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In this episode you will discover: Diversity Means Everyone - Race is just one piece. Consider how age, language, immigration status, religion, sexual orientation, and geography intersect to shape each person's experience with aphasia. Go Into the Community to Build Trust - Sustainable partnerships require leaving your institution and showing up consistently. Visit centers, share meals, and invest time where people gather. Trust develops gradually through authentic presence. Listen to Real-Life Struggles First - Before starting therapy protocols, hear what families actually face: shifted gender roles, children as language brokers, lack of community aphasia awareness, and disrupted family dynamics. Train Future Clinicians Differently - If you're building or revising academic programs, front-load diversity with a foundational intersectionality course in semester one, then integrate these principles across every subsequent course and clinical practicum.   If you've ever wondered how to better support multilingual families navigating aphasia, or felt uncertain about cultural considerations in your practice, this conversation will give you both the framework and the practical insights you need. Welcome to the Aphasia Access Aphasia Conversations Podcast. I'm Katie Strong, a faculty member at Central Michigan University where I lead the Strong Story Lab, and I'm a member of the Aphasia Access Podcast Working Group. Aphasia Access strives to provide members with information, inspiration, and ideas that support their aphasia care through a variety of educational materials and resources.   I'm today's host for an episode that tackles one of the most important conversations happening in our field right now - how do we truly serve the increasingly diverse communities that need aphasia care? We're featuring Dr. Jose Centeno, whose work is reshaping how we think about equity, social justice, and what it really means to expand our diversity umbrella. Dr. Centeno isn't just talking about these issues from an ivory tower - he's in the trenches, working directly with communities and training the next generation of clinicians to do better. Before we get into the conversation, let me tell you a bit more about our guest. Dr. Jose Centeno is Professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Program at Rutgers University. What makes his work unique is how he bridges the worlds of clinical practice and research, focusing on an often overlooked intersection: what happens when stroke survivors who speak multiple languages need aphasia care?   Dr. Centeno is currently exploring a critical question - what barriers do Latinx families face when caring for loved ones with post-stroke aphasia, and what actually helps them navigate daily life? His newest initiative takes this work directly into the community, where he's training students to bring brain health activities to underserved older adults in Newark's community centers.   As an ASHA Fellow and frequent international speaker, Dr. Centeno has made it his mission to ensure that aphasia research and care truly serve diverse communities. His extensive work on professional committees reflects his commitment to making the field more inclusive and culturally responsive. So let's get into the conversation.   Katie Strong: As we get started, I love hearing about how you came into doing this work, and I know when we spoke earlier you started out studying verb usage after stroke and very impairment-based sort of way of coming about things. And now you're doing such different work with that centers around equity and minoritized populations. I was hoping you could tell our listeners about the journey and what sparked that shift for you.   Jose Centeno: That's a great question. In fact, I very often start my presentations at conferences, explaining to people, explaining to the audience, how I got to where I am right now, because I did my doctoral work focused on verb morphology, because it was very interesting. It is an area that I found very, very interesting. But then I realized that the data that I collected for my doctorate, and led to different articles, was connected to social linguistics. I took several linguistics courses in the linguistics department for my doctorate, and I needed to look at the results of my doctoral work in terms of sociolinguistic theory and cognition. And that really motivated me to look at more at discourse and how the way that we talk can have an impact on that post stroke language use. So, I kept writing my papers based on my doctoral data, and I became interested in finding out how our colleagues working with adults with aphasia that are bilingual, were digesting all this literature. I thought, wait a minute. Anyway, I'm writing about theory in verb morphology, I wonder where the gaps are. What do people need? Are people reading this type of work? And I started searching the literature, and I found very little in terms of assessing strengths and limitations of clinical work with people with aphasia.   And what I found out is that our colleagues in childhood bilingualism have been doing that work. They have been doing a lot of great work trying to find out what the needs are when you work with bilingual children in educational settings. So that research served as my foundational literature to create my work. And then I adopted that to identifying where the strengths and needs working with people by new people with aphasia were by using that type of work that worked from bilingual children. And I adapted it, and I got some money to do some pilot work at the from the former school where I was. And with that money I recruited some friends that were doing research with bilingual aphasia to help me create this survey. So that led to several papers and very interesting data.   And the turning point that I always share, and I highlight was an editorial comment that I got when I when I submitted, I think, the third or fourth paper based on the survey research that I did. The assessment research. And one of the reviewers said, “you should take a look at the public health literature more in depth to explain what's going on in terms of the needs in the bilingual population with aphasia”. So, I started looking at that and that opened up a huge area of interest.   Katie Strong: I love that.   Jose Centeno: Yeah, that's where I ended up, you know, from an editorial comment based on the studies of survey research. And that comment motivated me to see what the gaps were more in depth. And that was in 2015 when that paper came out. I kept working, and that data led to some special issues that I invited colleagues from different parts of the world to contribute. And then three years later, Rutgers invited me to apply for this position to start a diversity focused program at Rutgers, speech language pathology. At Rutgers I met a woman that has been my mentor in qualitative research. Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia is in nutrition, and she does qualitative, mixed methods research. So, her work combined with my interest in identifying where the needs were, led me to identify the needs in the work with people with aphasia through the caregivers using her methodology. And I'll come talk more about it, because it's related to a lot of different projects that I am pursuing right now.   Katie Strong: I love this. So, it sounds like, well, one you got a really positive experience from a reviewer, which is great news.   Jose Centeno: Well, it was! It's a good thing that you say that because when we submit articles, you get a mixed bag of reviews sometimes. But, this person was very encouraging. And some of the other reviews were not as encouraging, but this was very encouraging, and I was able to work on that article in such a way that got published and it has been cited quite a bit, and it's, I think it's the only one that has pretty much collected very in depth data in terms of this area.   Katie Strong: Yeah, well, it sounds like that really widened your lens in how you were viewing things and taking an approach to thinking about the information that you had obtained.   Jose Centeno: And it led to looking at the public health literature and actually meeting Pamela. In fact, I just saw her last week, and we met because we're collaborating on different projects. I always thank her because we met, when our Dean created an Equity Committee and she invited the two of us and somebody else to be to run that committee. And when Pamela and I talked, I said to her, “that qualitative work that you are doing can be adapted to my people with aphasia and their caregivers”. And that's how we collaborated, we put a grant proposal together, we got the money, and that led to the current study.   Katie Strong: I love that, which we're going to talk about in a little bit. Okay, thank you. Yeah, I love it. Okay, well, before we get into that, you know, one of the things I was hoping you could talk about are the demographics of people living with aphasia is becoming really increasingly more diverse. And I was hoping you could talk about population trends that are driving the change or challenges and opportunities that this presents for our field.   Jose Centeno: Yeah, that is actually something that I've been very interested in after looking at the public health literature because that led to looking at the literature in cardiology, nursing, social work, psychology, in terms of diversity, particularly the census data that people in public health were using to discuss what was going on in terms of the impact of population trends in healthcare. And I realized when I started looking at those numbers that and interestingly, the Census published later. The Census was published in 2020, several years after I started digging into the public health literature. The Census published this fantastic report where they the Census Bureau, discussed how population trends were going to be very critical in 2030 in the country. In 2030 two population trends are going to merge. The country gradually has been getting older and at the same time in 2030 as the country is getting older, 2030 is going to be a turning point that demographic transition, when the population is going to be more older people than younger people. So that's why those population trends are very important for us because people are getting older, there is higher incidence for vulnerabilities, health complications. And of those health complications, neurological, cardiovascular problems, stroke and also dementia.   Katie Strong: Yes. So interesting. And maybe we can link, after we finish the conversation, I'll see if I can get the link for that 2020 census report, because I think maybe some people might be interested in checking that out a little bit more.   Jose Centeno: So yeah, definitely, yeah.   Katie Strong: Well, you know, you've talked about diversity from a multilingual, bilingual perspective, but you also, in your research, the articles I've read, you talk about expanding the diversity umbrella beyond race to consider things like sexual orientation, socioeconomic background and rural populations. Can you talk to us a little bit about what made you think about diversity in this way?   Jose Centeno: Very good question, you know, because I realized that there is more to all of us than race. When we see a client, a patient, whatever term people use in healthcare and we start working with that person there is more that person brings into the clinical setting, beyond the persons being white or African American or Chinese or Latino and Latina or whatever. All those different ethnic categories, race and ethnicity. People bring their race and ethnicity into the clinical setting, but beyond that, there is age, there is sexual orientation, there is religion, there is geographic origins, whether it's rural versus urban, there is immigration status, language barriers, all of those things. So, it makes me think, and at that time when I'm thinking about this beyond race, I'm collecting the pilot data, and a lot of the pilot data that was collected from caregivers were highlighting all of those issues that beyond race, there are many other issues. And of course, you know, our colleagues in in aphasia research have touched on some of those issues, but I think there hasn't been there. There's been emphasis on those issues but separately. There hasn't been too much emphasis in looking at all of those issues overlapping for patient-centered care, you know,  bringing all those issues together and how they have an impact on that post stroke life reconfiguration. You know, when somebody is gay. Where somebody is gay, Catholic, immigrant, bilingual, you know, looking at all of those things you know. And how do we work with that? Of course, we're not experts in everything, and that leads to interprofessional collaborations, working with psychologists, social workers and so on.   So that's why my work started evolving in the direction that looks at race in a very intersectional, very interactional way to look at race interacting with all these other factors. Because for instance, I am an immigrant, but I also lived in rural and urban environments, and I have my religious and my spiritual thoughts and all of those, all of those factors I carry with me everywhere you know. So, when somebody has a stroke and has aphasia, how we can promote, facilitate recovery and work with the family in such a way that we pay attention to this ecology of factors, family person to make it all function instead of being isolated.   Katie Strong: Yeah, I love that. As you were talking, you use the term intersectionality. And you have a beautiful paper that talks about transformative intersectional Life Participation Approach for Aphasia (LPAA) intervention. And I'd love to talk about the paper, but I was hoping first you could tell us what you really mean by intersectionality in the context of aphasia care, and why is it so important to think about this framework.   Jose Centeno: Wow. It's related to looking at these factors to really work with the person with aphasia and the family, looking at all these different factors that the person with aphasia brings into the clinical setting. And these factors are part of the person's life history. It's not like these are factors that just showed up in the person's life. This person has lived like this. And all of a sudden, the person has a stroke. So there is another dimension that we need to add that there in that intersectional combined profile of a person's background. How we can for aphasia, is particularly interesting, because when you work with diverse populations, and that includes all of us. You know, because I need to highlight that sometimes people…my impression is, and I noticed this from the answers from my students, that when I asked about diversity, that they focused on minoritized populations. But in fact, all this diverse society in which we live is all of us. Diversity means all of us sharing this part, you know, sharing this world. So, this intersectionality applies to all of us, but when it comes to underrepresented groups that haven't been studied or researched, that's why I feel that it's very important to pay a lot of attention, because applying models that have been developed to work with monolingual, middle class Anglo background…it just doesn't work. You know, to apply this norm to somebody that has all of these different dimensions, it's just unfair to the person and it's something that people have to be aware of. Yeah.   Katie Strong: Yeah. And I think you know, as you're talking about that and thinking about the tenets of the Life Participation Approach, they really do support one another in thinking about people as individuals and supporting them in what their goals are and including their family. You're really thinking about this kind of energized in a way to help some clinicians who are maybe thinking, “Oh, I do, LPAA, but it's hard for me to do it in this way”. You probably are already on you road to doing this, but you really need, just need to be thinking about how, how the diversity umbrella, really, you know, impacts everybody as a clinician, as a person with a stroke, as a family member.   Jose Centeno: Yeah, and, you know, what is very interesting is that COVID was a time of transition. A lot of factors were highlighted, in terms of diversity, in terms of the infection rate and the mortality was higher in individuals from minoritized backgrounds. There were a lot of issues to look at there. But you know, what's very interesting in 2020 COVID was focusing our attention on taking care of each other, taking care of ourselves, taking care of our families. The LPAA approach turned 20 years old. And that made me think, because I was thinking of at that time of disability, and it made me think of intersectionality. And I just thought it would be very helpful for us to connect this concept of intersectionality to the LPAA, because these issues that we are experiencing right now are very related to the work we do as therapists to facilitate people with aphasia, social reconnection after a stroke and life reconfiguration. So, all of this thinking happened, motivated by COVID, because people were talking about intersectionality, all the people that were getting sick. And I just thought, wait a minute, this concept of intersectionality, LPAA turning 20 years old, let's connect those two, because my caregiver study is showing me that that intersectionality is needed in the work that we're doing with people in aphasia from underrepresented backgrounds.   Katie Strong: Yeah, I'm so glad that you shared that insight as to how you came to pulling the concepts together. And the paper is lovely, and I'll make sure that we put that in the link to the show notes as well, because I know that people will, if they haven't had the chance to take a look at it, will enjoy reading it.   Jose Centeno: And just let me add a bit more about that. Aura Kagan's paper on, I forgot where it was in [ASHA] Perspectives, or one of the journals where she talks about the LPAA turning 20 years old. [And I thought], “But wait a minute, here's the paper! Here's the paper, and that I can connect with intersectionality”. And at the same time, you know, I started reading more about your work and Jackie Hinckley's work and all the discourse work and narrative work because that's what I was doing at the time. So that's how several projects have emerged from that paper that I can share later on.   Katie Strong: I love it. I love it. Yeah, hold on! The suspense! We are there, right?   Jose Centeno: This is turning into a coffee chat without coffee!   Katie Strong: As I was reading your work, something that stood out to me was this idea of building sustainable community relationships in both research and clinical work with minoritized populations. You've been really successful in doing this. I was hoping you could discuss your experiences in this relationship building, and you also talk about this idea of cultural brokers.   Jose Centeno: Wow! You know this is all connected. It's part of my evolution, my journey. Because as I started collecting data in the community from for my caregiver study, I realized that community engagement to do this type of qualitative work, but also to bring our students into the community. It's very important to do that work, because I you know this is something that I learned because I was pretty much functioning within an academic and research environment and writing about equity and social justice and all these different areas regarding aphasia, but not connecting real life situations with the community. For example, like having the students there and me as an academician taking that hat off and going into the community, to have lunch, to have coffee with people in the community, at Community Centers. So those ideas came up from starting to talk with the caregivers, because I felt like I needed to be there more. Leave the classroom. Leave the institution. Where I was in the community it's not easy. I'm not going to say that happened overnight, because going into any community, going into any social context, requires time. People don't open their doors automatically and right away. You know you have to be there frequently. Talk about yourself, share experiences. So be a friend, be a partner, be a collaborator, be all of these things together, and this gradually evolved to what I am doing right now, which is I started the one particular connection in the community with a community center.   How did I do that? Well, I went all over the place by myself. Health fairs, churches, community centers. People were friendly, but there wasn't something happening in terms of a connection. But one person returned my email and said, “we have a senior program here. Why don't we meet and talk?” So, I went over to talk with them, and since then, I have already created a course to bring the students there. I started by going there frequently for lunch, and I feel very comfortable. It is a community center that has programs for children and adults in the community. They go there for computer classes, for after school programs for the children. The adults go there for English lessons or activities and they have games and so on. And it's very focused on individuals from the community. And the community in Newark is very diverse. Very diverse.   