, Yan, just a question I had for you, being involved in union leadership in your local, state, and national level, specifically in the spaces that lean into cultural affinity. And address racial inequity within the union spaces, having that space, platform, experience network in what ways, what drew you to that for what reason do you now serve in leadership roles in that way? And, what would you say to folks that are currently API educators, but not as involved in their union at the current moment? What would you say to those folks? Yan Yii: [00:39:32] So I took a class a few years ago, maybe like two years ago on how to not burn out. And I was like, wouldn't there be irony if I burned out while taking this class on how to not burn out. But it's things that you're passionate about will never burn you out. They'll, they'll energize you to do more work. Right. You know, I have a painting here and I think it's a Gabriel Tanglao quote. We rise by lifting others. I painted it a few years ago. And it's always, I'm always searching because basically how I got involved was somebody said, “Hey, you'd be really good as a building rep.” And then a few years later, they were like, “You should step into the role of secretary.” And then it was, “You should consider running for union president.” And I became the NEAA pick because you Gabe you told me “You should try this out.” And I said, well, okay, I'll give it a shot, right? Because part of union work is about identifying other leaders and we rise by lifting others, right? It's not about the power grab. It's not about staying in power. You know, one of the big things I pushed in my local is we need term limits because a healthy union has turnover. There's a reason why we only have eight years allowed for a president, right? You can, you can serve a total of two terms because if someone has more than two terms, they tend to go, you know, like, what is it? Absolute power corrupts. And, you know, we want to avoid that and, I'm less concerned about, um, corruption in teacher unions than I am about complacency. If the same person is in charge for 20 years, great, because then they will always do the work. But guess what? That person is going to retire at some point. You know, I've been union president for four years now, and I'm stepping down at the end of this year, because I think it's time for someone else to step up. And I think that, you know, this is not a top down, it's a bottom up. Like, we have to all work together. And we are all part of the union. So it drives me absolutely insane when someone says, “But what is the union doing for me?” And I turn around and say, “You're the union. We are all the union.” Like it can't, you can't just look at me and think that I'm going to do things for you because I am your spokesperson as your president, not your dictator. It's not my job to make these decisions. In fact, I try to step back as much as possible to allow decisions to be made by the membership versus made by me. And I think, you know, I remember being in Dallas, I want to say four or five years ago, and we were in a very, very large room for a very small group of people. I want to say there were maybe four people and one of them was a friend who was not Asian that I dragged into the room with me so that she could also be there. And then my first RA at the, for NEA, we had a small room of people. And when we were in Minnesota. And even when we were in Houston, we didn't have enough chairs. It was the most exciting thing in the world to me. Our group has gotten so large. They put us in a small room and we didn't have enough chairs. And you feel comfortable. Like, I love the term we use in APIC, Ohana, like family. We're family together. Like it is our APIC family. Like we're small, but, but we're mighty, right? Like we want to have that voice and we want to fight for what's right for not just us, but for, for everyone. And I think, you know, I've, I've managed to do that in my role serving 6 years on EMAC and it was, you know, like most recently we had conversations about how to decolonize curriculum throughout Massachusetts and, you know, like the idea that I'm one person what can I do? I can change what I'm choosing to teach in my classroom with a little teacher autonomy. I can choose to not only read whitewashed curriculum. I can find a paired text of this is what happened during this time in history. I can focus my readings during Black history month on different people instead of just Martin Luther King. Not that that's not important, but why are we only getting one perspective? There are so many historical Black figures. And if we're not pushing that, are we waiting for our students to push for it? Because they might not know too, because they've never been exposed to it. And I do think we live in a time where kids are pushing more and more and more against whitewashed curriculum, but we as educators have to do our job too. And it's making that connection with each other and not feeling so alone in that journey. Gabriel: [00:43:57] Yeah, nah, we definitely started the conversation around how union leadership creates spaces. And part of what you kind of illustrated through that is it's an opportunity to lift up more people, more educators, specifically more API educators into spaces to learn with each other and grow with each other. Specifically with the decolonizing curriculum conversation, I remember that you and I had a chance to collaborate in some spaces around decolonizing curriculum, and it was through the union space that we connected even Estella and I connected through the union spaces. So that's a place to find the community of folks. That you know, are doing that critical work. So I loved your response. I wanted to also just talk more broadly about the educator pipeline for API folks. Do you have any thoughts on ways that we can expand this API educator pipeline? And if you wanted to integrate some of the work that you're doing with your mentorship program into that conversation. So part one, how do we attract more educators into the profession and workforce? Part two, how do we continue to support those educators throughout their professional journey? Yan Yii: [00:45:18] So I'm going to start with part two, because I feel like part two has to happen in order for part one to happen, right? I think we need to work on retaining educators, particularly AAPI educators, because coming into the profession, and then we don't feel supported and people will leave. And I think part of this is helping people to not feel like an island, but also making people feel like there's a sense of belonging in the field. Because if everyone is constantly looking at you like you don't belong, then you're not going to stay. Unless you have a lot of fight in you, which many of us do [laughs] but when everything is working against you and there's so much pressure on you already. Not having a sense of belonging is really going to drive you from the profession. Now, once we build up that, you know, like, and what I love about this mentorship program, and I know you're using the word pipeline, and we started with that term, and we pulled away from it because we feel like it tends to have a negative connotation. When I hear the word pipeline, I think school to prison pipeline. Right? So we had changed it to a mentorship program because really, you know, especially this year we've talked about it. It's not just the veterans mentoring newer teachers or even aspiring educators. It's that we all have so much to learn from each other, regardless of where we are. My mentee at my school, she and I talk every single day, and she's constantly showing me new things, and I've been an educator for 14 more years than she has. And it's this idea that it's a group of, like, this is a learning experience for everybody, not just the person who is brand new, and it's not just me as a veteran who has something to offer. Now, in terms of getting more people to come into the profession, particularly more AAPI educators, one, it's seeing us in the field. Seeing themselves reflected in the field. Two, I think it's changing the narrative about the respect this job deserves. You know, Estella said it before we live in a time where 6 months ago you said everybody loves teachers. Right? And then all of a sudden we became enemy number one. And that was really hard for me to stomach as a union leader and as an educator. I know, you know, I was personally attacked on my personal Facebook because of some of the union work I was doing and trying to advocate for the safety of my educators. And someone has said, it sounds like you don't really want to be in the classroom. Maybe you should consider a change of profession. And I was like, first of all, this is my personal Facebook. Second of all, I had your child in fifth grade, so I know you know what a good educator I am. And if you remembered what a good educator I was, you would know that I care more about these students than I do about my own safety sometimes. So maybe we should take a step back and think about what we're saying before we start attacking educators. But it's having that connection and being able to support them and changing that narrative. But I also think it's not, it's not like, you know, right now we were like, okay, we're going to find AAPI students in college who are already in education. Well, guess what? There aren't very many of them. Like, we need to get to you before that. We need to get to them in high school. We need to get to them in middle school and elementary school, we need to dig as deep as we can. And part of that digging is going to be reflecting ourselves in the education field. I think if you don't see yourself there and you don't see that as a possibility and if people are constantly telling you, don't be a teacher, it's not worth it, or you won't make enough money or those who can do, and those who can't teach. Like all of those feelings, that's what prevents people from being, becoming educators. And I will say this as, as much as my Chinese mom complained about me becoming a teacher when she talks to my aunties she's always like, “And my daughter is doing this in her classroom and you should see the pictures of her classroom. And then she's always saying to my nieces and nephews, you should listen to your auntie, she's a teacher. She knows what she's doing.” Right. So like that always makes me feel a little bit better because for years I was like, did I choose the right profession? I think when I turned 30, I was like, okay, this is it. Am I going to stay here? Because I'm investing in my retirement now. Or am I going to consider changing my career and honestly, I can't see myself doing anything else. Estella: [00:49:40] I had the same thought at 30. [Laughs] Am I in it or, or am I going somewhere else? And my dad was the same way with, you know, “Are you sure? Teaching?” Also, I was a double major in theater. It was Black studies and theater. And I knew I was going into education and I don't know what it is about Nigerian parents, but it's “Theater? You're going to be a clown for the rest of your life?” Like that's, that was the thought process. Like excuse m?. But, I wonder how much of that, because it's come up in previous episodes and, and Gabe, you mentioned too about, you know, the need of immigrant children to push and push and push and do great in school and speak, you know, in Nigerian family “speak the King's English” is what we say. And I wonder how much of that. is just a product of assimilation or trying to align with whiteness. And so, I mean, I hate it. Kind of makes my skin crawl. And you know, and then of course that imposter syndrome, it just looms. It just like nags and looms. And I don't know what to do with those, those feelings or thoughts because I know first gen kids are gonna deal with that I don't, like, I don't know how to help kids move past that, honestly, because it's not something I've ever learned to fully cope with, move past, or deal with. Every time I think I'm in my stride and I've dealt with those emotions, again, I'm still feeling like, did I do enough? Is this good enough? But then, like you said, then I hear my dad go, “Oh, well, my daughter, blah, blah, blah.” And I'm like, really dad? Cause when I told you I switched my major, you, you show that that is not what you said. But anyway, you mentioned like our API spaces is like Ohana. And one thought that I'm having. You know, and thinking about how we make sure that we've got safe affinity spaces for API educators and our union is definitely one of those spaces with our ethnic caucuses at the state level and the national level. There definitely is still some area for growth within our affinity spaces along the lines of generational issues, but also in the ways in which anti- blackness or racism creeps in, right? Like I think that there is, and I don't know how to define it, segment it, weed it out, but there's definitely a generational difference between, I'd say, you know, teachers who are currently within their, like, first 10 years to our educators who, you know, they're 20 plus year veterans. We don't necessarily see eye to eye when it comes to cultural ethnic issues. And part of that might be because our education, once we found those cultural spaces of belonging in college, I imagine probably looked very different for some of our elders in the profession. And so I think our level of race or critical race consciousness is not in the same place and so I think there needs to be a level of some just personal reflective work on the individual level, but also as a collective, like as an Ohana, like we need to have some of these really hard conversations together and continuously, so that we can move forward towards solidifying some sort of collective identity. I think that there's probably far more API educators out there in the field that may not yet identify as API because they may be in a different place in their cultural identity work. They might be in a very different place. Because whoever named us API, right, like they fit a whole bunch of nationalities and cultures into one category. Whole different groups of people, islands, like nation states, bunched up into this API term. And so there might be a whole bunch of folks out there that's like “API. What's an API?” when that's probably technically where they would belong if they knew what box to click on, you know what I mean? And so I think part of our work is defining who we are and then like [laughs] doing the marketing work to make sure educators in the field know. Hey, this is your affinity space over here. We've got your back. Your Ohana is right here. If you, you know, come on over, join us, take a seat. And, and then we can continue to do that reflective work, transformation work. Gabriel: [00:54:24] As we close today, I'd love to ask you, what is one thing that gives you hope in this moment where hope may be hard to find? Yan Yii: [00:54:34] I think one of the things that makes me hopeful is that at my very last class of 2020, it was December 22nd, I asked my students, what is one thing you are thankful for, from this past year? And they were like, “The fact that I can come to your class,” like come to school. Like I had kids who wanted to be in school, whatever capacity we were going to do this, they wanted to be there. And that meant the world to me, the connections we've made. And you know, one of the things, even, even being in hybrid, You know, I worry every day about the impact of that. But I see how close my cohort A is to themselves, like, and I see how close my cohort B is, and I do a lot of work where, you know, the students, like, I teach synchronously all day long, so the student, they, they are constantly working with each other and the bond that they have as a class. I think that's what makes me really hopeful. And, you know, in terms of being a API educator, the thing that makes me the most hopeful is that we tripled in size in our mentorship program that we're out there. And we just have to find, like you, you have to dig a lot, because especially in Massachusetts, many of our AAPI educators are actually not, in the same union. They're part of the AFT and not the NEA because they're part of Boston Public, which is the largest local we have. And some of us are literally islands alone in Western, in a small, small rural town in Western Massachusetts, but the fact that they found us and they said, this is, this is, this is where I feel like I'm connecting. Like it's the connections that we're making that I think allow me to be hopeful. Estella: [00:56:11] Fa'afetai Tleilava. Thank you for listening. Gabriel: [00:56:13] Salamat. Thank you for listening. Estella: [00:56:14] We want to thank our special guest, Yan one more time for rapping with us tonight. We appreciate you. Gabriel: [00:56:19] Continental Shifts Podcast can be found on Pod Beam, apple, Spotify, Google, and Stitcher. Estella: [00:56:26] Be sure to like and subscribe on YouTube for archived footage and grab some merch on our site Gabriel: [00:56:31] and join our mailing list for updates at conshiftspodcast.com. That's C-O-N-S-H-I-F-T S podcast. com and follow us at con underscore shifts on all social media platforms. Estella: [00:56:49] Dope educators wayfinding the past, present, and future. Gabriel: [00:56:53] Keep rocking with us fam. We're going to make continental shifts through dialogue, with love, all together. Estella: [00:56:58] Fa'afetai Thanks again. Tōfā, deuces. Gabriel: [00:57:02] Peace. One love. Swati Rayasam: [00:57:08] Please check out our website, kpfa.org backslash program backslash apex express. To find out more about the show tonight and to find out how you can take direct action. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world. Your voices are important. Apex express is produced by Miko Lee, along with Paige Chung, Jalena Keene-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar, Anuj Vaida, Kiki Rivera, Nate Tan, Hien Ngyuen, Cheryl Truong, and me Swati Rayasam. 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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 35:33