So that led to this fantastic relationship and partnership with the community. In fact, I feel like I'm going home there because I have lunch with them. There's hugs and kissed. It's like  seeing friends that that you've known for a long time. But that happened gradually. Trust. Trust happens gradually, and it happens in any social context. So, I said to them, “Let's start slowly. I'll bring the students first to an orientation so they get to know the center.” Then I had the opportunity to develop a course for summer. And I developed a course that involved activities in the community center and a lecture. Six weeks in the summer. So this project now that I call Brain Health a health program for older adults, is a multi-ethnic, multilingual program in which the students start by going to the center first in the spring, getting to know people there, going back there for six weeks in the summer, one morning a week, and taking a lecture related to what brain health is, and focusing that program on cognitive stimulation using reminiscence therapy. And it's done multilingually. How did that happen? Thank God at the center there are people that speak Portuguese, Spanish and English. And those people were my interpreters. They work with the students. They all got guidelines. They got the theoretical content from the lectures, and we just finished the first season that I called it. That course they ran this July, August, and the students loved it, and the community members loved it! But it was a lot of work.   Katie Strong: Yeah, of course! What a beautiful experience for everybody, and also ideas for like, how those current students who will be soon to be clinicians, thinking about how they can engage with their communities.    Jose Centeno: Right! Thank you for highlighting that, because that's exactly how I focus the course. It wasn't a clinical course, it was a prevention course, okay? And part of our professional standards is prevention of communication disorders. So, we are there doing cognitive stimulation through reminiscence activities multilingually, so we didn't leave anybody behind. And luckily, we have people that spoke those languages there that could help us translate. And my dream now the next step is to turn that Brain Health course into another course that involves people with aphasia.   Katie Strong: Oh, lovely.   Jose Centeno: Yeah, so that is being planned as we speak.   Katie Strong: I love everything about this. I love it! I know you just finished the course but I hope you have plans to write it up so that others can learn from your expertise.   Jose Centeno: Yeah, I'm already thinking about that.   Katie Strong: I don't want to put more work on you…   Jose Centeno: It's already in my attention. I might knock on your door too. We're gonna talk about that later.   Katie Strong: Let's get into the work about your caregivers and the work that you did. Why don't you tell us what that was all about.   Jose Centeno: Well, it's a study that focuses on my interest in finding out and this came from the assessment work that I did earlier when I asked clinicians working in healthcare what their areas of need were. But after meeting Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia at Rutgers, I thought, “Wait a minute, I would like to find out, from the caregivers perspective, what the challenges are, what they need, what's good, what's working, and what's not working.” And later on hopefully, with some money, some grant, I can involve people with aphasia to also ask them for their needs. So, I started with the caregivers to find out in terms of the intersectionality of social determinants of health, where the challenges were in terms of living with somebody with aphasia from a Latinx background, Latino Latina, Latinx, whatever categories or labels people use these days. So, I wanted to see what this intersectionality of social determinants of health at the individual level. Living with the person at home, what happens? You know, this person, there is a disability there, but there are other things going on at home that the literature sites as being gender, religion, and all these different things happening. But from the perspective of the caregivers. And also I wanted to find out when the person goes into the community, what happens when the person with aphasia goes into the community when the person tries to go to the post office or the bank or buy groceries, what happens? Or when the person is socializing with other members of the family and goes out to family gatherings? And also, what happens at the medical appointment, the higher level of social determinants in terms of health care? I wanted to find out individual, community and health care. The questions that I asked during these interviews were; what are the challenges?, what's good?, what's working?, what's not working?, at home?, in the community?, and when you go with your spouse or your grandfather or whoever that has a stroke into the medical setting?, and that's what the interviews were about.   I learned so much, and I learned the technique from reading your literature and reading Aura Kagen's literature and other people, Jackie Hindley literature, and also Pamela's help to how to conduct those interviews, because it's a skill that you have to learn. It happens gradually. Pamela mentored me, and I learned so much from the caregivers that opened all these areas of work to go into the community, to engage community and sustainable relationships and bring the students into the community.   I learned so much and some of the things that were raised that I am already writing the pilot data up. Hopefully that paper will be out next year. All these issues such as gender shifting, I would say gender issues, because whether is the wife or the mother that had a stroke or the father that had the stroke. Their life roles before the stroke get shifted around because person has to take over, and how the children react to that. I learned so much in terms of gender, but also in terms of how people use their religions for support and resilience. Family support. I learned about the impact of not knowing the language, and the impact of not having interpreters, and the impact of not having literature in the language to understand what aphasia is or to understand what happens after stroke in general to somebody.   And something also that was very important. There are different factors that emerge from the data is the role of language brokers, young people in college that have to put their lives on hold when mom or dad have a stroke and those two parents don't speak English well in such a way that they can manage a health care appointment. So, this college student has to give up their life or some time, to take care of mom or dad at home, because they have to go to appointments. They have to go into the community, and I had two young people, college age, talk to me about that, and that had such an impact on me, because I wasn't aware of it at all. I was aware of other issues, but not the impact on us language brokers. And in terms of cultural brokers, it is these young people, or somebody that is fluent in the language can be language brokers and cultural brokers at the same time, because in the Latinx community, the family is, is everything. It's not very different from a lot of other cultures, but telling somebody when, when somebody goes into a hospital and telling family members, or whoever was there from the family to leave the room, creates a lot of stress.   I had somebody tell me that they couldn't understand her husband when he was by himself in the appointment, and she was asked to step out, and he got frustrated. He couldn't talk. So that tension, the way that the person explained that to me is something that we regularly don't know unless we actually explore that through this type of interview. So anyway, this this kind of work has opened up so many different factors to look at to create this environment, clinical environment, with all professions, social work, psychology and whoever else we need to promote the best care for patient-centered care that we can.   Katie Strong: Yeah. It's beautiful work. And if I remember correctly, during the interviews, you were using some personal narratives or stories to be able to learn from the care partners. And I know you know, stories are certainly something you and I share a passion about. And I was just wondering if you could talk with our listeners about how stories from people with aphasia or their care partners families can help us better understand and serve diverse communities.   Jose Centeno: You know, the factors that I just went through, they are areas that we need to pay attention to that usually we don't know. Because very often, the information that we collect during the clinical intake do not consider those areas. We never talk about family dynamics. How did the stroke impact family dynamics? How does aphasia impact family dynamics? Those types of questions are important, and I'll tell you why that's important. Because when the person comes to the session with us, sometimes the language might not be the focus. They are so stressed because they cannot connect with their children as before, as prior to the stroke. In their minds, there is a there are distracted when they come into the session, because they might not want to focus on that vocabulary or sentence or picture. They want to talk about what's going on at home.   Katie Strong: Something real.   Jose Centeno: And taking some time to listen to the person to find out, “Okay, how was your day? How what's going on at home prior?” So I started thinking brainstorming, because I haven't gotten to that stage yet. Is how we can create, using this data, some kind of clinical context where there is like an ice breaker before the therapies, to find out how the person was, what happened in the last three days, before coming back to the session and then going into that and attempting to go into those issues. You know, home, the community. Because something else that I forgot to mention when I was going through the factors that were highlighted during the interviews, is the lack of awareness about aphasia in the community. And the expectations that several caregivers highlighted, the fact that people expected that problem that the difficulty with language to be something that was temporary.   Katie Strong: Yeah, not a chronic health condition.   Jose Centeno: Exactly. And, in fact, the caregivers have turned into educators, who when they go into community based on their own research, googling what aphasia is and how people in aphasia, what the struggles are. They had started educating the community and their family members, because the same thing that happens in the community can happen within the family network that are not living with this person on a day-to-day basis. So, yeah. All of this information that that you know, that has made me think on how clinically we can apply it to and also something how we can focus intervention, using the LPAA in a way that respects, that pays attention to all of these variables, or whatever variables we can or the most variables. Because we're not perfect, and there is always something missing in the intervention context, because there is so much that we have to include into it, but pay attention to the psychosocial context, based on the culture, based on the limitations, based on their life, on the disruption in the family dynamics.   Katie Strong: Yeah, yeah. It's a lot to think about.   Jose Centeno: Yeah. It's not easy. But I, you know. I think that you know these data that I collected made me think more in terms of our work, how we can go from focusing the language to being a little more psychosocially or involved. It's a skill that is not taught in these programs. My impression is that programs focus on the intervention that is very language based, and doing all this very formal intervention. It's not a formula, it's a protocol that is sometimes can be very rigid, but we have to pay attention to the fact that there are behavioral issues here that need to be addressed in order to facilitate progress.   Katie Strong: Yeah, and it just seems like it's such more. Thinking about how aphasia doesn't just impact the person who has it. And, you know, really bringing in the family into this. Okay, well, we talked about your amazing new class, but you just talked a little bit about, you know, training the new workforce. Could you highlight a few ideas about what you think, if we're training socially responsive professionals to go out and be into the workforce. I know we're coming near the end of our time together. We could probably spend a whole hour talking about this. What are some things that you might like to plant in the ears of students or clinicians or educators that are listening to the podcast?   Jose Centeno: You know this is something Katie that was part of my evolution, my growth as a clinical researcher. I thought that creating a program, and Rutgers gave us that opportunity, to be able to create a program in such a way that everybody's included in the curriculum. We created a program in which the coursework and the clinical experiences. And this happened because we started developing this room from scratch. It's not like we arrived and there was a program in place which is more difficult. I mean creating a program when you have the faculty together and you can brainstorm as to based on professional standards and ASHA's priorities and so on, how we can create a program, right? So, we started from scratch, and when I was hired as founding faculty, where the person that was the program director, we worked together, and we created the curriculum, clinically and education academically, in such a way that everybody, but everybody, was included from the first semester until the last semester. And I created a course that I teach based on the research that I've done that brings together public health intersectionality and applied to speech language pathology. So, this course that students take in the first semester, and in fact, I just gave the first lecture yesterday. We just started this semester year. So it sets the tone for the rest of the program because this course covers diversity across the board, applying it to children, adults and brings together public health, brings together linguistics, brings together sociology. All of that to understand how the intersectionality, all those different dimensions. So, the way that the I structured the course was theory, clinical principle and application theory, and then at the end we have case scenarios. So that's how I did it. And of course, you know, it was changing as the students gave me feedback and so on. But that, that is the first course, and then everybody else in their courses in acquired motor disorders, swallowing, aphasia, dementia. You know, all those courses, the adult courses I teach, but you know the people in child language and literacy. They cover diversity. Everybody covers diversity. So, in the area more relevant to our conversation here, aphasia and also dementia. In those courses, I cover social determinants of health. I expand on social determinants of health. I cover a vulnerability to stroke and dementia in underrepresented populations and so on. So going back to the question, creating a curriculum, I understand you know that not every program has the faculty or has the resources the community. But whatever we can do to acknowledge the fact that diversity is here to stay. Diversity is not going to go away. We've been diverse since the very beginning. You know, like, even if you look, if you look at any community anywhere, it's already diverse as it is. So, incorporating that content in the curriculum and try to make the connections clinically. Luckily, we were able to do that. We have a clinic director that is also focused on diversity, and we cover everything there, from gender issues, race, ethnicity, all of those, as much as we can. So, the curriculum and taking the students into the community as much as we can.   Katie Strong: Yeah, I love that. So, you're talking about front loading a course in the curriculum, where you're getting people thinking about these and then, it's supplemented and augmented in each of the courses that they're taking. But also, I'm hearing you say you can't just stay in a classroom and learn about this. You need to go out.   Jose Centeno: Exactly! It's a lot. It didn't happen overnight. A lot of this was gradual, based on students feedback. And, you know, realizing that within ourselves, we within the course, when we were teaching it, oh, I need to change this, right, to move this around, whatever. But the next step I realized is, let's go into the community.   Katie Strong: Yeah, yeah. Well how lucky those students are at Rutgers.   Jose Centeno: Thank you.   Katie Strong: Well, we're nearing the end of our time together today. Jose and I just wanted, before we wrap up, I just wanted to ask you, “what, what excites you most about where aphasia research and care could go, or what do you think might need our most attention?”   Jose Centeno: That's a great question, because I thought of it quite a bit. But I'll focus it in terms of our diverse population, where the aphasia research should be. I think my impression is that there should be more attempts to connect the theoretical aspects of language with the psychosocial aspect. In other words, and this is how I teach my aphasia class. I focus the students on the continuum of care. The person comes in after stroke. We try to understand aphasia, but we aim to promoting life reconfiguration, life readaptation, going back into the community. So, here's the person with aphasia, and this is where we're heading to facilitating functioning, effective communication in the best way we can for this person, right? So, if these are all the different models that have been proposed regarding lexicon, vocabulary and sentence production and so on. How can we connect those therapeutic approaches in a way that they are functionally usable to bring this person back? Because there is a lot of literature that I enjoy reading, but how can we bring that and translate that to intervention, particularly with people that speak other languages. Which is very difficult because there isn't a lot of literature. But at least making an attempt to recruit the students from different backgrounds, ethnic backgrounds. And this, regardless of the backgrounds, there are students studying, interested in studying other cultures. And the curriculum exposes students to ways that we that there is some literature, there is a lot but there is some literature out there to explain vocabulary sentences in other languages post stroke in people with aphasia that, you know, we can use therapeutically. I mean, this is what's been created. So, let's look at this literature and be more open-minded. It's difficult. We don't speak every language in the world, but at least try to connect through the students that speak those languages in class, or languages departments that we have on campus, how those projects can be worked on. I'm just trying to be ambitious and creative here, because there's got to be a way that we should connect those theoretical models that are pretty much English focused intervention paradigms that will facilitate social function/   Katie Strong: It's a lot a lot of work, a lot of work to be done, a lot of a lot of projects and PhD students and all of that. Amazing.   Jose Centeno: I think it's as you said, a monumental amount of work, but, but I think that there should be attempts, of course, to include some of that content in class, to encourage students attention to the fact that there is a lot of literature in aphasia that is based on English speakers, that is based on models, on monolingual middle class…whoever shows up for the research project, the participants. But those are the participants. Now, I mean those that data is not applicable to the people [who you may be treating]. So, it's a challenge, but it's something to be aware of. This is a challenge to me that, and some people have highlighted that in the aphasia literature, the fact that we need more diversity in terms of let's study other languages and let's study intervention in other populations that don't speak English.   Katie Strong: Absolutely. Well, lots of amazing food for thought, and this has been such a beautiful conversation. I so appreciate you being here today, Jose. Thank you very, very much.   Jose Centeno: Thank you, Katie. I appreciate the invitation and I hope the future is bright for this type of research and clinical work and thank you so much for this time to talk about my work.       Resources   Centeno, J. G., (2024). A call for transformative intersectional LPAA intervention for equity and social justice in ethnosocially diverse post-stroke aphasia services. Seminars in Speech and Language, 45(01): 071-083. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1777131 Centeno, J. G., & Harris, J. L. (2021). Implications of United States service evidence for growing multiethnic adult neurorehabilitation caseloads worldwide. Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 45(2), 77-97. Centeno, J. G., Kiran, S., & Armstrong, E. (2020). Aphasia management in growing multiethnic populations. Aphasiology, 34(11), 1314-1318.  https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1781420 Centeno, J. G., Kiran, S., & Armstrong, E. (2020). Epilogue: harnessing the experimental and clinical resources to address service imperatives in multiethnic aphasia caseloads. Aphasiology, 34(11), 1451–1455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2020.1781421 Centeno, J. G., Obler, L. K., Collins, L., Wallace, G., Fleming, V. B., & Guendouzi, J. (2023). Focusing our attention on socially-responsive professional education to serve ethnogeriatric populations with neurogenic communication disorders in the United States. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(4), 1782–1792. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00325 Kagan, A. (2020). The life participation approach to aphasia: A 20-year milestone. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 5(2), 370. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00017 Vespa, J., Medina, L., & Armstrong, D. M. (2020). Demographic turning points for the United States: population projections for 2020 to 2060. Current Population Reports, P25-1144.             https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2020/demo/p25-1144.html    