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APEX Express – 4.4.24 Intro Continental Shifts

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2024 59:58

A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. This week we introduce our sister podcast Continental Shifts. Check out episode 1 and 2 created by bi-coastal educators Gabriel Anthony Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church who embark on a voyage in search of self, culture, and the ancestors. You'll hear the first two episodes of their podcast and hopefully walk away with a bit more information about them, and about wayfinding as an important mental, physical, and spiritual practice. ConShifts Podcast – Episode 1 – Introduction TRANSCRIPTS Opening: [00:00:00] Apex Express Asian Pacific expression. Community and cultural coverage, music and calendar, new visions and voices, coming to you with an Asian Pacific Islander point of view. It's time to get on board the Apex Express. Swati Rayasam: [00:00:35] Good evening, everyone. You're listening to APEX Express Thursday nights at 7:00 PM. My name is Swati Rayasam, and I'm the special editor for this episode. Tonight, we're highlighting a podcast called Continental Shifts created by bi-coastal educators Gabriel Anthony Tanglao and Estella Owoimaha-Church who embark on a voyage in search of self, culture, and the ancestors. You'll hear the first two episodes of their podcast and hopefully walk away with a bit more information about them, and about wayfinding as an important mental, physical, and spiritual practice. Estella Owoimaha-Church & intro music: [00:01:07] The more I continue to do a deep dive in my identity, who I am, who I aim to be, the stronger of an educator I am, but also, the more equipped I am to provide brave, co-op spaces for students where they also get to explore and craft their identity. O a'u o Estella, o [?]. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:01:37] And this is Gabriel. What's good, family? Kumusta? So fam, we're finally here. Continental Shifts Podcast. I'm excited to have this conversation with you to kick off our first episode. And just a quick run of introductions. Estella, if you wanted to introduce yourself to the people, please let the people know who you are. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:02:01] For sure for sure. Hey, y'all. I am Estella Owoimaha-Church and I'm a teacher in Los Angeles. I teach high school theater and I'm heavily involved as a labor union leader-organizer in our community. And, I also run a small non profit here in LA called Education Ensemble. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:02:28] All right, that's what's up, Estella. I'm Gabriel Tanglao, former educator, high school teacher up in Bergenfield, New Jersey. One of the second largest Filipino populations in New Jersey, fun fact. And now I'm working full time with the New Jersey Education Association in the Professional Development Division. So doing some labor organizing work full time, fully focused, supporting educators across New Jersey, specifically with racial justice, racial equity, racial literacy work. I'm excited to be here for this conversation, Estella. So, we met I think over a year now. So I'm trying to recall what the origin story is of how we connected. Estella, do you remember the origin story of how we connected? Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:03:14] I am pretty sure we were in Denver at NEA leadership summit and yeah, mutual teacher friend connected us. And the conversation there was everything [laughs]. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:03:28] I feel like you and I have been connected for a while now, even though it's been short in terms of years. But the NEA Leadership Conference in Denver, for people who aren't familiar, NEA, the National Education Association, represents millions of educators across the country. And this was one of their largest conferences, the National Leadership Summit. So, when you and I had a chance to connect there, I think it was Stephanie Téllez who is one of the dope educator, labor activists that I connected through the NEA Minority Women in Leadership Training Conference. But, we had a chance to connect on some of our shared roots as an Asian and Pacific Island family. I remember the conversations at dinner, at lunch, when we were breaking bread. We really had a chance to connect on the strength of that. So, that actually is really the genesis that planted the seeds of the relationship that grew for us to be at this part. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:04:29] Right. I think, I feel like not soon, very shortly after we met, we mentioned that yo, we got to have some sort of project or something where those conversations we had get to live, but also get to grow, get to evolve, and we can sort of continue to dig into who we are as educators, as labor unionists, as PI folk and, sort of continue walking that identity journey that so many of us, are on or have gone on, together as siblings. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:05:07] Like, at one of the dinners we were talking about sharing some of our story, I was reflecting on being Filipino and just kind of unpacking what that meant in terms of Asian identity in the context of, you know, the Philippine islands being a Spanish colony for over 300 years and then that experience of being a first generation Filipino American out here in the States, in New Jersey, which doesn't have a large Filipino population, it's concentrated in a few areas. And then listening to your story of your background, do you mind if I just ask and give our audience a sense of what is your background and how are you coming to the space? Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:05:48] Word. So I am Samoan Nigerian, born and raised in South Central LA. My father is from Calabar, Nigeria. My mother is originally from Samoa—Savai, Samoa—and I am first generation born in the States. And while there was a large population of Samoan or Tongan folk in my area growing up, I grew up predominantly in black spaces, black American spaces. So even as a Nigerian American, never really having, I guess, authentically African experiences is what I can wrap that up in. And so I didn't begin really searching for my Samoan roots until, I was much older, undergrad had started, but really, I really really dug deep, took a deep dive, my late twenties and now my early thirties. I've been taking classes and trying to learn the language and reading every book I can get my hands on. Not a lot has been written on Samoa, but everything I can learn about Oceania and Pacifica trying to be as connected as I can possibly be to my indigenous roots, both in Samoa and in Nigeria. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:07:11] Word, word. And I remember part of that story as you shared it when we first met was inspiring some exploration for me to just dig deeper into my roots and start that journey. So for us to have stayed connected, for you and I to be comrades and fam and just begin to build that relationship, it inspired me to continue exploring. And that's, again, why we're here, Continental Shifts Podcast. Part of our journey here is to be sharing it with the people and lift up some voices of some dope API educators. And that last part is a transition because we mentioned and proudly named that we are educators, right? And, for folks that are listening, I would love for Estella to share if you could share what was the reason or what was the drive that brought you to education in the first place? Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:08:08] So much of my identity is also wrapped up in what I do. Alright like, those who I am and what I do are really closely linked and really feed off of the other. And I am just recently coming to the realization that the better I know myself, like the more I continue to do a deep dive in my identity, who I am, who I aim to be, the stronger of an educator I am, but also more equipped. The more equipped I am to provide brave co-op spaces with students where they also get to explore and craft their identities. And so I feel like it is definitely part of my service, like part of what I am called to do this work internally so that I can help young people also do that same lift. And it's a heavy lift that takes a really long time. Like, I mean, it wasn't until thirty-one, thirty, twenty-nine, thirty, I learned a sentence in Samoan you know [laughs] so, doing my best to remain vulnerable with students and folks listening to our show, about where I am in that process. I think not only is authentic of me to do, but keeps me honest and focused on trying to do better. And so I came to education to do my best to serve. That's really what that's about. I didn't always have the best experience in my K-12 education. And there were a handful of teachers who, I mean, we, we all have those stories, right? Those above and beyond the teachers you're still close with, the teachers you'll never forget their names. And so it just felt like no way in hell I can repay them back, other than to try to pick up where they left off and continue to build onto their legacies. So like through me, even after the day they retire, so long as I'm making them proud, then their legacy lives on. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:10:23] Love that. It's like you're paying it forward in spending your life committed to the next generation. And, also the way that you name that you came to explore your cultural roots a little more in depth later on in life, that resonated with me because I was thinking about my own journey of how I came into teaching in the first place. And, part of the role of, first generation, often the oldest in the family that I am, there's an expectation and a pressure to assimilate to the dominant culture. In part because with my parents being immigrants from the Philippines and coming to the United States, I was almost like a bridge in terms of how do we connect to this new society, this new community in which we live. And that's something that really carried on through most of my childhood. I grew up in a suburban neighborhood, middle class, good public schools in northern New Jersey. And it was a largely white population, a mixed Irish, Italian, German, but largely white population. And I was one of the few Filipino kids growing up. Fortunately I had camaraderie with a lot of folks, but part of that was just trying to make my cultural dopeness and shine and roots, right? Like I tried to shrink myself in that way because the role that I saw was to fit in. And that was through my formative years from K-12 for the most part, I think it was later on in high school that I started to you know, just start to see like, oh, okay I got a little more flavor because I'm Filipino and what is that about? Right. But just only scratching the surface of it. And the way that you named the educators that influenced you, I have to shout out the professor that changed the entire trajectory of my entire future. And, it wasn't until college at Pace University in lower Manhattan. I actually went to Pace University, Estella, I became a business major. I actually had aspirations in that American dream mythology of like, I'll do good in school, I'll become a businessman, CEO, make money, and live the American dream. Whatever that looked like in my adolescent mind, right? But it wasn't until my sophomore year of college where I had a course that was the literature of African peoples and Professor Oseye was my professor and she was this sister that would come into the room, right? And in Manhattan, you can imagine how small the classrooms are. The buildings are all boxed in because, the value of property out there is you know, a premium. So tiny classroom, but Professor Oseye would come into the room dressed in this beautiful kente cloth and just stand in front of the classroom and just start to lecture us in a way that was so compelling and inspiring. I don't want to take up too much space but I had to shout out Professor Oseye because she introduced me to a Narrative [of] the Life of Frederick Douglass, [The] Autobiography of Malcolm X, W.E.B. Du Bois, all of the black intellectuals, revolutionaries that actually planted the seed in my mind on liberation, and it was actually the black liberation struggle through college that allowed me to become aware and conscious of my own journey and the society in which we live, which put me on a path to become a political science major, became very active in student organizations, specifically the Black Student Union. And again, it was the black liberation struggle and the Black Student Union that embraced me and all of the energy and cultural awareness that I brought from a different lens, and that put me on track to fall in love with education in a way that carried me into teaching. And to close the loop on the story, I ended up teaching at Bergenfield High School, which was right next to the town that I grew up in but Bergenfield was a larger Filipino population. So, full circle, coming back to the community, but specifically rooted in my own cultural community. That's kind of the story that took me into teaching and a lot of what you shared in your story . Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:15:03] The exact same thing happened to me too. Undergrad, I went to Cal State Northridge and was, I mentioned I'm a theater teacher, absolute theater nerd, was definitely a theater major, but picked up Africana Studies, Pan African studies as a second major. And it was my professors in that department, specifically my mentor, Dr. Karin Stanford, who, yeah, put me on black liberation [laughs]. And it opened up a whole, and it wasn't even just that It was also digging deep into hip hop studies, hip hop ed, which just busted open a whole new world of insight. And again, being super involved with those organizations on campus. We did have a Poly[nesian] group, but, and I think this is something or leads us into why this show now, very often growing up if ever I got the privilege or the chance to be in an API specific space, it was not always a space where I felt safe, right? It was not always a space I felt fully welcome. And I couldn't quite put my finger on it until being an Africana Studies major, like then I could process and really think that through and recognize this is your anti-blackness showing and it's not a reflection of me or who I am. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:16:35] I think when we first connected was talking about how we in the API community need to do the work of attacking anti-blackness within that space, right? How do we unpack that? What is it that puts us into the position around the model minority myth of being a racial wedge between white supremacy, anti-blackness, right? Like, how is it that we need to engage our Asian and Pacific Island brothers and sisters within our communities? To be able to attack that anti-black sentiment that is resonant in American culture, right? That's part of it, right? It's an ingratiating yourself to the dominant power structure, right? That said, when I connected with you and when I connected with some of the dope people across the country, specifically within the labor movement, specifically organizing within the community spaces, it's very clear that's a stereotype that's imposed on us. And part of our conversation today and for the continental shifts is to challenge that narrative and lean into the ways utilizing our educator voice, utilizing our organizing experience, talking about black liberation struggle and how it intellectually and spiritually infused in us our own awareness around our own liberation as API people and how do we carry that forward? How do we pay that forward in the work that we do? I think that takes us to another part of our conversation, which is where we are right now. And in our professional space right now, in this moment. And in this moment, we have to name that we are in an environment where it's just unprecedented due to the global pandemic, white nationalism has taken over the federal government for the past, well, I mean, the history teacher in me is, kind of framing this a little differently for the people. One could argue that white nationalism has actually been the norm throughout, the very beginnings of colonization on through the present moment. So, maybe there's a continuity of white nationalism. But, for folks, there's a heightened awareness of how openly racist, that the narratives and rhetoric has been, how violent it has been. But, I digress. My point is we are in a moment, right? We're in a moment. So, I have to ask Estella, why this show and why right now? And the show is named again for the people, Continental Shifts Podcast. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:19:12] Absolutely. I think everyone has a heightened sense of awareness at this particular moment and as educators and organizers that we are, it is crucial that in our service to our loved ones, to our people, to our comrades, that we use this time, this space, this passion project to elevate all of that and to move forward conversations that we've had in API spaces, for example, our caucuses within our unions, and really move forward as opposed to continuing to have conversations around things like, what do we call ourselves? Without framing that differently, right? I feel like we get stuck in this loop. API, AAPI, Asian American, split up the p—and this is just one example of why now, why this show. But did we pause and recognize or acknowledge that all of those names, none of those names we gave ourselves. Right. So as we do this work to uplift young people, to educate, to uplift ourselves and each other, we really have to figure out how we move away from language and tools and names that our oppressors gave us to begin with. Right. And really, really, really, really make massive continental shifts. And that's what our show is about. So digging into, as you guys continue to rock with us, follow us, we'll have special guests on each episode to dig into really heavy topics. Really moving forward our work, this work, in a space that is accessible to folks, a space that is laid back, free flowing, and a space that is all ours, that we get to name and it is nothing but love and respect between and with all of the folks who will grace us with their time and their presence on every episode here on out. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:21:31] The people that we have in our networks, in our relationships, in our community, some of the dopest educators, some of the dopest activists, some of the dopest organizers out there. And if the podcast, the Continental Shifts Podcast in particular, is a way for us to lift up voices of other APIs, as you said. Lift up our own voices, start to critically analyze the society that's around us so that we can become more sophisticated in our approach to organizing to shift not just the state, not just in the community, the entire world. We're talking about continents. We're talking about changing the world here, thinking about the ancestors that survived and were resilient and went through all of the journey to get us to the places that we are. Like our existence, our lives are due to the ancestors' survival and the gifts that they passed down to us, the wealth, the knowledge, the wisdom, the tradition, the culture, the language, as Estella mentioned earlier. And that's something that I struggle with now is that I'm stuck in the box of English only in my own language development. So the fact that you are looking into developing an awareness and a consciousness and a skill set to be able to get in touch with your indigenous language roots is just beautiful. And, I'm just saying, continental shifts happens on so many levels. And one of the unique things, if this is a seed that we pass down, the ways that our ancestors passed down to us, the seeds of wisdom, we're hoping that this passes on some seeds of wisdom to the generations that are currently organizing right now and for generations to come, because this is a turning point. It has to be. It has to be. We can't continue the world as we are seeing it today. So, just hope y'all are ready for that. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:23:22] So, and I'll say this too, there's a saying in Samoan, and I don't have it in Samoan right now, but it translates to: even every good fisherman sometimes makes a mistake. As you were talking, one thing came to mind and it's a quote from Audre Lorde she says, “There is no such thing as a single-issue [struggle] because we do not live single-issue lives,” and so I thought about wayfinding. And I think one of our conversations we had when we first met was about this generational divide that adds a different layer of complication and issues around positionality, oppression, anti-blackness, when we start to think about API folk in our communities, and there really is a generational like layer to it all, right? You and I being from the same generation growing up very similar, you know, I'm going to be a business major because I'm a child of immigrants and the American way and I need to do better and make sure everything my parents sacrificed was not for nothing. That's definitely a first gen thing, like that's a thing, and so you and I have a space to work our way backwards forwards and live in the present, right? So we have an opportunity to continue our identity journeys together, keep reaching as far back as we can and dig. We also get to do that while living in the moment and dealing with these challenges with what education looks like in a global pandemic. But we also get to dismantle as much of it as possible so that there is a new future, right? There's a new, we're going to do this differently. There is no back to normal because don't nobody want to go back to normal, right? Like the shit wasn't working then [laughs], it's not going to work after a global pandemic. So you got in front of you guys today, two dope bi-coastal educators, wayfinding their way from the past to the present and to the future. So we got a whole lot to talk about and unpack just in season one. Today was really about Gabriel and I introducing ourselves, introducing the show and what Continental Shifts and what it's about. As we move forward, we're going to continue to dig into wayfinding, we'll be digging into anti-blackness within API spaces and really dialoguing on how we work to uproot that within our community so that we can really move our work forward. Then we're going to dig into an API educator pipeline. We are educators and everything we do, education is always a part of what we do. Well teaching is always a part of what we do. So we want to figure out in what ways can we ensure that API students all across the country have educators who look like them in their classrooms? We're going to dig into organizing and figure out what are the best practices, best ways to really organize API spaces. Maybe that means looking at Asian communities, differently than we organize in PI spaces. I don't know, but join us for that conversation. And then we'll wrap up the season with really talking about giving space to preserving our language and our culture. And in Samoa, they say that the way you carry yourself is a part of your identity. And without our language and culture, we lose a part of who we are. So join this dialogue, be a part of this dialogue with us. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:26:58] Let's do it. Let's do it. Swati Rayasam: [00:26:59] You're tuned into APEX Express on 94.1 KPFA, 89.3. KPFB in Berkeley, 88.1 KFCF in Fresno and online at kpfa.org. We just heard the first episode of the ConShifts podcast and now let's get into the second episode on wayfinding. Kai Burley & intro music: [00:27:18] And he's asking a lot of those questions like, “Mom, I'm white.” And I said, you know what? You have a responsibility. You have a kuleana. Mana'o of Hawaiian, mana'o, you have a kuleana. Oh, my ancestors did that, it's not my responsibility. Uh no, you're Hawaiian therefore, you are connected. Like in the, like the ocean, like we're talking about wayfinding and navigating. Wayfinding is exactly the concepts that you use in wayfinding you use in everyday life. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:27:45] What does it mean to be a wayfinder? In this episode, Gabriel and I chat with Sam and Kai to navigate how we might apply our ancestral knowledge to our daily practices. What up, what up? Tālofa lava, o lo'u igoa o Estella. My pronouns are she/her/hers, sis, and uso. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:28:12] What's good family? This is Gabriel Anthony Tanglao. Kumusta, pronouns, he/him. Welcome to the Continental Shifts Podcast. Today we have two incredible guests joining us from the beautiful Hawaiian Islands, Mr. Sam Kapoi, a Hōkūle'a sailor and world traveler, serial entrepreneur, and community organizer. And also, my teaching sister, Ms. Kai Burley, a fearless educator, brilliant facilitator, and a new mother recently bringing a beautiful baby girl into this world. Kai, please introduce yourself to our listeners. Kai Burley: [00:28:49] Aloha, how's it? My name is Kai. It's short for Ka'ehukai which means mist of the ocean. My name was given to me by my grandparents. And it's to offset my twin sister, who is Kaiaulu. She's the wind of Wai'anae, the area from which I'm from. And so then I'm with the ocean, so wind and ocean, that balance. Yeah, I want to mahalo you guys for inviting me onto your guys podcast. A little bit of background about myself and how I got invited. So, right, like Gabe said, we're definitely Ohana. I met Gabe what, three, four, three years ago at a decolonizing, not decolonizing, it was a NEA, leadership summit and I kind of went, put myself at him and my other good friends table and I really wanna to say I wasn't invited, but [laughs] I saw that they were doing a decolonizing issue and I was like, hey, this topic is way better for me so I'm going to sit down at this table. And hopefully I proved myself to be a part of their group or hui, but from then Gabe and those other people that I met at the table have been my rock through my education career. And yeah, so I'm an educator, native Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, teacher, and I started my teaching path in my hometown, Wai'anae. And Wai'anae [phone ding] has the most native Hawaiians in the universe and I'm very proud of that fact. I'm an alumni of that area and of that high school. And it was just a great joy to be able to start my teaching there. Currently I moved, I just became a brand new mom to a first beautiful Hawaiian Filipino-Portuguese girl, to my third child and my first baby. And I have two older boys. Estella too I met her wonderful Samoan, beautiful self again at the NEA conference. And she really helped me to push forward some API things, especially when it, what was it? It was like a new business item. Her and another good brother from Hawaii, Kaleo, got to talking with her and just so like minded and again, very much ohana. Yeah, my background, I'm a Hawaiian Studies major for my undergrad and then a US military is my graduate degree. Yeah, and I just fell into teaching from my other teachers. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:31:00] Kai, I love that background. You refreshed my memory on how we connected a few years ago. It was the NEA Equity Leaders Summit. And at that summit, we were all coming together, able to choose and create some of our own topics. I think we decided to create our own table around decolonizing curriculum and you jumped right into that conversation and from there we went on to hosting some decolonizing curriculum retreats with our crew. We also are joined here by Sam, who you connected me with Kai when my friend Ike and I were starting to host some Freestyle Friday podcasts in the midst of the pandemic and I remember Sam came through and shared some of his wisdom and kicked some of his knowledge with us. So Sam, if you would like to please introduce yourself to our guests and our listeners. Sam Kapoi: [00:31:53] Aloha mai kakou. O ba'o Samuel Kili'inui Kapoi. Kupa'aina o Wai'anae. My name is Sam Kapoi. My name was given to me by my two great grandfathers on my mother's side. Samuel being on her mother's father's side. And Kili'inui was my mother's dad. And Kili'inui referencing to the great chief. That name stems deep in our family genealogy. And so it feels like I had to live up to the name growing up. But yeah, I grew up same area as Kai, in Wai'anae on the Island of O'ahu in Hawaii, on the West side, born and raised. I'm a father to three children. I have three sons and a couple of step kids. And so, a daughter and a son. I'm a serial entrepreneur, out here in Hawaii. Run multiple businesses, and I was invited by Kai to jump on that Freestyle Fridays speaking about wayfinding and navigation, and talking about my life's journey with sailing Hōkūle'a. It was our canoe, traditional navigation canoe that was born in the 70s during the time of the renaissance and so that canoe literally changed my life in many ways. So yeah, just honored to be here on this podcast. Mahalo. Gabriel A. Tanglao: [00:33:36] Thank you, Sam. And one of the things you said around living up to our names is something that I definitely resonate with. Thinking about my name is Gabriel Anthony Tanglao. It's actually a tradition in my family where the eldest son is named after his father. But my name is not a junior. I'm Gabriel Anthony so I have my own identity, my own destiny, and that's something that I do honor. So you naming that definitely refreshed my memory on how important that is for us. And that's really connected to the theme around wayfinding that we're exploring. So you did mention the Hōkūle'a sailing. I just wanted to ask a follow up question around that for folks who may be hearing that for the first time. I know that this is tied to an ancient tradition of sailing and I was wondering how you first got into that tradition and also what you're doing with that knowledge now. If you could speak to that, we would love to hear more about it. Sam Kapoi: [00:34:37] My introduction to the life of voyaging was back in high school. 2000, 2001 is when I was introduced to a canoe called Eala. That's the canoe, our traditional canoe in Wai'anae that was built by our people out here for navigation. And so, naturally, I would flow to the mother of all canoes, which is Hōkūle'a. And so being introduced to Eala, and actually, Eala means the awakening, right? It was a canoe built by our people to really wake our people up out on this side because Hawai'i struggled like any other indigenous culture out there, Westerners coming over destroying everything, cutting out culture, language, art, and in the 70s, our kupuna or our elders were kind of fed up and wanted to start this renaissance and so Hōkūle'a was a huge part in revitalizing our traditional arts and culture and everything that fell in between those lines. It's all volunteer based, you know. Most recently, our big voyage called the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage. You can check it out on hokulea.com H O K U L E A dot com and see the voyage. My role on that voyage was like the younger generation leadership. It's going around the planet, spreading the good works of Mālama Honua, which means to take care of the earth. It's not like we was going around to tell people how to take care of the earth. We were going around to see how people are dealing with caring for the earth. Because we're only an island out here and with the obvious changes of climate change and sea level rising, a lot of our shorelines for all little islands is diminishing rapidly. And so, some islands is literally gone because of this climate change. By going around the world, Hōkūle'a was that beacon to bring hope that you know, people is trying to do the right thing to make change in this world. And so that was a three year long voyage, actually four years. Right now we're planning to go around the entire Pacific Rim starting from Alaska and ending up in Russia and so that's a kind of crazy one right now. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:36:56] Fam, what I love about the way that you broke that down is we're talking about wayfinding as a concept culturally and exploring our own identities and you're literally talking about wayfinding across the globe on the sailing you know, voyages. So really love that connection. Kai, in your experience as an educator, given your background, your life experience, your cultural roots, in what ways would you say the traditions, your ancestry, your familial background have influenced your thinking as an educator? Kai Burley: [00:37:33] I'm very fortunate to be one of those Hawaiians that was raised Hawaiian. I didn't, even though I have a degree in Hawaiian studies, a lot of people, and that's why I hate to lead with my degree. I hate, not, I shouldn't say hate, I don't really enjoy, not enjoy, I don't really like to lead with, oh, I'm a native Hawaiian, and then my degree is in Hawaiian studies, because then a lot of people will assume, and not just the foreigners, my own people as well, will assume that, oh, this girl, she just learned how to be Hawaiian by going to school. Because unfortunately for Native Hawaiians, that's how a lot of us have to learn. A lot of Hawaiians have to learn how to be Hawaiian. But for me, I was very fortunate to grow up in a Hawaiian home. I was raised by my mom's parents. My grandfather is Native Hawaiian Chinese, and then my grandmother, who is Native Hawaiian Portuguese. I was very fortunate to, from day one, I don't remember what it is to not be Hawaiian. I've been a hula dancer since, I can't even remember my first hula lesson I want to say from the age of two, my grandparents tell me I started dancing at two. Reading books, we never sat down to read like Mother Goose stories. I remember sitting down and I don't know, Sam, if you remember that book that Herb Kāne was the illustrator about Pele, Pele is our goddess of the volcano, like that was my first childhood book I can remember. I remember listening and reading about Hawaiian mythology and Hawaiian legends, my grandparents put Hawaiian food on the table. It wasn't something like I hear from other friends and other Ohana members and things that like eating poi, which is our main staple. I was taught to be grateful for those things and I was taught that it was important to know who I am and where I come from and that I'm Hawaiian. It's funny, a funny story. When I was fourth grade I was picked up early from school because I got into a little bit of a fight. Somebody called me a haole, which is a white person or a foreigner. And my grandfather picked me up and I remember this conversation so vividly and he was like, “What happened?” And I was like, this guy called me freaking haole, I'm Hawaiian, I'm pure Hawaiian. And it was at like age ten that my grandfather had to tell me. “You know, babe, you're not pure Hawaiian.” And I was devastated. I was so devastated. I mean, it was my world, you know what I mean? It was like, I never met my white dad. But yeah, all of those things, language, hula, kupuna, aina[?], kalo. Those things were always with me. They weren't taught to me in elementary school, they weren't taught to me in high school, in college. And as an educator I think it became a real obstacle for me because of the advantages that I had being raised in my Hawaiian culture, it made me look at my students at first—and I always get down on myself about this—one of the teachers that I student taught behind, Keala Watson, a great brother from Nanakuli, had to tell me like, “Aye Kai, you cannot expect these students to know what you know, and you don't get disappointed when they don't know what a'ole means, which means no. Don't get upset that they don't know what the word kuleana means, which means responsibility, because Native Hawaiians in today's world are worried about surviving. They don't have the same advantages that some of us had to live within our culture.” And I'm getting goosebumps because it was a real big awakening for me. So I think as an educator, for me, I try to, I bring my whole culture to my classroom. I don't dumb it down. I don't dilute it. Even if somebody tells me that I need to dilute it, if somebody tells me that there's other students that aren't Native Hawaiian in my classroom, I don't care. This is Hawaii. I'm a Hawaiian. The majority of the students and the people in the public school education are Hawaiian. I'm going to bring it so that it becomes normal. The same way that I was very fortunate to have had that normal Hawaiian setting. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:41:28] Thank you. Thank you, sis. Something that you said that really resonated with me or stood out was the story that you shared and being told, hey, guess what, you're not. And having to, like, deal with that, I can definitely relate to that being multi-ethnic, multiracial. Always feeling like there's no space for you to, I don't know, maybe fully belong or feeling like you at some points have to fight to belong or prove that no, no, no, this is, this is me this is my lineage, I have a right to this, and that definitely resonates and I can relate so much to that. I had been called growing up a few times, palagi, which in Samoan that's, yeah, you're white and I'm like, no, but wait, I'm actually not. And then finding out years later no, actually there's some German in our family line and I go, oh, okay. So that I felt that and then again, you said, I'm going to bring my whole self, my whole culture to the classroom and I'm with it. And I, it is something that I'm striving to do every single day that I teach. My question to you right now, Kai, is first of all, you recently had a baby, so congratulations. As we look backward and forward to future generations, where do you feel or might you feel that our roles as mothers, and I have a little one now and I'm working really hard to make sure that she is fully aware of who she is as a Samoan, a Nigerian, and Black American, but where do our roles as mothers intersect with our roles as wayfinders? Kai Burley: [00:43:04] That's so cool that you asked that question because I think when I was writing my notes on what to bring to the table, I think that's the role that I was writing from. And I wrote notes, a lot of notes on, not just my kids in the classroom, but like my kids. For my kids as Native Hawaiians, and their dad is white from Florida, I explained to them about being Hawaiian after realizing the privilege that I've had. And I will recognize that a lot of the privilege I have with learning my culture, having it in my household, has a lot to do with the other ethnic, backgrounds that I come from. Definitely my Portuguese or white background has definitely set me up for some type of success or privilege if you want to say. We'll say privilege. But as far as wayfinding for indigenous people, and definitely for Native Hawaiians, I think wayfinding has a lot to do with that, with knowing where you come from. We say mo'okū'auhau, that's one piece of it. And I try to teach my kids, where you come from, where your dad come from, where do I come from? Where is grandma from? Where is tutu kane from? And then the other side of it, so you have mo'okū'auhau, and then the other side of it is kuleana or responsibility or duty. I rarely say privilege. I only say privilege when I talk about my haole side. When we think in terms of Native Hawaiian mana'o or thought or indigenous thought, there is no sense of privilege; it's all kuleana. It's duty. So knowing where you come from and having that cultural understanding of kuleana, not a foreign understanding, right? It's a cultural understanding. And for Hawaiians, the basis of your kuleana is your kupuna, where you come from. Right. And who you are now and what you're leaving to your mamo or your descendants in the future. And you, in that thought process, you don't just, it's not compartmentalized. I don't tell my kids, oh, you only think in this way as you're Hawaiian. No, because you're taught to be this way, because you're taught to be Hawaiian, this mana'o goes for every single inlet that you have in your body. So, this mana'o of kuleana and mo'okū'auhau goes to your haole genealogy. It goes towards your Chinese ancestry. It goes towards your Portuguese ancestry. And just around the same age, my son is 10 and he's going through that same kind of identity, I want to say forthcoming, and he's asking a lot of those questions like, “Mom, I'm white.” And I said, you know what? You have a responsibility. You have a kuleana. Mana'o of Hawaiian, mana'o, you have a kuleana. Because you're white, we're going to use that and to fulfill everything else that you need to fulfill to help your people, to help your ohana, to help your kaiaulu, to help your community. Because he's getting this other side from his dad who is white, like, they have that, they have, we're having that conversation that, “Oh, my ancestors did that it's not my responsibility.” Uh no, you're Hawaiian therefore, you are connected. Like in the, like the ocean, like we're talking about wayfinding and navigating, right? It's so cool how, like the mana'o, the kind of lessons that Sam and people like Sam, they bring into this conversation of culture. Like wayfinding is exactly the concepts that you use in wayfinding you use in everyday life. Right. You use in the classroom and you have this mana'o that we are all connected. There's no stop from past, present, and future. There's no stop from ancestor, self, and descendants, right? We're all connected. You're connected to your past, present, future, to your ancestors, and your descendants, and to every area around this place. For my kids, it's easier for them to understand when you put it in a Hawaiian mana'o. It's just when you try to bring in all these different other kind of thoughts, like these foreign thoughts of, no, you're only responsible for yourself or, you know, like the nuclear family, you know, but definitely as a mom, I want my sons and now my daughter to be Hawaiian, like I said, bring their full self and their full self is Hawaiian, no matter if they are part Haole or Chinese, their Hawaiian is what overflows into all of those different compartments. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:47:02] Thank you, Kai. That was, that was beautiful. I was like taking notes, like with not calling it privilege and even being mindful about that because I feel like I do refer to it as privilege anytime I get a piece of information and then listening to you share, I feel like I'm, I don't want to say owed, but my ancestral knowledge, like that's mine to own, right? That's mine to fully to make a part of all of me and my daughters as well. You said that wayfinding has a lot to do with knowing where you come from. There's a responsibility and a duty. We're all connected, right? There's no stop between the past, present, and future, which takes me straight to this question that I have for you, Sam. Why is the concept of wayfinding so relevant for this moment, for today, for our students who are probably in our classrooms right now? Sam Kapoi: [00:47:51] That's a great question. I grew up in a home that my grandmother, she was literally born in that generation or raised in the generation that it wasn't right to be Hawaiian. She was literally told by her mother, my great grandmother, that children is to be heard and not seen, which is like mind blowing nowadays, right? Because we couldn't speak the language, couldn't dance. There were rebels obviously that did it. because they didn't care. But because of this whole western world thing at that time, the new coming, they were trying to adapt to that culture, you know, instead of their own. And so, for me growing up, I wasn't raised by my mother or my father. I was raised by my grandparents. And, I was raised, in a hard working sense as a Hawaiian, as a kanaka here but on the culture and language side, totally wasn't. The only thing that was real relevant in culture was providing, like my grandpa he would teach me a lot about the ocean and fishing and all types of different fishing, throwing net, offshore fishing, and diving, and I guess that was my kind of link to the ocean in the beginning with that kind of wayfinding, right? You know, if you're not going to go to the ocean to provide, then what's the sense of going, and so, for him, you know, instilling those kind of values and ike, right? The knowledge in me at such a young age. I think about it all the time, you know nowadays, the challenge is real. Like Kai was mentioning earlier about just trying to survive out here, especially in Hawai'i. Statistically, it's like the most expensive place to live on this planet, especially in the US. And so, a lot of our people stray away from that cultural connection. Because, for me, I chose to learn. It actually started around ten or nine that I realized that one of my cousins was going to a Hawaiian immersion school, right, fully immersed school for our language and culture. When I asked my grandma and my mom, like, how come I'm not going to that school? You know, like, why do I have to go to our elementary school that's local here and why not go to the other one? And they were so like, just negative about it. I think that is what kind of elevated or pushed me to learn more and become that again because spiritually that was just pulling me in that path to learn, because if I don't, then who will? Like one of my kupuna told me before, she told me, ‘o wai ‘oe, right? And basically that means, who are you? And that's a pretty heavy question. And I ask myself all the time, who am I? Cause it's just like Kai said, I thought I was just a Hawaiian, you know? 100%. And then, because I never knew my dad until later years, probably around 10 or 11 years old, and found out he was Samoan, German, at first I thought it was just pure Hawaiian Samoan. Then you start digging into the layers of genealogy, mo'okū'auhau, knowing who you are. And finding out you're German, part Korean, and all this other stuff. And kuleana, the responsibility of those lineages, like what is that to you, and so for me by returning to the core, because I'm here in Hawaii, we call it ho'i i ka piko, right? Return to the center. Immersing myself just finding out who I am as a Hawaiian and how I can make other people realize how, I don't want to use the word, but privileged we are, you know what I mean? It's just like, cause that's true, you know, we, that's a privilege to be us, our people, that's what I believe. And, at the same time, like Kai said, it is kuleana, our duty, our responsibility to uphold the highest. Because our kupuna wasn't idiots they're, to me, pretty badass, like they survived all this time to become one of the most self-sufficient peoples on this planet, in the middle of the Pacific. And so nowadays with all this distractions, we do veer off the ala, we call it, right? Off our course and trying to find that goal, like that want, that need, that whatever it is that we're gunning for and just in this course of this year, last year and this year, and so with, with that, I had to ho'i i ka piko again, realize who I am and where I come from. And so, getting back on course to hold the line, to hold that course so that I can be that example, I guess that role model, right, for the next generation to look up to. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:52:17] Sam, I feel like I related to much of what you were sharing in terms of my own upbringing regarding assimilating to dominant culture as a first generation Filipino American and in my adult life, I've now started that journey to return back to that self discovery of my cultural roots. And I feel like what you share just definitely resonated with me and is inspiring me to think even more deeply about who I am. That's something that's going to stick with me. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:52:49] So before we wrap or as we wrap, to wrap, are there any other thoughts, feelings, notes that maybe you wanted to make sure that you shared on this episode with us today? Kai Burley: [00:52:59] Well I just want to mahalo you guys for having me on there. And I want to mahalo my brother, Sam, a true wayfinder in all sense of the word, like literal wayfinding, mana'o wayfinding and just, he brings so much to our culture and to our keiki. He didn't really mention this because, you know, he's all ha'aha'a and humble, but what him and his people do it gives an alternate way of learning. It really brings them back to their culture and it should really be the true way of learning. Like Sam mentioned the Eala and all of these people like Sam that are not in the classroom, but it's a very indigenous mana'o that the profession of educator doesn't mean that you're the only educators in this world, right? We learn from our ohana, right? And our ohana is extended to outside of the classroom, to into the community, to outside of our community, to across continents, and on the US our ohana extends to all of these points, right? There's no disconnect. Right? In wayfinding and navigation and traversing is fluid once you know who you are and where you come from. Right? but yeah, just mahalo to you guys and mahalo to Brother Sam, Sam Kapoi. Sam Kapoi: [00:54:11] Mahalo Kai. In my genealogy, my eighth generation grandfather, his name was Poi Nui, Harry George Poi was his name. And so he was known for his kalo, which is basically our older brother, right? And in our genealogy, mythology, in Hawai'i his name was Haloa. And so kalo is the taro root, right? And he was known for his Wai'anae lehua kalo. He was the, one of the first, I think, or the first Hawaiian owned business man out here. People from all over Hawai'i would come down here to get his kalo and his poi. Poi is cooked mashed up kalo. That is pounded and mixed with water to make poi, which is our staple, of life. As disconnected as I was, language and art and all that stuff, I was more connected with food. All my life was food. And more recently, earlier this year, I started a business called Kalo Bombs. We make fresh pa'i'ai every single day to serve it to our people. Kai Burley: [00:55:08] And it's the bomb. It's the bomb. Sam Kapoi: [00:55:11] One of the first things that you learn in navigation is always to know where you come from. Literally, when you take off from that point from your home to remember where you come from, because just in case anything happens on that voyage, you know exactly where to go. However you want to take that metaphor and apply it to your life, like super critical, helped me a lot through my life with just knowing where home is, physical, spiritual, mental, all that stuff. And so there's a ōlelo no'eau or a Hawaiian proverb that our kupuna use was that, not all knowledge is learned in one school. That proverb alone is basically to be open, be open and go out there and learn as much as you can, because the mind is the most powerful weapon and by seeking other mentors, throughout the world. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:56:00] Yeah, just thank y'all both so much. This has been incredible. I can't wait to even run it back and re-listen and tune into some of the wisdom y'all dropped. Estella Owoimaha-Church & outro music: [00:56:10] We want to thank our special guests Sam and Kai one more time for rapping with us tonight. We appreciate you both for being here and really helping us continue to build the groundwork for the Continental Shifts podcast and setting a really strong foundation with contextualizing this concept of wayfinding for us and for our listeners. Sam Kapoi: [00:56:26] Oh yeah, mahalo nui, you guys. Kai Burley: [00:56:28] Mahalo nui. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:56:29] Faafetai tele lava. Thank you for listening. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:56:32] Salamat. Thank you for listening. Continental Shifts Podcast can be found on Podbean, Apple, Spotify, Google, and Stitcher. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:56:41] Be sure to like and subscribe on YouTube for archived footage and grab some merch on our site. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:56:45] Join our mailing list updates at conshiftspodcast.com. That's C-O-N-S-H-I-F-T-S podcast dot com and follow us at con underscore shifts on all social media platforms. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:57:02] Dope educators wayfinding the past, present, and future. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:57:06] Keep rocking with us fam. We're going to make continental shifts through dialogue, with love, and all together. Estella Owoimaha-Church: [00:57:12] Fa'afeti, thanks again. Tōfā, deuces. Gabriel A. Tangalao: [00:57:06] Peace. One love. Miko Lee: [00:57:19] Please check out our website, kpfa.org/program/apexexpress to find out more about the show tonight and to find out how you can take direct action. We thank all of you listeners out there. Keep resisting, keep organizing, keep creating and sharing your visions with the world. Your voices are important. Apex express is produced by me Miko Lee along with Paige Chung, Jalena Keane-Lee, Preeti Mangala Shekar, Anuj Vaidya, Kiki Rivera, Swati Rayasam, Nate Tan, Hien Nguyen and Cheryl Truong. Thank you so much to the team at KPFA for their support. Have a great night. The post APEX Express – 4.4.24 Intro Continental Shifts appeared first on KPFA.

Rabbi Daniel Kalish in Bergenfield, New Jersey!

Rabbi Kalish’s Shiur

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 82:16

Pre-Purim Shiur --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rabbikalish/support

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Rabbi Kalish Shiurim - Waterbury Mesivta

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2024 79:51

Rabbi Kalish

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Tshuvos and Poskim-Siyum Seder Nashim Edition- אֶת־ ה הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ הַיּ֑וֹם -Speech in the Marriage Ceremony-Much Deeper Than Vows-A Shiur by Rav Duvi Weiss Shlita

Vietnam Veteran News with Mack Payne

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2023 31:16

מכלל העבודה שנלמוד תורה ושנתפלל אליו בעת הצרות ותהיינה עינינו ולבנו אליו לבדו כעיני עבדים אל יד אדוניהם. השגות הרמב'ן לספר המצוות לרמב'ם מצות עשה ה As the world-wide Fourteenth Daf Yomi Cycle prepared to finish Mesechet Kiddushin and complete Seder Nashim with Klal Yisroel strengthening the pillars of Torah Avodah and Gemilas Chesed during these days of Terror and War The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT welcomed our esteemed Rosh Yeshiva Emeritus Rav Dovid(Duvi) Weiss Shlita To present a Shiur Siyum for Kiddushin That clarified the legalistic principles that shape Judaism's Sacred Union of Man and Wife אֶת־ ה הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ הַיּ֑וֹם Speech in the Marriage Ceremony Rabbi Weiss was the maggid shiur at the IDT Yeshiva for the better part of the past two decades.Viewed as Rebbe to hundreds of Talmidim, his shiurim range from Halacha to Chassidus, Hashkafa and Gemara all infused with his clear presentation of even the most difficult topics. His scholarly shiurim and inspiring drashos have made him a speaker very much in demand in communities throughout the Tri-State area. He is the Rav of Congregation Ohr Chodosh in Bergenfield. The Podcast is dedicated as a Zechus for Tzahal L'ilui Nishmas Ha Korbonos Refuah Shleimah for the Wounded and Shichrur of the Hostages This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Episode 2595 – Vietnam Vet Peter Mathews and the Moving Wall coming to Bergenfield, NJ

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 10:33

Episode 2595 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature information about the appearance of Vietnam Vet Peter Mathews and the Moving Wall at Bergenfield, NJ. In the previous episode of this podcast Vietnam Vet Peter Mathews told the story … Continue reading →

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8/26/23 – Shiur 433 – Conflict in marriage – how to fight effectively

Headlines

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 144:37

Are there Halachos on how spouses should engage in conflict? Do men and women fight differently? What are the top 3 things men complain about regarding their wives and vice versa? Should conflict be avoided or embraced? What are effective methods to deal with conflicts? ***Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of "Making it Work", "Making it ALL Work" (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield – 13:21 with Rabbi Peretz and Mrs. Shoshana Segal – Marriage and Conflict Resolution Experts – 48:21 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 1:16:59 with Rabbi Doniel Frank – Licensed Marriage Therapist & Dating Coach – 1:47:39 with Mrs. Penina Flug, LCSW – Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist – 2:10:40 מראי מקומות

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Understanding Your Sensory Profile, Nervous System and Processing Styles-Sarah Bergenfield

Neurodiverse Love

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 67:34

During this episode, Sarah Bergenfield shares a little about the path she and her daughter traveled to discover they are both autistic, and how as a therapist she is helping other neurodivergent individuals and neurodiverse couples as they move forward on their own unique journeys. Sarah is a Certified Level 3, Internal Family Systems (IFS) Practitioner. She provides information on the value of understanding the “parts” that may have been created as an undiagnosed autistic person. She also shares critically important information about Polyvagal Theory and why it's important to understand what happens when you are in a dysregulated or regulated state, as you are scanning for cues of "safety" or "danger". Sarah also talks about autism being a perceptual disorder and how this impacts the level of input coming in. Sarah also addresses the importance of understanding your "sensory profile" and how gathering that information can help partners understand which senses are "over" or "under" responsive and how to address each. Sarah also explains how autistic individuals process from the "bottom up' and others process from the "top down". Understanding the way in which you and your partner process the world, can help you both find the "hot spots" in your relationship and work on addressing them with compassion and grace. Lastly, Sarah talks about how important it is to shift the narratives we have around autism and neurodiversity. She shares a little bit about how she and her husband shifted their narrative around sex. After she began to understand her own sensory profile, then some of the challenges they had experienced began to make more sense. Since there are so many physical aspects of sex (ie: skin, touch, sound, smell, breath, etc.) it can be overwhelming, and when the autistic partner is not engaging in the way their partner may expect, it can feel like rejection to the non-autistic partner. Sarah also provides ideas about how each partner can discuss their sensory needs in a way that increases intimacy. Sarah ends the episode by discussing the way she has described being autistic... "it's like being a bird flying in a garden and then flying into a window"...more specifically she asks "how can you prepare for a hazard you don't even see?" If you would like to contact Sarah you can reach her at sarah@thecuriousheart.com or on her website at: www.thecuriousheart.com _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you are interested in learning more about the support groups that Mona offers for neurotypical/non-autistic partners or neurodiverse couples, please send her an email at: neurodiverselove4u@gmail.com. or visit her website at: www.neurodiverselove.com Follow Mona on Instagram @neurodiverse_love or ⁠⁠⁠⁠click here⁠⁠⁠⁠ to sign up for the Neurodiverse Love Newsletter. Also, if you are interested in buying a deck of the Neurodiverse Love Conversation Cards, the digital deck is available for $11. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Click here⁠⁠⁠⁠ to buy your deck today. Lastly, if you missed the 2023 Neurodiverse Love Conference you can buy unlimited access to the 27 AMAZING pre-recorded conference sessions for only $98 by ⁠⁠⁠Clicking here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thanks for being a part of the Neurodiverse Love Community! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/neurodiverse-love/message

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worship for July 16 2023

Hope Faith Courage

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 30:07

Worship service for Saint Matthews Lutheran Church of Bergenfield includes hymns prayer sermon blessing.

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20. Rav Yaakov Neuburger: Balanced and Thoughtful Parenting

The Jews Next Dor

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 75:05

"When a child is challenging, it's important to realize that he/she doesn't want to be that way. When a parent/teacher realizes that fact, they will better appreciate that they are working toward the same goal as the child is" Rav Yaakov Neuburger is a Rosh Yeshiva at YU, as well as the Rav of of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield, N.J. offers incredible insights like these throughout this exceptional episode. Rav Neuburger is widely regarded as an authority on issues related to marital relationships and the purity of the Jewish home. He offers his services to help young men train for married life and prepare to build a proper Jewish home built on Jewish law and spirit. This episode was my most listened to episode from my other podcast, JEDucation, because so many people value Rav Neuburgers incredible advice, and want to hear any words he has. In this episode we discuss: Who Rav Neuburger's role models were Non-negotiable love When to encourage children to learn The importance of not pushing minyan How to raise children who are less entitled An important approach towards Shalom Bayis How to make Tefillah more accessible And so much more. Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yair-menchel/message

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The late Jacklyn Zeman - The Interview 8-3-2022

The Locher Room

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 69:05

The late Jacklyn Zeman sat down with me in The Locher Room for a one-on-one interview.Join us as we look back on her 45 years as Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital. In addition to General Hospital, daytime fans know Jackie from her role as Lana McClain on One Life to Live, Sofia Madison on The Bay and Mo on Misguided.Jackie was born in Englewood, New Jersey and grew up in Bergenfield not far from where I grew up. Jackie began training for the classic ballet at age 5 and was accepted into the New Jersey Dance Company at age 15. She accepted a scholarship from New York University at 15 to pursue a major in dance.Please join us for a fun hour looking back on her career and time on General Hospital.Original Airdate: 8/3/2022

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Tiêu điểm - Cựu binh Mỹ và sứ mệnh cuộc đời sau hơn nửa thế kỷ

VOV - Sự kiện và Bàn luận

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 7:48

- Cựu binh Mỹ Peter Mathews, 77 tuổi, ở thành phố Bergenfield thuộc bang New Jersey từng tìm thấy một cuốn sổ tay nhỏ trong một chiếc ba lô của chiến sỹ bộ đội Việt Nam khi tham gia chiến dịch ở Đắc Tô, Kon Tum, năm 1967. Ông Peter đã giữ cuốn sổ trong suốt 56 năm qua và việc trảo trả kỷ vật này cho người lính hoặc thân nhân của người lính đó đối với ông là một sứ mệnh vì điều này sẽ là sự khép lại không chỉ cho gia đình người liệt sỹ mà cho chính hành trình của ông. Chủ đề : cựu binh mỹ, việt nam --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vov1sukien/support

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I Am the Queen Mummy

Featured Lectures by Rabbi YY Jacobson

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 55:52

Lecture for "Just One Life": Lecture in Bergenfield, NJ at the home of Azi and Rachel Mandel for the organizationJustOneLife.orgon 25 Elul, 5782, September 21, 2022

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Tshuvos and Poskim-This “Pop-Up” is no Automatic “Out”- Why you're on Safe and Snug Halachic Ground taking down and putting up Your Portable Sukkah-explained by Rabbi Duvi Weiss

TheYeshiva.net - Most Recent Classes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 40:39

During the heady days of readying for Mitzvos HaChag The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT Offered a brief 'lomdusha' break from Daled Minim Shopping and Sukkah construction and presented our esteemed Rosh Yeshiva Emeritus Rabbi David(Duvi) Weiss Shlita Addressing a most modern phenomenon With the classic tools of Talmudic analysis This “Pop-Up” is no Automatic “Out” Why you're on Safe and Snug Halachic Ground putting up and taking down Your Portable Sukkah Rabbi Weiss was the maggid shiur at the IDT Yeshiva for the better part of the past two decades.Viewed as Rebbe to hundreds of Talmidim, his shiurim range from Halacha to Chassidus, Hashkafa and Gemara all infused with his clear presentation of even the most difficult topics. His scholarly shiurim and inspiring drashos have made him a speaker very much in demand in communities throughout the Tri-State area. He is the Rav of Congregation Ohr Chodosh in Bergenfield. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

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I Am the Queen Mummy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 55:52

Lecture for "Just One Life": Lecture in Bergenfield, NJ at the home of Azi and Rachel Mandel for the organizationJustOneLife.orgon 25 Elul, 5782, September 21, 2022

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Episode 81 - Oct. 2nd, 2022 - The Hiatus is Over

On The Rekord

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 151:45

Episode 8 - Oct. 2nd, 2022 - The Hiatus is Over - What has each member been up too since the last episode… - RIP Coolie - RIP Antonio Inoki - PnB Rock Situation x RIP PnB Rock - Checking-In especially in Los Angeles, California - Labels pushing artist who have a Suspect Background compared to an artist whose a Civilian - Songs Of The Episode - @MixedByKamillion “Calling Your Name” - Brett Farve x Welfare x Mississippi - Songs Of The Episode - Vanity Rose “Pretty Girls Get Lonely” - NFL Talk - Syracuse Orangemen vs Wagner Seahawks - Appalachian State Mountaineers vs James Madison Dukes - @Im_Waltttt Sports Elite Level of Dominance - Tua Tagovailoa x Concussion Protocol - @BrojodeathPunch Pay Structure in the NFL - NFL Equals “Not For Long” League - Songs Of The Episode - Kai Cash x Devvon Terrell “Can We Talk” - @Ceddy55 JackAsses of The Week - Alexander Tung Cuu Le American Airlines Unruly Flight - Orangetown, NY x Bergenfield, NJ Dean Eichler Desecrating on Grave - Colorado Cops Leave Suspect in Squad Car on Train Tracks - Ron DeSantis Human Trafficking to Martha's Vineyard - Asylum Seekers vs Immigrants x Immigration - Domestic Affairs vs Foreign Affairs in America - Apple Executive Tony Blevins Fired Because of TikTok Video - Apple's History of Racism, Sexism, Lack of Diversity & Being a Good Ole Boys Club - Microsoft x Activision - Unruly New York City Women on Flight (Kelly PIchardo, 32, Bronx, NY) - Songs Of The Episode - Flameezy ft; Beenie Man “Ecstasy” - Wise Guys Corner - Story Time with Scandalous Story - Wise Guys Corner - Would you want your Best Friend to smash your significant other?