Martin Lewis tackles wills and power of attorney with Melinda Giles, Member of the Law Society's Wills and Equity Committee, and Austin Lafferty, member of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland. Plus, Mastermind is all about your credit file.You can email the podcast team at MartinLewisPodcast@bbc.co.uk.

The craft beer industry owes much of its success to the modern IPA. While IPA is a historic beer style, it has exploded in popularity in the last few decades, spawning new interpretations of the style. West Coast.  East Coast.  Double IPA.  White IPA.  Black IPA.  Cold IPA.  New England.  Sour.  Wild.  And many, many others.Does “IPA” mean anything anymore?  If it does, what motivates a brewer to push the limits of what IPA is and can be?  How do brewers think about IPA recipes, especially when redefining it?Guests:Diana Locatelli was born and raised in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, and from there went out to Boulder to study Environmental Engineering at the University of Colorado. Having fallen in love with Colorado, one thing she could not ignore was the local beer scene. At some point after graduating, Diana got herself a homebrew kit along with some buddies, and that's where she really sunk her teeth in. From that point on, it became a major focus for her anywhere she went and Diana just loved seeing what a new city had to offer in the beer world. She got inspired to see if it was something she could make a career of, and lo and behold, she landed herself a job as an assistant brewer at Oskar Blues, where she brewed for about 4 and a half years. From there, Diana moved to Odell Brewing Company, where she spent another almost 5 years. After that, Diana picked up everything she could from those experiences with experienced breweries, and found an opportunity to move back to the homeland in Wisconsin where she started at Hinterland Brewery, which turns 30 this coming May. She became the head brewer at the beginning of the year, and has been continuing the learning journey!  Diana loves hops and all things IPA.  In her free time, Diana loves to camp, play soccer, watch football, and hang out with her two dogs. Alexandra Nowell has been in the brewing industry for over 15 years. She is the Co-founder and Brewer at Mellotone Beer Project in Cincinnati, Ohio and Technical Brewing Advisor for CLS Farms in the Yakima Valley. Alexandra's love of beer and inspiration for brewing is found in the roots of the recipe, where she strikes a balance between science, art, and intention. Over the course of her career, Alexandra has taken a special interest in the raw ingredient supply chain, with a focus on the crucial relationships linking brewers, growers, brokers, all facets in between, and how that plays out to create the highest quality beer possible.Natalie Rose Baldwin is the brewmaster at lager-focused brewery Wayfinder Beer in Portland, Oregon.  She worked as a research and development brewer at Breakside Brewery from 2017 to 2023, and has been brewing since 2014. Natalie's brewing interests vary with a predominant focus on esoteric lagers, hop and malt innovation and specialty beers using seasonal flowers, tea, spices, and fruit.  Natalie is a professional judge at the Great American Beer Festival  and the World Beer Cup as well as other international competitions. She works with the Oregon Brewers Guild Diversity and Equity Committee, was a Pink Boots Portland Chapter co-leader, and was the recipient of a Pink Boots scholarship in 2018. Outside of work, Natalie enjoys traveling, backpacking, baking, and forever frolicking in fields of flowers with her dog Beef.This Episode is Sponsored by:Brewery Branding Co.Since 2009, Brewery Branding has been crafting merch that helps breweries thrive.They're born and raised in Portland, Oregon, giving them front row seats to the craft beer revolution and inspiring them to serve as your industry ally for everything branded: apparel, headwear, drinkware, and all the “wouldn't it be cool if…” ideas you can dream up.  Brewery Branding has been there, done that, and made the t-shirts to prove it.​ Brewery Branding didn't rise to the top by being just another supplier; they're your merch mercenaries ready to get in the trenches with you. Their expert design team, online stores, warehousing, and fulfillment services are here to make your life easier—and your custom goods more profitable than painful.​​Whether you're refreshing your retail space, gearing up for festival season, or launching a new product in retail, Brewery Branding delivers custom goods that are on-trend, on-brand, and ready to succeed. From the smallest batch to the biggest order, nothing gets them more excited than raising a glass to your success. RahrBSGNeed ingredients and supplies that deliver consistent, high-quality beer? RahrBSG has you covered. From hops to malt to yeast to unbeatable customer service, we are dedicated to your success. RahrBSG—Ingredients for Greatness.Westchester County Craft Beverage TrailReady to taste your way through one of New York's most exciting craft beverage destinations? Head to Westchester County in the scenic Hudson Valley, where more than 23 breweries, distilleries and cideries are pouring up local flavor in every glass. Get started with the Westchester County Craft Beverage Trail free digital passport that makes exploring easy (no app download required). Just check in at participating locations to earn points and prizes, all while enjoying a taste pour. Use the passport to tag your favorites and discover new hop spots like Broken Bow Brewery in Tuckahoe, Captain Lawrence Brewing Company in Elmsford, Hardscrabble Cider in North Salem and River Outpost Brewing Company in Peekskill—and many more!Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, where trailblazing runs in the family. From crafting a movement with their iconic Pale Ale, to taking the IPA haze craze nationwide with Hazy Little Thing – it's an adventurous spirit you can taste in every sip. Find your next favorite beer wherever fine beverages are sold. With new brews for every season, there's always something to discover. Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Still Family-Owned, Operated & Argued Over.Hosts: Don Tse and Em SauterGuests: Alexandra Nowell, Natalie Rose Baldwin, Diana Locatelli Sponsors: Brewery Branding, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., RahrBSG, All About BeerTags: IPAPhoto: John HollThe following music was used for this media project:Music: Awesome Call by Kevin MacLeodFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3399-awesome-callLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://incompetech.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Kori Rodley is a lifelong Oregonian who was elected to the Springfield City Council in 2019 and she is the first out lesbian to serve on the council. Currently, she serves as chair of the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA), chair of the Lane County Human Services Commission, and as a voting member of the League of Oregon Cities General Government Policy Committee. Her past service has included Springfield Utility Board budget committee and the 4J school district Equity Committee. In her day job she works with Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services. Kori and her spouse, Teri, are the proud parents of five adult children and the extra-proud grandmas to 7-year-old Calvin and 3 year-old Penny.  In her “spare time” she loves digging in to renovate their “empty-nester” 1949 home and garden in the heart of Springfield. Kori is passionate about improving the housing and livability in Springfield, as well as creating an environment that supports diverse small businesses and building a community that is safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all. https://kori-rodley.com/

Artificial Intelligence - just the sound of it transports us to a sci-fi movie. But of course, this is no longer a fiction or a future possibility. We see AI already revolutionizing countless sectors and industries, and it's coming for education- its impact is imminent, if not already in motion.  We're dying to know if this is a story with a happy ending or if we're in the horror genre. So stick around for our episode with expert Claire Goldsmith to form a conclusion yourselves.More on Claire Goldsmith;Claire is a consultant and advisor in educational innovation and strategic planning across schools, non-profits, and technology companies. As executive director of the Malone Schools Online Network (MSON) from 2016-2022, she strategically expanded and strengthened the national independent school online learning consortium, led professional development for teachers nationwide, and created innovative new programming.Claire helped develop MSON while serving in the leadership of Stanford Online High School, ultimately as its director of admission and external relations. Previously, Claire taught French and English and coached debate at the Harvard-Westlake School in LA.Claire is the Board Chair of the Enrollment Management Association. She is also Vice President of the Board of trustees of LA's Wilshire Boulevard Temple, which runs Brawerman Elementary School, a member of the Board of Trustees and co-chair of the Equity Committee of the Winsor School in Boston, her alma mater, a member of the Advisory Council of Geffen Academy of UCLA and Stanford Online High School, and a member of the Institute for Educational Advancement's Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship Committee. Claire graduated from Harvard College with a degree in history and literature and from the Stanford Graduate School of Education with a master's degree in policy, organization, and leadership studies. She completed graduate work on a Harvard fellowship at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and was a fellow with Education Pioneers. Her writing has appeared in national publications such as Chalkbeat and The Wall Street Journal, and she has shared expertise on artificial intelligence at national conferences and through webinars, such as with Common Sense Media.Resources:nosillyquestionspodcast.comhttps://www.instagram.com/nosillyquestionspodcast/