Daf Yomi Yevamos Daf 72 by R' Eli Stefansky

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Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 46:50

00:00 - Good Morning 00:17 - Emails/Pictures 03:59 - Omer/Sponsors 06:10 - Amud Beis 12:52 - Amud Aleph 36:45 - Amud Beis 46:20 - Have a Wonderful day -- Today's shiur is sponsored לענ הרב זכריה שמעון הכהן וואלערשטיין זצ׳ל By his kids & Ahron Fraiman Lzchus continued parnasah, siyadta dishmaya, and hatzlacha to R Eli! & the Wolkenstein family אם אין קמח, אין תורה; אם אין תורה, אין קמח & By the Lock and Lebovic families Lakewood NJ, because Torah is the best segulah! & Anonymously לע״נ חיה בת יוסף & Anonymously As a HaKaras HaTov to Hashem and as a zechus for continued health and bracha & the Boyer Family: לעילו נשמת ר׳ אליהו ז״ל בן ר׳ אברהם נ״י Eli Weinberg A”H A dear family friend who suddenly passed away at the age of 59, he loved MDY and was proud to be a part of this amazing daf yomi shiur & L'ilui Nishmas My Father, R' Yisroel ben R' Dov, May today's learning be a Zechus for his Neshama and a source of comfort for the family. Tzirel, Avrohom Mayer, Yisroel Dov & Asher Zelig Farkovits & Eliezer Gross In honor of Yosef Korn from Bergenfield, NJ who got me to join the shiur & Lelui Nishmas Reb Chaim Ben Reb Shlomo Reuven & Michael Dinowitz In Honor of Moe Landy. May his super support of MDY be a zechus for him & his family -- Turning of the daf Sponsored by Moshie Horn in honor of the gold star, Moti Donut & Anonymously In honor of Eli for the countless lives he's changing

Let's Talk Business with Sonny Vinuya featuring Bergenfield, New Jersey's Fil-Am Mayor Arvin Amatorio

PHLV Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 27:36

Let's Talk Business with Sonny Vinuya continues its series on Filipino Americans who have broken through barriers here in the United States. In this episode, we feature Bergenfield, New Jersey's Fil-Am Mayor Arvin Amatorio.

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5/7/22 Shiur – 369 – What makes a successful marriage? What are common mistakes that should be avoided?

Headlines

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2022 120:09

What's the most important ingredient to have a successful marriage? What are significant issues that are easy to resolve? What are some common mistakes that spouses make? What can boys and girls in Shidduchim – or even earlier – do to prepare for a successful marriage? What should be done when a couple hits turbulents during marriage? How to handle disagreements over: money, having additional children, conflicting minhagim, where to send kids to school and more *** Guest Hosted by Ari Wasserman *** Author of “Making it Work,” “Making it ALL Work” (for women) and 10 other Seforim, Maggid Shiur, Yerushalayim with Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger – Rosh Yeshiva at REITS, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield – 8:44 with Mrs. Chani Juravel LCSW – popular lecturer and therapist – 38:32 with Dr. David Lieberman – internationally renowned speaker and author – 1:02:15 with Rabbi Paysach Krohn – noted maggid – 1:25:46 מראי מקומות

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18. Rav Yaakov Neuburger - How to be Balanced and Thoughtful in Parenting

JEDucation - Conversations in Parenting and Jewish Education

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 71:52

“Patience is the most important midah one needs to work on to have a successful marriage” - Find out how this important quote from this week's episode with Rav Neuberger is connected to parenting, and many more important topics. Rav Neuberger is a Rosh Yeshiva at YU, as well as the Rav of of Congregation Beth Abraham in Bergenfield, N.J. Rav Neuburger is widely regarded as an authority on issues related to marital relationships and the purity of the Jewish home. He offers his services to help young men train for married life and prepare to build a proper Jewish home built on Jewish law and spirit. #podcast #Jewishpodcast #newpodcast #parenting #parentingtips #parentingadvice #jewisheducation #education #tefillah #growth #unconditionallove #torah If have questions and if have any ideas of what you would like to hear, please reach out to us at JEDucation.org. We really appreciate the feedback and ideas gotten so far and look forward to being able to continue to give you great JEDucation advice. Did you hear the news? There is now a JEDucation Whatsapp group to be able to stay on top of the latest updates, episodes, videos, and ideas. Click here to join: https://chat.whatsapp.com/C6Kh6uUC7RpALRxKtB45pZ As always, a reminder to give a rating on apple podcasts, follow us on Instagram and twitter, and to subscribe to our mailing at JEDucation.org if you'd like to receive updates of when a new episode comes out. Check it out on Youtube: https://youtu.be/COpQBF6-duw here --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeducation/support

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Elana Ochs

Whatever It Takes

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2022 48:40

Elana is the owner of Kol Chaverim Preschool which was founded in April 2012 and will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary next month. Elana opened her second KCP branch in Teaneck at Yeshivat HeAtid in 2016. That same year, she also launched KC KIDS early and aftercare program for the yeshiva's elementary aged students. In 2018, Elana joined forces with Yavneh Academy to help create Gan Yavneh Nursery in Teaneck. Each of these programs serviced around 70-100 children from the greater Jewish community. Elana also has a passion for safety and health andbecame a certified EMT in 2008. She opened her swim program in Engelwood, NJ called “Morah Elana's Swim School” in 2010, which was an extension of the swim school that she started back in high school, when she lived in Toronto. She was also the Host and Program Director for “Upscale Getaways” Passover Programs in Niagara Falls in recent years. Elana graduated from Yeshiva University with a B.A. in English Literature, a concentration in Music and an A.A. in Judaic Studies. She also earned a dual Masters degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education at Touro College, NY. Prior to working as a Preschool Director, Elana worked as Head Lifeguard at the camp run by the Hebrew Academy for Special Children (HASC). She was also selected to join Teach For America and served as a special educator and corps member in Harlem and the Bronx. Special education and helping others that are not able to advocate for themselves has always been an integral role in Elana's life. Elana enjoys creating unique programming, as well as a safe, nurturing, stimulating and dynamic environment for students, parents and staff. She lives in Bergenfield with her husband and 3 children. She is also a proud surrogate carrier to her cousin, Arielle, in Brooklyn NY.

Season 2 - Daboll Named HC, Flores Controversy Awash

Three Angry Giants Fans

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 71:56

Scott, Giant Mike and Cardone discuss the new Giants coach, Brian Daboll as well as breakdown the Brian Flores complaints and lawsuit. Oh and there were a couple of really good conference Championship games to talk about. Plus we cover Pet Peeves and a question from Dan in Bergenfield.Follow us on Twitter @Angry_ThreeDownload any of the episodes on Google or Apple Podcasts, or at this link:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1358293

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39 - Personal Dialogue for Greater Outcomes

SEEing to Lead

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2021 31:13

Craig's been married for 25 years to an educator and is a father of three beautiful girls. He has been in Bergenfield, NJ for 25 years with the last 10 as Principal of Jefferson Elementary School. Craig is a former Physical Education teacher, Supervisor of Art, Music, and PE, Director of the Alternative High School as well. He feels he has been blessed with the privilege to work with the children of Bergenfield and thoroughly enjoys each day in this profession. Key Takeaways: It's important to model incremental improvement. Create a process for getting better in areas that you need improvement by reflecting. Have small conversations with teachers each day. Dialog needs to be personal before practice or process before it leads to outcomes. Being vulnerable allows you to connect with people and learn. Everything must be centered on your personal philosophy if you are to help teachers to the greatest extent. Look for, cultivate, and capture the "it" factor. You can teach the other stuff. Things don't get brought to our attention unless they're important to the person bringing them to us. Use your spirit use your freedom use your style. Own it. Contact: Twitter - @crvogt68 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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How Royalty Thinks

TheYeshiva.net - Most Recent Classes

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 71:58

Lecture Just One Life Dinner: On Thursday, 11 Elul, 5781, August 19, 2021, Rabbi YY Jacobson presented the keynote address for "Just One Life", an organization dedicated to helping mothers in Israel struggling with pregnancy. The evening, led by the director of Just One Life, Rabbi Marty Katz, took place at the home of Azi and Rachel Mandel, in Bergenfield, New Jersey.

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Wayne Scot Lukas - Being Our Best

The Best Ever You Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 6:00

For more than thirty-eight years, Wayne Scot Lukas has been a top celebrity fashion stylist who has worked with many of the most famous faces (and bodies) in the world. His styling can be seen in countless magazines. Wayne was the lead stylist and assistant designer for Christie Brinkley; and one of the co-authors and support on the New York Times bestselling books Making Faces and Face Forward by celebrity makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin. He was the head stylist and creative director of Spiegel magazine. He has also been featured in The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever (2000) by Teri Agins, Secrets of Stylists: An Insider's Guide to Styling the Stars by Sasha Charnin Morrison (2011), House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder and Survival by Deborah Ball (2011) and Jersey Girls: The Fierce and the Fabulous by Marie Moss and Barri Leiner Grant. As a costume designer and visual consultant, Wayne worked on Tina Turner's “Wildest Dreams” World Tour, and with Gianni Versace executing Wayne's vision for her “24/7” World Tour; on special opening costumes for Janet's “All For You” World Tour and for her infamous “wardrobe malfunction” costume at the 2004 Super Bowl; and styled the wardrobe for Justin Timberlake and his dancers for the “Justified” World Tour. Several of his costume designs were featured in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Rock Style” exhibit, which traveled around the globe. (Three of his designs were considered the best costumes in rock'n'roll history.) On television, Wayne was the co-host/stylist of the hit TLC fashion intervention show What Not To Wear in 2003-2004. Born and raised in Bergenfield, NJ, he is an accomplished, competitive equestrian, a dearly loved uncle, dog breeder, animal lover, artist, friend, caretaker, brother, and son.

What is your recovery time after a breakup?

Dining With Nadiva

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 36:49

DINING WITH NADIVA A TNT PRODUCTION Ep. 18 GUESTN HOSTS: Antonia (Antham Spekaks & Keisha) DIVA'S TABLE TOPIC: What is your recovery time after a breakup? WORD OF THE DAY: Beamish - 1. (adjective) beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation Sentence: Most kids are beamish when they visit amusement parks and playgrounds. FEATURED RESTAURANT: BurgerIM 477 S.Washington Ave, Bergenfield, NJ 07621 www.burgerim.com Owners: Amish Burgerim means Many Burgers in Hebrew - Burgerim has many locations across the nation, we own only one location. It's family owned and operated business. Owner is Indian Heritage comes from minority group.We serve Family and Party Boxes in family style meal. We deliver thru DoorDash, UberEats and Grubhub DISHES: FAMILY BOX: 8 Burgers, Chicken Wings, Burgerim Fries & Onion Rings Strawberry Milkshake & Cookies and Cream DIVA TABLE TOPIC: What is your recovery time after a breakup? WORD OF THE DAY: Beamish - 1. (adjective) beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation STATS: Studies suggest that people start to feel better around three months post-breakup. One study found it takes three months and 11 days before the average American feels ready to date again after a major breakup. - ZENCARE.com SCRIPTURE: Psalm 147:3 “He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” The Good News: No matter the source of your heartbreak, God can repair your wounds. SHOW LESS All Recently uploaded Watched

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Nina Eizikovitz

A Piece of Me with Aviva Breda

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2021 47:26

Nina Eizikovitz, as of today (April 27, 2021), is the number 2 realtor in all of Bergen County, number 1 in both Teaneck & Bergenfield, and the most honest, patient, and caring agent I've ever met. Listen in as we discuss finding your dream job when you weren't even looking for it and becoming successful at something you never planned to do. Nina can be found on instagram @ninalinks or on the web at linksnj.com

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Introducing I've Got a Question!