Hannah Harris is a Los Angeles-based marketer, creator, and advocate known for her work at the intersection of beauty, culture, and community. Currently working in Brand Marketing at Summer Fridays, her beauty aareer started in 2020 when Hannah founded Brown Girl Hands, turning an online community addressing the lack of diversity on our social media feeds into a content studio working with Glossier, Merit, Summer Fridays, Allure, Sephora, and Essie, you name it. The youngest honoree on Glossy's "Top 50 Fashion and Beauty Changemakers" list in 2020, Harris was a finalist for the Fashion Scholarship Fund and Chairman's Award in 2021 and was named to Ulta Beauty's "MUSE 100" and received the inaugural CFDA x Coach Dream It Real Scholarship in 2022. She has been profiled in British Vogue, Elle UK, The Cut, and Nylon, among other publications. Harris also serves on the Equity Committee for the Fashion Scholarship Fund, an organization that oversees Virgil Abloh's Post-Modern Scholarship, of which she was an inaugural recipient.In this episode Hannah share's the making of Brown Girl Hands and her perspectives on inclusion via brand, content marketing, and community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Send us a Text Message.The BC Nurses' Union protects and advances the health, safety, social and economic well-being of their members, the profession, and communities (BCNU, 2024). Listen as BCNU President, Adriane Gear discusses the recently negotiated minimum nurse-patient ratios, led by BC, as well as how she sees nursing as "ready for takeoff", with all the current synergies of collaboration. Adriane Gear was elected president of BCNU in 2023. As union president, Gear is committed to ensuring that health employers treat BC's nurses with respect and provide patients with the care they deserve.Adriane has been an RN since 1993. She has worked in long-term care at Saanich Peninsula and general surgery at Royal Jubilee and Victoria General (VGH) hospitals. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked in case contact management and surveillance for Island Health.Adriane first became active in BCNU in 2004, when she felt her employer had not taken her health and safety seriously after she received a needle stick injury while pregnant with her second child. She became a steward at VGH and was elected as the South Islands region occupational health and safety (OHS) representative in 2010. She later served as one of the region's council members.In 2015 members elected Adriane as the union's executive councillor for OHS and mental health. One of her proudest moments occurred in 2019 when, after an extended BCNU campaign, the province amended the Workers' Compensation Act to make it easier for nurses diagnosed with a mental injury to access WorkSafeBC compensation.Adriane served as acting vice president from 2018 to 2019 and in 2022 was elected vice president following a special election. In that role, she served as BCNU's provincial lobby coordinator, where she led campaigns to raise awareness of the province's critical nursing shortage and pressure all levels of government to address nurses' issues. More recently, she chaired the union's Human Rights and Equity Committee and fostered BCNU's renewed a relationship with other provincial nurses' union and membership in the Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions.Adriane is committed to championing reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within the union and the health-care system. She is dedicated to upholding the Nurses' Bargaining Association provincial collective agreement and ensuring that the province implements nurse-patient ratios, which will improve the staffing and practice conditions needed to keep nurses in the profession and improve patient care. She also wants to encourage more nurses to get involved with the union by continuing to share the importance of nurses' collective power.Adriane is a mother to two young adults, both attending post-secondary school. She lives with her husband and boxer Phoebe.  Adriane is grateful for the opportunity to live on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ people which includes W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) and SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) First Nation.Instagram: @calling.all.nursesComments and feedback can be sent to our email: callingallnurses.podcast@gmail.com

Kori Rodley is a lifelong Oregonian who was elected to the Springfield City Council in 2019 and she is the first out lesbian to serve on the council. Currently, she serves as chair of the Springfield Economic Development Agency (SEDA), chair of the Lane County Human Services Commission, and as a voting member of the League of Oregon Cities General Government Policy Committee. Her past service has included Springfield Utility Board budget committee and the 4J school district Equity Committee. In her day job she works with Lane County Developmental Disabilities Services. Kori and her spouse, Teri, are the proud parents of five adult children and the extra-proud grandmas to 7-year-old Calvin and 3 year-old Penny.  In her “spare time” she loves digging in to renovate their “empty-nester” 1949 home and garden in the heart of Springfield. Kori is passionate about improving the housing and livability in Springfield, as well as creating an environment that supports diverse small businesses and building a community that is safe, welcoming, and inclusive for all. https://kori-rodley.com/

Our first Season 2 guest is Yiselle Santos Rivera. Yiselle is Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at HKS and is also a former AIA|DC Chapter President, co-founder of LA IDEA, and WIELD event founder. She is a natural community builder and has been heavily involved with JEDI initiatives both on a local and national scale for which she has been recognized with numerous awards. We talk about:  - Crafting her career path in terms of employers and project types to better align with her interest to design spaces that heal - How Yiselle created communities around her interests and identities and how her leadership elevated others but also opened doors for her - The specifics of her role as JEDI director: how she splits time, her current initiatives, JEDI focused client work, bridging difficult conversations with clients and colleagues, and her tips for those interested in starting a JEDI movement at their own companies - The circular benefits of mentorship and Yiselle's Hogwarts house! Links: JEDI at HKS: https://www.hksinc.com/what-we-do/services/justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion/ Connect with Yiselle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yisellesantos/ Equity Committee by WIELD: https://www.aiadc.com/committee/equity-committee-wield LA IDEA: https://www.laideadc.com/ La Concha Resort, Puerto Rico: https://www.laconcharesort.com/hotel/ Architectette Podcast Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.architectette.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with the pod on ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠, Instagram (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@architectette⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠), and TikTok (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@architectette⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) Exclusive Content on our Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.architectette.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AlexGrohl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/architectette/support

Today we're honored to welcome NINE members from the WGA's inclusion and equity committees in a thoughtful conversation about the state of the industry and representation on and off the page. Today's guests are: Asian American Writers Committee: Kristina Woo Career Longevity Committee: Catherine Clinch Committee of Black Writers: Hilliard Guess Committee of Women Writers: Franki Butler Disabled Writers Committee: Shea Mirzai Latinx Writers Committee: Christina Piña LGBTQ+ Writers Committee: Spiro Skentzos Middle Eastern Writers Committee: Cameron Ali Fay Native American & Indigenous Writers Committee: Anthony Florez RESOURCES: TTIE Fact Sheets: https://www.writeinclusion.org/factsheets Storyline Partners Fact Sheets: https://www.storylinepartners.com/resources/ Women Of Color Unite: https://wocunite.org/

On today's episode of Architectette we chat with four recipients of the AIA|DC Emerging Architect Award.  Alison Pavilonis (2020 Recipient) is a Project Architect at Gensler and President Elect of the AIA DC chapter for 2024. Saakshi Terway (2022 Recipient) is a Project Designer at Quinn Evans and is Secretary of Immigrant Architects Coalition Non-Profit.  Mika Naraynsingh (2023 Recipient) is a Project Architect at Perkins&Will and a co-chair of the Equity Committee by WIELD. Caitlin Brady (2023 Recipient) is a Project Architect and Associate at Ayers Saint Gross and will moderate the conversation as host of Architectette. We talk about: - Choosing their educational paths in architecture and how that led them to live and work in the DC area. - What encouraged them to get involved in the profession outside of their day jobs and the numerous benefits that stemmed from creating community around their passions. - How applying for the Emerging Architect Award helped them to define their stories, identify their strengths, and build a platform from which they can continue their advocacy.  - Finally, we end with tips for others who want to level up their career with award recognition- what to add on your resume, who to ask for recommendation letters, and how to format your application. Links: Alison's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alison-pavilonis-aia-a3362935/ Gensler: ⁠https://www.gensler.com/⁠ Saakshi LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/saakshiterway/⁠ Saakshi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saakshi_terway/ Saakshi Website:  ⁠https://www.saakshiterway.design/⁠ Quinn Evans Website: ⁠https://www.quinnevans.com/⁠ Quinn Evans Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quinnevans.qe/ Mika's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mika-naraynsingh/ Perkins & Will: https://perkinswill.com/studio/washington-dc/ Equity Committee by WIELD: https://www.aiadc.com/committee/equity-committee-wield AIA DC: https://www.aiadc.com/ AIA|DC Emerging Architect Award: https://www.aiadc.com/AwardsForGreatPeople#Emerging%20Architect Architectette Podcast Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.architectette.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Connect with the pod on LinkedIn (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12735000/⁠⁠⁠⁠), Instagram (⁠⁠⁠⁠@architectette⁠⁠⁠⁠), and TikTok (⁠⁠⁠⁠@architectette⁠⁠⁠⁠) JOIN OUR MAILING LIST! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.architectette.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support Architectette with a donation or leave us a voice message! ⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/architectette/support⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠AlexGrohl⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/architectette/support