The Koren Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 23:43

Introducing I've Got a Question! Alex sits down with Shira Greenspan who is the host of a brand-new podcast from the Koren Podcast Network. I've Got a Question! is a place for kids to ask the questions they've always wondered about! Why is there so much blood in the story of Pesah? What was it like at the splitting of the Red Sea? What's it like to move to Israel? How do we know Hashem is listening? Join host Shira Greenspan as she talks to experts from all over the world to try and find answers, and even ask some of her own questions along the way! I've Got a Question is a part of the Koren Podcast Network In the first episode of I've Got a Question! Shira answers a question sent in by Orit from Pennsylvania: Why is Pesah so bloody? Why is there so much blood in the Pesah story? Shira calls on Dr. Larry Stiefel and Dr. Daniel Rose to try and find the answers. Dr. Larry, also known as the Maggid of Bergenfield, is an expert on blood and how our bodies work. Daniel Rose created the Magerman Edition Koren Youth Haggada and the Magerman Edition Koren Educational Siddur Series. He is an expert on all things Jewish and spends his time making Judaism fun and interesting for kids all over the world! You can find Daniel's Haggada and siddurim here

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Eww, gross! Why is Pesah so bloody?

I've Got a Question!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 18:38

Welcome to I've Got A Question! a brand-new podcast just for kids to get answers to their questions! This week Shira answers a question sent in by Orit from Pennsylvania: Why is Pesah so bloody? Why is there so much blood in the Pesah story? Shira calls on Dr. Larry Stiefel and Dr. Daniel Rose to try and find the answers. Dr. Larry, also known as the Maggid of Bergenfield, is an expert on blood and how our bodies work. Daniel Rose created the Magerman Edition Koren Youth Haggada and the Magerman Edition Koren Educational Siddur Series. He is an expert on all things Jewish and spends his time making Judaism fun and interesting for kids all over the world! You can find Daniel's Haggada and siddurim here I've Got a Question is hosted by Shira Greenspan and produced by Aryeh Grossman, Dr. Daniel Rose, and Alex Drucker. The show is edited by Alex Drucker. I've Got a Question is part of the Koren Podcast Network, a division of Koren Publishers Jerusalem.

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Tshuvos and Poskim-Chipazon-Getting the Jump on The Essential Mitzvos of Pesach

Fit to Lead by Allison Jackson Fitness

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 34:14

As we approach the Holiday that crafts our National identity and forms the basis for our Emunah The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presented our esteemed Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi David(Duvi) Weiss Shlita in an exploration of a concept that permeates through the directives of the essential Mitzvos of Korbon Pesach and Achilas Matzah Chipazaon This Shiur is dedicated to mark the end of Shiva of Rabbi Weiss's Dear Cousin Avi Weiss A"h הנכבד ויקר אוהב תורה ומוקיר רבנן אברהם יעקב בן משולם דוב וויס תנצבצ"ה Rabbi David Weiss has been the maggid shiur at the IDT Yeshiva for the better part of the past two decades.Viewed as Rebbe to hundreds of Talmidim, his shiurim range from Halacha to Chassidus, Hashkafa and Gemara all infused with his clear presentation of even the most difficult topics. His scholarly shiurim and inspiring drashos have made him a speaker very much in demand in communities throughout the Tri-State area. He is the Rav of Congregation Ohr Chodosh in Bergenfield. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

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Episode #52 -- Interview with Andrea Powers, Founder of Powers Yoga and Yoga Board

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2021 22:32

Andrea Powers is the owner and creator of Powers Yoga located in Bergenfield, NJ. She's also the inventor of the Yoga Board. Learn more at https://powersyoga.com/ Sign up for FREE Macros & Meal Prep Masterclass: https://www.allisonjacksonfitness.com/pl/274627 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fit-to-lead/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fit-to-lead/support

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Does sexual abstinence compromise the true nature of a relationship

Dining With Nadiva

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 27:47

DINING WITH NADIVA A TNT PRODUCTIONSeason 2 Ep. 2 DIVA’S TABLE TOPIC: Does sexual abstinence compromise the true nature of a relationship before marriage? WORD OF THE DAY: Duende - the power to attract through personal magnetism and charm Ex. Even as a voluptuous woman, she had an unmistakable duende that attracted the attention of a passerby. BOOK OF THE MONTH: Relationship Goals - Michael Todd AMAZON LINK: https://amzn.to/3cI2AI5 FEATURED RESTAURANT: GT'S WEST INDIAN/ CUISINE/DEL 239 S Washington Ave, Bergenfield, NJ 07621 (201) 384-0939 DISH: Roti with Curry Chicken and Curry Duck DIVA TABLE TOPIC: Does sexual abstinence compromise the true nature of a relationship before marriage? SCRIPTURE: 1 Thessalonians 4:3-4 3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable,

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Tshuvos and Poskim-Unwrapping a Joyous Mitzvah-Rav Duvi Weiss on Mishloach Manos

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 39:37

As we approached a Purim that promises to be quite different than any we have celebrated The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presented a ZOOM lecture by our esteemed Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi David(Duvi) Weiss Shlita exploring of one of the cardinal Mitzvos HaYom Mishloach Manos- "Much more than a cute package of goodies" Rabbi Weiss has been the maggid shiur at the IDT Yeshiva for the better part of the past two decades.Viewed as Rebbe to hundreds of Talmidim, his shiurim range from Halacha to Chassidus, Hashkafa and Gemara all infused with his clear presentation of even the most difficult topics. His scholarly shiurim and inspiring drashos have made him a speaker very much in demand in communities throughout the Tri-State area. He is the Rav of Congregation Ohr Chodosh in Bergenfield. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

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Daf Yomi Pesachim Daf 79 by R' Eli Stefansky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 49:45

Today's shiur is sponsored by the BPP (Teaneck/Bergenfield) for a רפואה שלמה בקרוב for Shira bas Devorah Leah mother of 5, from Bergenfield, who suddenly collapsed and had emergency brain surgery with a brain bleed. She really needs our tefillot. Her husband is a doctor who's helped save so many people over the last year with corona (and otherwise) and now him and his family really need our tefillot & Gedalia Miller Keshernafshi Ettel Bas Faiga Shprintza mother of 3 needs a Refuah Shleima & משה בן רבקה לרפו""ש & Daniel Landau refuah shelema for my son who is undergoing a procedure this morning רפאל משה בן דינה ברכה ----------------------- Turning of the daf sponsors Kesher Nafshi (keshernafshi.org) - Zchus of the struggling Kids In Pain of Klall Yisroel & for a Refuah Shelayma for all Cholei Yisrael, especially from our MDY family. Please consider joining the MDY Tehillim group at tehillim.8mindaf.com ----------------------------- 00:00 - Good Morning 00:04 - Sponsor 01:51 - Email and more 06:48 - Don't forget 06:59 - Ohr HaMercaz 07:10 - Amud Beis 16:55 - Amud Aleph 40:42 - Amud Beis 47:52 - Have a Wonderful day 47:56 - Tehillim 48:37 - Shmooze

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Daf Yomi Pesachim Daf 78 by R' Eli Stefansky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 50:28

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Daf Yomi Pesachim Daf 77 by R' Eli Stefansky

8 Minute Daf by R’ Eli Stefansky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 67:06

Today's shiur is sponsored by the BPP (Teaneck/Bergenfield) for a רפואה שלמה בקרוב for Shira bas Devorah Leah mother of 5, from Bergenfield, who suddenly collapsed and had emergency brain surgery with a brain bleed. She really needs our tefillot. Her husband is a doctor who's helped save so many people over the last year with corona (and otherwise) and now him and his family really need our tefillot & Seth Helman For the second yahrzeit of my grandfather, מאיר בן מרדכי & in honor of Aunt Nancy for our 39 wedding anniversary All that we have been blessed with is from your kindness faith and love My gratitude and thanks for your sacrifice and dedication to our family May you continue to be blessed with only good health to see the wonderful family you have raised All my love Phil & Fishel In honor of Shmuli Weisfish finishing his 4th seder (Nashim) ----------------------- Turning of the daf sponsors Kesher Nafshi (keshernafshi.org) - Zchus of the struggling Kids In Pain of Klall Yisroel & for a Refuah Shelayma for all Cholei Yisrael, especially from our MDY family. Please consider joining the MDY Tehillim group at tehillim.8mindaf.com

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8 Min Daf - Pesachim Daf 077 by R' Eli Stefansky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2021 8:10

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Daf Yomi Pesachim Daf 76 by R' Eli Stefansky

8 Minute Daf by R’ Eli Stefansky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 48:43

Today's shiur is sponsored by Avi Mandelbaum in honor of my wife Michal Mandelbaum's 40th birthday & the BPP (Teaneck/Bergenfield) for a רפואה שלמה בקרוב for Shira bas Devorah Leah mother of 5, from Bergenfield, who suddenly collapsed and had emergency brain surgery with a brain bleed. She really needs our tefillot. Her husband is a doctor who's helped save so many people over the last year with corona (and otherwise) and now him and his family really need our tefillot & Zevi's parents: In honour of Zevi's Class Rebbe, Rabbi Yeshaya Kohn, an outstanding mechanech who is part of MDY and who inspires his young talmidim each day at Torah Temimah, London & the Kamionski/Zauderer family: Elazer Ben Elcha for a complete Refuah Shelemah ----------------------- Turning of the daf sponsors Kesher Nafshi (keshernafshi.org) - Zchus of the struggling Kids In Pain of Klall Yisroel & for a Refuah Shelayma for all Cholei Yisrael, especially from our MDY family. Please consider joining the MDY Tehillim group at tehillim.8mindaf.com

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8 Min Daf - Pesachim Daf 076 by R' Eli Stefansky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 7:51

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Christmas service 2020

Hope Faith Courage

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2020 44:18

Full Christmas Worship Service for Saint Matthews Lutheran Church of Bergenfield, New Jersey 2020. This includes Christmas hymns, Scripture readings, Psalms and Prayers. The sermon by the Reverend Dr. Frederick Schoenfeld concerns the message of the Angels to the Shepherds. “Be not afraid.”

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Rav Duvie Weiss on How Women can have a Chiyuv of Sephiras HaOmer

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 38:51

Rabbi Weiss speaking to his congregation in Bergenfield ,New Jersey through ZOOM teleconferencing attempts to explain the seemingly incomprehensible statement of the Ramban that women are Chayav in the Mitzvah of Sephira ,with Nachmanidies actually placing it in his list of "not zman grama".The two well reasoned explanations are based on principles articulated by Rav Chaim of Brisk-and the last Lubavitcher Rebbe. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

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Rav Duvie Weiss on How Women can have a Chiyuv of Sephiras HaOmer

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 38:51

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Rav Duvie on the Parsha-Episode 1-Tazria Metzora-Clear life lessons from an Obscure Place

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 47:23

Rabbi Duvie Weiss weaves together important ethical and Halachic principles that he has gleaned from the persuasive parshanus of the Kli Yakar, brilliant insights of the Meshech Chochmah,and strong moral directives of the Chofetz Chaim.Rabbi Weiss ,in addressing his congregation in Bergenfield from isolation,powerfully illustrates the proper method for giving constructive criticism,and paints a scenario where the social interaction of a community is rendered more enjoyable by adhering to the laws of Loshon Hara.Prepared to be stirred by his charge for ongoing spiritual and moral advancement,which will make you cherish this lucid guide to some of the most difficult passages in the whole Torah.Please leave us a review or comment at ravkiv@gmail.comfor more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

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Rav Duvie on the Parsha-Episode 1-Tazria Metzora-Clear life lessons from an Obscure Place

Kerk van God Ministerieel van Jezus Christus Internationaal

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 47:23

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Getuigenissen - God geneest van Covid-19 en voorziet broeders van geld en voedsel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 6:33

Bergenfield, New Jersey, VS en Cundinamarca, Colombia Datum: 18 april 2020 Kerk van God Ministerieel van Jezus Christus Internationaal Bezoek voor meer Bijbelstudies onze website: Zuster Maria Luisa Piraquive Home Nieuws Getuigenissen

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Rav Duvie Weiss on Shmurah Matzah -Hand and Machine -what the Halacha demands

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 47:15

Rav Duvie delivers this recorded ZOOM conference to his erstwhile Mispallelim in Bergenfield taking them through the Machlokes Rashi and the Rambam as to the parameters of when Shmurah Matzah is called for,and what exactly it is.This impacts on whether children can be involved in the baking process of Matzos.and a fascinating psak from the Rav of Warsaw in the 1830's.Rabbi Weiss presenrs a succint overview of the issues surrounding machine matzos,and provides clarification of the use of the standard Manischewitz container even for the Seder night.He then provides an inspiring principle that connects the redemptive aspects of Purim and Pesach which can serve as another layer of Bitachon as we face the difficulties of isolation and illness in the Corona Pandemic.Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.comFor more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 47:14

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We Are Young- fun. ft. Janelle Monae

Decomposition Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 44:12

WE'RE BACK, BABY! And we are quarantined, and thus have time to occasionally record an episode for you guys. 2011 was huge for the band fun. Thats "fun period." This is a fun-period song, not a fun, period song.Also, Nate Ruess is history's greatest monster.Bergenfield, NJ's own Jack Antonoff and his band, fun., smashed two adequate songs together to make one terrible song... and it blew upThey completely underused the talents of Janelle MonaeThen broke upBleachers is better.Stay safePeriod

Class-Action Park Reborn

Today in N.J.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2020 3:25

A N.J. themed board game pays tribute to some iconic history, a historic log cabin is on the market in South Jersey, the Hudson Regional Hospital is featuring some fantastic artists and a Bergenfield veteran finally received the World War II honor he deserves.Board Game: http://nj-ne.ws/Dptr2G7Log Cabin: http://nj-ne.ws/2tb49UUHospital Art: http://nj-ne.ws/yezmKtJVeteran: http://nj-ne.ws/j7R4ygwToday in N.J. has been an audio briefing of the stories from around New Jersey, presented by NJ.com’s Libby Cardone. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube or add the Alexa skill. Send feedback to podcasts@njadvancemedia.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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By Faith...