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, June 21st, 2023. Story Real Estate: Home. It’s where you build your legacy. Where traditions are started, seeds are planted, meals are shared, and stories are told. Home is where you prepare to go out into the world. Finding the home that’s perfect for your family is a big job. Story Real Estate is Moscow’s top real estate team. They give people real estate advice all over the country. Family homes, investments, land, new construction, or commercial— they know real estate. If you’ve thought about a move to Moscow or anywhere in the country, reach out to get connected with a Story Real Estate agent. Wherever you’re going, they can help guide you Home. Visit storyrealestate.com. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/its-official-student-loan-payments-will-restart-in-october.html It’s official: Student loan payments will restart in October, Education Department says Over the three-year-long pause on student loan payments, the U.S. Department of Education has repeatedly told borrowers their bills were set to resume, only to take it back and provide them more time. This time, however, the agency really means it. The Education Department posted on its website that “payments will be due starting in October,” and a recent law passed by Congress will make changing that plan difficult. It will likely be a big adjustment for borrowers when the pandemic-era policy expires. Around 40 million Americans have debt from their education. The typical monthly bill is roughly $350. “For many borrowers, the payment pause has been life altering — saving many from financial ruin and allowing others to finally get ahead financially,” said Persis Yu, deputy executive director at the Student Borrower Protection Center. President Donald Trump first announced the stay on federal student loan bills and the accrual of interest in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. and crippled the economy. The pause has since been extended eight times. Nearly all people eligible for the relief have taken advantage of it, with less than 1% of qualifying borrowers continuing to make payments on their education debt, according to an analysis by higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. As a result of the policy, the average borrower likely saved around $15,000 in student loan payments, Kantrowitz said. The Education Department notes on its financial aid website that “Congress recently passed a law preventing further extensions of the payment pause.” It is referring to the agreement reached between Republicans and Democrats to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which President Joe Biden signed into law in early June. In exchange for voting to increase the borrowing limit, Republicans demanded large cuts to federal spending. They sought to repeal Biden’s executive action granting student loan forgiveness, but the Biden administration refused to agree to that. However, included in the deal was a provision that officially terminates the pause at the end of August. Even before that agreement, the Biden administration had been preparing borrowers for their payments to resume by September. The Education Department says borrowers will be expected to make their first post-pause payment in October. Meanwhile, interest will start accumulating on borrowers’ debt again on Sept. 1, the department says. As the Biden administration tries to ready millions of Americans to restart their student loan payments, there’s one big open question that may make that preparation difficult: Most borrowers don’t know what they’ll owe in the fall. That’s because the Supreme Court has yet to issue a verdict on the validity of Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers. A decision is expected this month. Around 37 million people would be eligible for some loan cancellation, Kantrowitz estimated. Roughly a third of those with federal student loans, or 14 million people, would have their balances entirely forgiven by the president’s program, according to an estimate by Kantrowitz. As a result, these borrowers won’t owe anything come October. For those who still have a balance after the relief, the Education Department has said it plans to “re-amortize” borrowers’ lower debts. That’s a wonky term that means it will recalculate people’s monthly payment based on their lower tab and the number of months they have left on their repayment timeline. Kantrowitz provided an example: Let’s say a person currently owes $30,000 in student loans at a 5% interest rate. Before the pandemic, they would have paid around $320 a month on a 10-year repayment term. If forgiveness goes through and that person gets $10,000 in relief, their total balance would be reduced by a third, and their monthly payment will drop by a third, to roughly $210 a month. Education Department Undersecretary James Kvaal recently warned that if the administration is unable to deliver on Biden’s loan forgiveness, delinquency and default rates could skyrocket. The borrowers most in jeopardy of defaulting are those for whom Biden’s policy would have wiped out their balance entirely, Kvaal said. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/06/19/ny-post-teacher-called-a-student-despicable-after-questioning-her-classmate-who-identifies-as-a-cat-n2624666 Teacher Reportedly Calls Student ‘Despicable’ for Challenging Peer Who ‘Identifies As a Cat’ A 13-year-old girl and her friend were reportedly called “despicable” by one of their schoolteachers last week after one of them challenged their classmates about “how she identifies as a cat" after a lesson about gender ideology. The 13-year-old girl and her friend are reportedly students at Rye College in the United Kingdom. The school is affiliated with the Church of England, according to the New York Post. The students were in their end-of-year lesson on “life education” where they were told they can”be who you want to be and how you identify is up to you.” After the lesson, one of the students asked her classmate: “How can you identify as a cat when you’re a girl?” As a result, the schoolteacher reprimanded the student and her friend and said that they were being reported to school officials. And, the teacher reportedly said that they would no longer be welcome at the school if they “continued to express the view that only boys and girls exist” The girls informed the teacher that their parents would agree with their views on gender ideology, that someone's gender is not different than their biological sex. “Well that’s very sad as well then,” the teacher reportedly said in response, adding that “if you don’t like it you need to go to a different school.” A parent of another student at the school told The Telegraph that “what bothers me is the shutting down of debate in such a threatening and aggressive manner, which I don’t believe is appropriate in an educational setting.” “Regardless of the subject, education should serve to build awareness of differing points of view to widen the understanding of a subject. It shouldn’t be a case of indoctrination,” the parent added. https://thepostmillennial.com/crime-so-out-of-control-in-san-francisco-stores-are-locking-up-candy?utm_campaign=64487 Crime so out of control in San Francisco, stores are locking up candy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gt7pfjlCU - Play Video - 1:26-1:4 San Francisco residents that are looking to satisy a sweet tooth will have to go through a series of extra steps as candy is now being locked up in stores amid rising crime in the not so 'golden' city. While Butterfingers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Starbursts, and M&M's are locked up behind bars, illegal drugs are readily available for consumers as they flow rampant down the city's streets that are plagued by urine, human feces, and homeless vagrants looking for their next hit. In order to fend off thieves, San Francisco store owners have taken extra measures to combat rampant retail theft and are locking up merchandise up and down store aisles, which now includes candy. A photo taken by the Daily Mail at a Walgreens store shows a mixture of America's favorite chocolate and gummy candies confined behind a sheer box with a lock on it. If consumers want to purchase a KitKat or a Hershey's Kiss, they will have to ring an alarm for a store associate to come and assist them in grabbing the item off of the shelf. A security guard at the Walgreens on Powell Street which is home to San Francisco's famous cable cars told Daily Mail that, "Theft is constant." He told the outlet that a homeless man who stole from the store earlier in the day appeared a few hours later only to commit another theft. Major businesses and retailers have recently announced that they are shuttering their locations in the once-booming downtown corridor, with all citing similar reasons for the departures: rampant retail theft, loss of foot traffic, homeless vagrants attacking employees, and other safety concerns. These businesses include Nordstroms, Whole Foods, T-Mobile, Walgreens, Old Navy, and now the entire Westfield shopping center. While the San Francisco City Council has weaponized the local criminal justice system, turning it into a revolving door for repeat offenders and enacting laws that prevent police making arrests for petty theft, a Muslim immigrant and business owner, whose store was recently ransacked by a pack of thieves, said that crime in the city is now worse than it is in both Afghanistan and Iraq. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/biden-admin-gave-university-over-2m-for-monitoring-microaggressions/ Biden Admin Gave University Over $2M For ‘Monitoring Microaggressions’ The National Institutes of Health has, since September 2021, been funding a $2.2 million program at the University of Miami examining how "microaggressions" affect "Black cisgender queer women" who have HIV. According to a grant listing from the Department of Health and Human Services, the program, known as Monitoring Microaggressions and Adversities to Generate Interventions for Change, seeks to discover how "comments, jokes, and behaviors that are demeaning to a marginalized group" affect health outcomes. Queer black women with HIV "live at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities and within social structures that take a daily toll," the grant description states. However, the impact of microaggressions on this group has "largely been ignored." The program is supervised by Sannisha Dale, an associate professor of psychology, who chairs the department’s Diversity and Equity Committee. Dale's first contact with the project was in 2019, according to the University’s website. Through text messages and regular visits, the grant team monitored 151 women to understand how microaggressions affected their daily levels of distress and consumption of medication. "[Microagressions] can be someone saying, ‘She doesn’t look like she’s positive,’ as if HIV has a face," Dale said. "Or ‘I’m HIV negative, I’m clean,’ as if someone else is dirty." The Biden administration has shown a willingness to shell out cash for LGBT initiatives. Biden’s most recent budget proposal included a $400 million State Department program to help LGBTQ Africans access the internet. In January, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a grant to translate a gay dictionary into Spanish.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, June 21st, 2023. Story Real Estate: Home. It’s where you build your legacy. Where traditions are started, seeds are planted, meals are shared, and stories are told. Home is where you prepare to go out into the world. Finding the home that’s perfect for your family is a big job. Story Real Estate is Moscow’s top real estate team. They give people real estate advice all over the country. Family homes, investments, land, new construction, or commercial— they know real estate. If you’ve thought about a move to Moscow or anywhere in the country, reach out to get connected with a Story Real Estate agent. Wherever you’re going, they can help guide you Home. Visit storyrealestate.com. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/20/its-official-student-loan-payments-will-restart-in-october.html It’s official: Student loan payments will restart in October, Education Department says Over the three-year-long pause on student loan payments, the U.S. Department of Education has repeatedly told borrowers their bills were set to resume, only to take it back and provide them more time. This time, however, the agency really means it. The Education Department posted on its website that “payments will be due starting in October,” and a recent law passed by Congress will make changing that plan difficult. It will likely be a big adjustment for borrowers when the pandemic-era policy expires. Around 40 million Americans have debt from their education. The typical monthly bill is roughly $350. “For many borrowers, the payment pause has been life altering — saving many from financial ruin and allowing others to finally get ahead financially,” said Persis Yu, deputy executive director at the Student Borrower Protection Center. President Donald Trump first announced the stay on federal student loan bills and the accrual of interest in March 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. and crippled the economy. The pause has since been extended eight times. Nearly all people eligible for the relief have taken advantage of it, with less than 1% of qualifying borrowers continuing to make payments on their education debt, according to an analysis by higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz. As a result of the policy, the average borrower likely saved around $15,000 in student loan payments, Kantrowitz said. The Education Department notes on its financial aid website that “Congress recently passed a law preventing further extensions of the payment pause.” It is referring to the agreement reached between Republicans and Democrats to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which President Joe Biden signed into law in early June. In exchange for voting to increase the borrowing limit, Republicans demanded large cuts to federal spending. They sought to repeal Biden’s executive action granting student loan forgiveness, but the Biden administration refused to agree to that. However, included in the deal was a provision that officially terminates the pause at the end of August. Even before that agreement, the Biden administration had been preparing borrowers for their payments to resume by September. The Education Department says borrowers will be expected to make their first post-pause payment in October. Meanwhile, interest will start accumulating on borrowers’ debt again on Sept. 1, the department says. As the Biden administration tries to ready millions of Americans to restart their student loan payments, there’s one big open question that may make that preparation difficult: Most borrowers don’t know what they’ll owe in the fall. That’s because the Supreme Court has yet to issue a verdict on the validity of Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for borrowers. A decision is expected this month. Around 37 million people would be eligible for some loan cancellation, Kantrowitz estimated. Roughly a third of those with federal student loans, or 14 million people, would have their balances entirely forgiven by the president’s program, according to an estimate by Kantrowitz. As a result, these borrowers won’t owe anything come October. For those who still have a balance after the relief, the Education Department has said it plans to “re-amortize” borrowers’ lower debts. That’s a wonky term that means it will recalculate people’s monthly payment based on their lower tab and the number of months they have left on their repayment timeline. Kantrowitz provided an example: Let’s say a person currently owes $30,000 in student loans at a 5% interest rate. Before the pandemic, they would have paid around $320 a month on a 10-year repayment term. If forgiveness goes through and that person gets $10,000 in relief, their total balance would be reduced by a third, and their monthly payment will drop by a third, to roughly $210 a month. Education Department Undersecretary James Kvaal recently warned that if the administration is unable to deliver on Biden’s loan forgiveness, delinquency and default rates could skyrocket. The borrowers most in jeopardy of defaulting are those for whom Biden’s policy would have wiped out their balance entirely, Kvaal said. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2023/06/19/ny-post-teacher-called-a-student-despicable-after-questioning-her-classmate-who-identifies-as-a-cat-n2624666 Teacher Reportedly Calls Student ‘Despicable’ for Challenging Peer Who ‘Identifies As a Cat’ A 13-year-old girl and her friend were reportedly called “despicable” by one of their schoolteachers last week after one of them challenged their classmates about “how she identifies as a cat" after a lesson about gender ideology. The 13-year-old girl and her friend are reportedly students at Rye College in the United Kingdom. The school is affiliated with the Church of England, according to the New York Post. The students were in their end-of-year lesson on “life education” where they were told they can”be who you want to be and how you identify is up to you.” After the lesson, one of the students asked her classmate: “How can you identify as a cat when you’re a girl?” As a result, the schoolteacher reprimanded the student and her friend and said that they were being reported to school officials. And, the teacher reportedly said that they would no longer be welcome at the school if they “continued to express the view that only boys and girls exist” The girls informed the teacher that their parents would agree with their views on gender ideology, that someone's gender is not different than their biological sex. “Well that’s very sad as well then,” the teacher reportedly said in response, adding that “if you don’t like it you need to go to a different school.” A parent of another student at the school told The Telegraph that “what bothers me is the shutting down of debate in such a threatening and aggressive manner, which I don’t believe is appropriate in an educational setting.” “Regardless of the subject, education should serve to build awareness of differing points of view to widen the understanding of a subject. It shouldn’t be a case of indoctrination,” the parent added. https://thepostmillennial.com/crime-so-out-of-control-in-san-francisco-stores-are-locking-up-candy?utm_campaign=64487 Crime so out of control in San Francisco, stores are locking up candy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gt7pfjlCU - Play Video - 1:26-1:4 San Francisco residents that are looking to satisy a sweet tooth will have to go through a series of extra steps as candy is now being locked up in stores amid rising crime in the not so 'golden' city. While Butterfingers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Starbursts, and M&M's are locked up behind bars, illegal drugs are readily available for consumers as they flow rampant down the city's streets that are plagued by urine, human feces, and homeless vagrants looking for their next hit. In order to fend off thieves, San Francisco store owners have taken extra measures to combat rampant retail theft and are locking up merchandise up and down store aisles, which now includes candy. A photo taken by the Daily Mail at a Walgreens store shows a mixture of America's favorite chocolate and gummy candies confined behind a sheer box with a lock on it. If consumers want to purchase a KitKat or a Hershey's Kiss, they will have to ring an alarm for a store associate to come and assist them in grabbing the item off of the shelf. A security guard at the Walgreens on Powell Street which is home to San Francisco's famous cable cars told Daily Mail that, "Theft is constant." He told the outlet that a homeless man who stole from the store earlier in the day appeared a few hours later only to commit another theft. Major businesses and retailers have recently announced that they are shuttering their locations in the once-booming downtown corridor, with all citing similar reasons for the departures: rampant retail theft, loss of foot traffic, homeless vagrants attacking employees, and other safety concerns. These businesses include Nordstroms, Whole Foods, T-Mobile, Walgreens, Old Navy, and now the entire Westfield shopping center. While the San Francisco City Council has weaponized the local criminal justice system, turning it into a revolving door for repeat offenders and enacting laws that prevent police making arrests for petty theft, a Muslim immigrant and business owner, whose store was recently ransacked by a pack of thieves, said that crime in the city is now worse than it is in both Afghanistan and Iraq. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/biden-admin-gave-university-over-2m-for-monitoring-microaggressions/ Biden Admin Gave University Over $2M For ‘Monitoring Microaggressions’ The National Institutes of Health has, since September 2021, been funding a $2.2 million program at the University of Miami examining how "microaggressions" affect "Black cisgender queer women" who have HIV. According to a grant listing from the Department of Health and Human Services, the program, known as Monitoring Microaggressions and Adversities to Generate Interventions for Change, seeks to discover how "comments, jokes, and behaviors that are demeaning to a marginalized group" affect health outcomes. Queer black women with HIV "live at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities and within social structures that take a daily toll," the grant description states. However, the impact of microaggressions on this group has "largely been ignored." The program is supervised by Sannisha Dale, an associate professor of psychology, who chairs the department’s Diversity and Equity Committee. Dale's first contact with the project was in 2019, according to the University’s website. Through text messages and regular visits, the grant team monitored 151 women to understand how microaggressions affected their daily levels of distress and consumption of medication. "[Microagressions] can be someone saying, ‘She doesn’t look like she’s positive,’ as if HIV has a face," Dale said. "Or ‘I’m HIV negative, I’m clean,’ as if someone else is dirty." The Biden administration has shown a willingness to shell out cash for LGBT initiatives. Biden’s most recent budget proposal included a $400 million State Department program to help LGBTQ Africans access the internet. In January, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a grant to translate a gay dictionary into Spanish.