Epiphany Church: NYC

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2020

This week, we have a special guest. Pastor Dan Stenberg from Calvary Church, Bergenfield, NJ is here to preach on Hebrews 11:30-31

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Fighting Fires in Self-Storage Facilities with James Kirsch

Code 3 - The Firefighters' Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 22:33

Self-storage units present a unique challenge in case of fire. The come with the hazards found in a hoarder house, but worse. Making entry can be tough—nowadays, the simple padlock has often been replaced by an electronic lock. And while many of these storage units are constructed of block, a lot of them –especially in buildings converted to storage facilities may have sheetrock walls between the units. And who knows what's stored in them? With me today to talk about the hazards is Jim Kirsch, a 35-year veteran of the fire service who retired as a captain in the Bergenfield, New Jersey Fire Department. He is a former volunteer chief, a New Jersey State certified level II fire instructor, drill ground instructor, and fire prevention official. Jim is an instructor at the Bergen County New Jersey Fire Academy. Support this podcast

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Halachic Issues at the Beginning and End of Life - Rabbi Schachter

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Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 38:17

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Episode 208 - George Pettit Part 2 (Dead Tired, Alexisonfire, Bergenfield Four)

Turned Out A Punk

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 120:32

GEORGE IS BACK BABY! Once again TOAP shows up to prove that a sequel can equal or even top the original. George Pettit was one of the original guests on this podcast way back when & now he finally makes his triumphant return to the show! Join Damian as he sits down with his good friend to catch up & bullshit about music, culture & how punk can micro change the world. NOT TO BE MISSED! George's band Dead Tired has an awesome new album, "Full Vol." His other band, Alexisonfire also put out some amazing new music as well. Also Touched On: A long time coming making this thing George tells Damian Alexisonfire is getting back together “What am I going to do now?” the post band question Wade gets it done Young Chris O’Toole working at the record store Niagara Falls: ghost town Sex Pistols Wax Figures shows that no one came to The kind of out of touch having a kid makes you kid run vs. the old people scene The end of alternative culture The brilliance of CityTV No New Bomb Turks on Much Music & SO MUCH MORE!!!!! BROUGHT TO YOU BY VANS

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Episode 46 - The Rezort, Crossroads Deli, Hand Of The Queen

What's Going On Here?!?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2018 76:15

Episode 46 - In this spooky Halloween episode, we review the zombie movie The Rezort, get our hands on the (Insider blog reviewed!) Fat Bubba sandwich by Crossroads Deli in Bergenfield, and consume the delicious Hand Of The Queen, a Game Of Thrones inspired barleywine ale by Brewery Ommegang out of Cooperstown, NY. Truly delicious stuff!! Cheers!!!

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Is it OK to be Different? Social Expectations and Torah Ideals - Rabbi Schachter

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 21:55

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Learning and Living Emunah - Rabbi Twersky

This Was The Scene Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 21:55

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ

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Ep. 017: Promoting Shows w/ Melissa Kundrath

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2018 103:28

The Bergenfield girls were show promoters in the northern part of jersey who were made up of Melissa, Erin, and Kathy. They were just 3 awesome chicks who had a passion for punk rock and decided to start putting on shows. Back in the day, my old band Lanemeyer loved getting asked to play on the shows they put on. The majority of them were at the Teaneck American Legion which became a staple for watching great bands even though it was such a tiny space. This interview is pretty awesome because A. Melissa is the shit. And B, if gives you an inside look on what went into actually putting on a show between paying for the hall, getting bands to show up and play on time, dealing with potential brawls in the parking lot, and more. Funny story is that after hearing episode 2 or 3 of this podcast, Melissa reached out to me and Jeremy from humble and asked what we thought of playing a reunion show. We thought it was a swell idea and that’s why you can see both of our bands play at debonair musical in Teaneck NJ on Saturday July 21 with special guests Jettison. You can purchase tickets at thiswasthescene.com Go there, scroll down and click on the purple button that says CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS. I asked Melissa to be on the podcast, she said hell yes and this is what we talk about: My Bronx Tale story Bands that we consider ours The Aquabats Paramus park mall Heckle How they booked bands by cold calling them How they found Teaneck’s American legion hall Were shows stressful to put on? How they had to keep the peace at some shows How local shows were very similar around the country Were any bands a pain in the ass The Westwood garage How did it come to an end How the Lanemeyer/Humble reunion show the July came about And a ton more As always, thank you to the people who’ve donated to the podcast. If you’d like to do so just go to thiswasthescene.com and send whatever you’d like. It helps me with the $20/month to keep this thing live. I’m still in the process of designing shirts to sell to help keep this thing alive so keep checking the this was the scene facebook page for updates. I’ve officially added merchandise to the website. If you’d like to check the shirts out just go to thiswasthescene.com. I can officially announce that thanks to Rob Hitt from old school punk rockers Midtown, will be re-releasing Lanemeyer’s first album Stories for the big screen on vinyl. This will be on his record label I surrender records. This is a limited re-mastered pressing of 250 copies that’s on green vinyl, has an etching on one side that says GOD I MISS YOU GOD I MISS THIS PLACE, and be the only place to find our cover of with or without you since that won’t be released digitally. Presale starts July 9 at 11am and the release date for the record is July 20 which is the day before our show at debonair in Teaneck. Yes, we will have copies at the show to sell. Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia. With that said, let's get started.

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Ep. 009: The NJPP Archive w/ Joe Pulito

This Was The Scene Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2018 72:29

Welcome everyone to This Was The Scene, the podcast that takes a look back at the late 90s / early 2000 Nj Jersey Punk scene, I am your host, Mike Doyle. There were a lot of punk/emo/hardcore bands that came out of the Jersey scene. I didn’t realize how many there actually were until Joe Pulito showed up in the North Jersey Pop Punk facebook group and said, hi everyone, I’ve archived all of it. I mean, I don’t think he has 100% of the bands but I Think he has like 99%. This is purely a passion project for Joe because he’s not getting paid and this takes sooo much fucking time to do. Heath Midtown said it best in his interview, episode 003, when he stated that Joe is doing the Lord's work. If you are looking for ANY bands back in the late 90s early 2000s era then check out njpparchive.com The Mxpx Show In Bordentown Our Thoughts On Saves The Day Having A Hand In Changing The Scene Drive Thru’S Rise In The Scene Dashboard Break Up With Drive Thru Asbury Park Brewery Brian Fallon’S Stint In Lanemeyer How He Started The Njpp Archive How He Actually Acquired The Songs If He’S Gotten Yelled At By Any Bands, Yet His Process For Getting All Of This Music Online How The Initial Original Youtube Channel Got Disabled What The Future Holds For The Archive And A Ton More Before we being, thank you again to the people who’ve donated to the podcast. If you’d like to do so just go to thiswasthescene.com and send whatever you’d like. Also, if you were a fan of my old band Lanemeyer and our buddies Humble Beginnings then Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 21 because both of our bands will be playing a 20-year anniversary show at Debonair Music Hall in Teaneck NJ. Presale tickets will be $15 and then $20 at the door. It’s been 20 years since both of us released our first records and we decided to get together and have a party. I don’t know about Humble but I can Gauran fucking Tee you that this is THE last Lanemeyer show that we will ever play. To get your tickets head to https://debonairmusichall.showare.com/ and order them today. Thank you to the Bergenfield girls for putting this together. Feel free to subscribe, leave a review and share this with anyone who would love some nostalgia. With that said, let's get started.

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Ep. 37, Pt. 1 - The 2018 WGOH Best Tournament (Part VII), Bamboo Grill, Jovial (Belgian Dubbel Ale)

What's Going On Here?!?

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018 53:44

Episode 37, Part 1: the 2018 What's Going On Here?!? Best Tournament comes to a close in this two-part episode, and we finally see which is the best superhero movie of all time. We also sample some delicious Filipino food from Bamboo Grill in Bergenfield, and enjoy Jovial, a hearty Belgian dubbel made by Troegs Independent Brewing out of Hershey, PA.

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MesorahCast 2018: Episode 3

MesorahCast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2018 32:01

Ari and Dov are joined by Gila Guzman, Mesorah’s nutritional coach, to talk about food options available at Camp, her approach to nutrition for campers, how to prepare picky eaters for camp and what should you eat for energy to have the best summer 2018 and more! “Coach Gila”, as she is known by her students and clients, is a certified integrative nutrition health coach with a local, national and international following due to her popular private and group coaching programs. In addition to her work at Mesorah, she teaches nutrition and healthy cooking classes at schools and is the in-house nutrition coach at Grand and Essex in Bergenfield, NJ where she has her own line of "Coach Gila approved" healthy takeout foods at the store. She can be reached through her website at www.mainassethealth.com and at 917-647-1788

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The Bible Line - August 1, 2017 (Audio)

Search The Scriptures - Dr. Carl Broggi

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017

Neal, San Padre Island, TX - Does Pastor Broggi have any messages on answering questions when witnessing to a Muslim or other religions may have about Christianity? Danny, Bergenfield, NJ - Where did the people before Jesus came go? did they go to...

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054: LOUIS ROSANO/Louis Electric Amplifiers

Roadie Free Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2017 66:23

If you haven’t plugged-in and tried a guitar amplifier from Louis Electric Amplifiers yet, I urge you to find the nearest one and do so right away. For the last 25 years, Louis Rosano has been hand-building his amplifiers in a small garage in Bergenfield, New Jersey, these amps have pleased the some of the industry’s heavyweights, from Keith Richards and Ron Wood, to Warren Haynes, Danny Gatton, Anna Popovic, Jackson Browne, Jorma Kaukonen, Hubert Sumlin, and Arlen Roth. I sat and talked with Louis in his shop, right next to the house his Grandparents bought in 1923. It was a beautiful day, the garage door was open, he treated me to a fantastic espresso, but most importantly, I fell deeply in love with his Deltone Reverb Amplifier.

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The Proper Way to Ask and Answer Halachic Questions - Rabbi Schachter

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2016 37:11

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ

Masorah and the Role of the Jewish Woman - Rabbi Twersky

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2016 57:41

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ

Are Sports Kosher? A Torah Perspective on Sports - Rabbi Willig

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2014 52:16

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

Do we Really Believe? Are We Really Committed? Introspection for Yomim Noraim 5775 - Rabbi Twersky

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2014 37:47

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

Distractions

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2014

In her talk to St. Anthony's in Bergenfield, NJ, Frederica addresses the problem of distractions while praying.

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Fr. Joe Allen

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Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2014

Frederica introduces us to the longtime pastor of one of our nation's first intentionally pan-Orthodox churches—St. Antony's Antiochian Orthodox Church in Bergenfield, New Jersey.

Poetry Reading: Star of David

Webcasts from the Library of Congress II

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2014 53:17

Nov. 22, 2013. Rick Black reads from his book of poems, "Star of David." Speaker Biography: Born and brought up in Bergenfield, New Jersey, Rick Black has studied various facets of bookbinding with Maria Pisano, Susan Mills, Carolyn Chadwick, Yukari Hayashida and Carol Barton, among others. He has participated in national book arts and fine art exhibitions. For more than 20 years, he was a professional journalist, including a three-year stint in the Jerusalem bureau of The New York Times. He also freelanced for numerous national newspapers and magazines, including The Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Jerusalem Post, Forward, Archeology, Cicada, and Cricket. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6232

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Harry Basil

Big Pop Fun with Tom Wilson

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2012 65:51

Harry Basil is a comedian, director, and writer. We talk about Bergenfield, New Jersey, his Dad's movie camera, and our first meeting, when I kicked him out of the club.

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Chinuch Habonim V'habanos - Rabbi Twersky

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2012 65:09

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

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When Can I Skip Shul? Leave Shul Early? Talk, Text, or Email in Shul? - Rabbi Willig

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2011 37:39

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

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Factors To Consider When Choosing a High School - Rabbi Dr. Twerski

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2011 34:06

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

Teshuva: It's Not Just About ME - Rabbi Twersky

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2011 33:50

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

Teshuva: Serving Hashem HIS Way, Not Mine - Rabbi Schachter

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2011 36:28

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

Adolescent Temptations: What Parents & Schools/Yeshivas Need to Know and Do - Rabbi Dr. Twerski

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2011 61:29

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

What Does Hashem Want From Men? And From Women? - Rabbi Willig

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2010 41:48

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

What Do You Mean "No"? Surrendering to the Will of Hashem - Rabbi Twersky

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2010 33:10

The shiur was given in Bergenfield, NJ.

Distractions

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2010 48:56

In her talk to St. Anthony's in Bergenfield, NJ, Frederica addresses the problem of distractions while praying.

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