Natalie Rose Baldwin is a Brewmaster, dog mom, and friend from Portland that I have constantly been in awe of.When I met her she was working as a Valet at a hotel and I was working at a job I hated. Not long after I met her, she had left the hotel and started working at a brewery pouring beer. And before I knew it, she was getting printed in magazines and winning awards for her own beers.I was blown away by how quickly she was excelling in her career! She followed a less-than-conventional path in life that took off like wildfire. Did she have some secret knowledge that led her to grow so quickly and rise to the top? That's usually what I think when I see someone blow up in life.This wasn't the case for Natalie though.  In this episode, Natalie tells us:How she went from working as a valet to being an award-winning brewer.The main reason she kept excelling in her career.Being a woman in a male-dominated field.   Managing her anxiety + being awkward.The challenge of leaving a job she loved.And more... Natalie is incredibly kind and generous with her knowledge and holds nothing back. She spills all of her behind-the-scenes growth and fears with us in this interview.*I also love Natalie because she is obsessed with her dog, Beef. And I love and trust anyone infatuated with their dog.*---Natalie Rose Baldwin, Brewmaster at Wayfinder beer in Portland, Oregon. Worked as Research & Development Brewer at Breakside Brewery from 2017-2023., and has been brewing since 2014. She started in the industry pouring beer and washing kegs, quickly learning to brew at Burnside Brewing in the fall of 2014.In early 2017  Baldwin was hired as a Production Brewer at Breakside Brewery and later that year was promoted to Breakside's Research and Development Brewer. Natalie's brewing interests vary with a predominant focus on esoteric lagers, saisons, and specialty beers using seasonal flowers, tea, spices, and fruit. Natalie has won several medals at the Great American Beer Festival and is also a professional Judge at GABF & WBC, works with the Oregon Brewers Guild Diversity and Equity Committee, is a Portland Area Pink Boots Portland Chapter Co-Leader, and was a recipient of a Pink Boots Scholarship in 2018. Outside of work she enjoys traveling, backpacking, baking, and frolicking in fields of flowers with her dog Beef. You can read more about Natalie in these articles:https://newschoolbeer.com/home/2023/2/natalie-baldwin-is-wayfinder-beers-new-brewmasterhttps://www.winemag.com/content/natalie-rose-baldwin-future-40-2022/-----As always, connect with me HERE and HERE.

In this episode, we're joined by Eloise Tan, Ogho Ikhalo and Shelli Karamath as they bring together their diverse experiences as leaders and educators in the DEI space to talk about what radical self-love and healing mean for them.  We discuss how, in a society that often tries to define our worth for us, practicing self-love, recognizing the importance of healing and knowing your self-worth are deeply radical acts.    Dr. Eloise Tan is a leader with 15 years of experience working in the education research and policy space. She grounds her research, policy and co-design work in an anti-racist and anti-oppression framework and is on a journey to learning how to decolonize research and the policy development cycle. Currently, she is a Manager at the ESDC Innovation Lab where she leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers and design thinkers to co-create policy solutions with those that live on this land. Previously she was the Research Director at People for Education. She created Mama Stay Woke, a free and inclusive parenting group that centred social justice issues facing mothers. She has been a guest on CBC's The Current and Metro Morning, briefed the UN's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, guest lectured at the Maytree Foundation's Policy School and lectured at University of Toronto, McGill University, and Dublin City University. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from McGill University in Culture and Education and was previously awarded Best New Scholar in Qualitative Research from the Canadian Education Research Association. She is proud to serve on the board for the Jane Finch Centre.  Ogho Ikhalo is an experienced leader with more than 15 years of academic and professional experience. She has an extensive background as a strategic communicator, a diversity, equity and human rights specialist, and a social justice community advocate. Prior to her current role as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Talent Acquisition at Hydro One, Ogho served as the Director of Women's and Human Rights at the Ontario Federation of Labour. Shelli Karamath (she/her) is an educator for liberation, equity and inclusion. She has been a Primary/Junior educator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) since 2008. Shelli recently completed her Master of Education in Social Justice Education at OISE, University of Toronto. Shelli currently teaches Grade 3/4 and enjoys learning with her students every day! She also teaches steel band, decolonizing music education, and leads the Equity Committee where she works with community partners towards making the school a more inclusive space. She is a professional musician of 30 years, a visual artist, and a world traveller.   Want to learn more about our podcast guests? Find them on:  https://www.instagram.com/mamastaywokeTO/  www.instagram.com/afrodisiacto/ https://www.instagram.com/elo_here https://www.instagram.com/ogs7 https://www.instagram.com/msk.aramath https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ogho-ikhalo https://ca.linkedin.com/in/eloise-tan https://shellikaramath.ca/

Calvin Dark joins JT to discuss Vice Chair of Treasury Departments new racial equity committee wants to defund police, 'center race' in all policy.

Black Students in Design (BSD) was created in recognition of the many barriers faced by Black students in the design and architecture fields. Clara James is a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto, Canada. In 2020 Clara founded Black Students in Design, a student-led community for Black students at Daniels. And with the support of the Daniels outreach office and her all Black executive team, Clara successfully developed and executed Building Black Success through Design – a mentorship program for Black high school students interested in design. During her time as a student she worked with the Student Equity Alliance and Equity Committee within the Daniels Faculty, fighting to address anti-Black Racism and equity. Since then, she's worked in the school as an Assistant Studio Technologist helping students with any issues they might have. She is currently the Interim Coordinator of Public Programing and Outreach in the Outreach Office at Daniels. And when she can find the time, she is also a free-lance graphic designer.

ALSO: A court ordered a 15-year-old Bennington girl be released from adult jail; A Brandon man accused of threatening to shoot neighbors has reached a plea deal; Police said they are investigating a suspicious death in a Rutland apartment.

Dr. Joshua Moon-Johnson (he/him) is an award-winning author, activist, and educator with nearly two decades of experience as an educational administrator and consultant. He serves as a Dean of Student Services & Title IX Coordinator at American River College and as a Managing Partner at PMJ Consulting, LLC. Joshua has published multiple books; his first book, Beyond Surviving: From Religious Oppression to Queer Activism was a #1 Best-seller on Amazon.com for Gay & Lesbian Activism and was ranked #2 on Book Authority's 25 Best-Selling LGBT Activism Books of All Time. Joshua's other books include, Authentic Leadership, Queer People of Color in Higher Education, and his newest book, Queer & Trans Advocacy in the Community College, will be released in 2022. Joshua previously served as the Assistant Dean and Director of the Multicultural Student Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and as the Director of the LGBT Center at the UC-Santa Barbara. Joshua received a doctorate in higher education and LGBT studies from Northern Illinois University, a master's degree in student affairs and diversity from Binghamton University, and a master's degree in Marketing Analysis from the University of Alabama. Joshua has served as a board member or in a leadership position for multiple educational and social justice organizations, including NASPA (Student Affairs in Higher Education) MultiRacial Knowledge Community and Asian Pacific Islander Knowledge Community, as the Vice President of the Board for the Sacramento LGBT Community Center, and as a board member and lead for the Equity Committee with the Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA). Joshua is from Mississippi, but is happy to call Sacramento, California his home. This episode is brought to you by N2N's Illuminate App, The iPaaS for Higher Education. Learn more at https://illuminateapp.com/web/higher-education/Subscribe and listen to more episodes at IlluminateHigherEducation.comContact Joshua Moon-Johnson:https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-joshua-moon-johnson-43050822Buy Beyond Surviving: From Religious Oppression to Queer Activism: https://joshuamoonjohnson.com/   

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Lori Mier. On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Lori Mier. Lori Mier is the creator and owner of her story. She loves chai tea and sunrise hikes. She owns Blue Mountain Path Coaching LLC where she offers healing experiences as an author, Ecotherapist guide and photographer. Her first children's book, ‘Merin and Her Very Bright Star: A Story of Resiliency', was deeply inspired by her own story of loss and healing. Lori is on a mission to help normalize grief, healing & having difficult conversations. Lori has a degree in Social Work and created a not-for-profit hiking program called ‘Through Hiking' along with her husband to offer guided hikes to agencies and youth in foster care. She serves on the Equity Committee for Rockingham County Public Schools and also sits on the Board of Directors for RISE Foundation in Waynesboro, VA where she is committed to education, political action, and racial justice work. Although she is not originally from Virginia, Lori feels the most at home where she lives in the Shenandoah Valley with her husband and son. Learn more: * Instagram: @Grief_Project_Merin * Facebook: Grief Project Merin * Website: https://linktr.ee/Lori_mier_author * Book: https://www.bluemountainpathcoaching.com/product-page/children-s-book-preorder Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Nd1HTnbaI Like Our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/884355188308946/ Have you subscribed to our Podcast? Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/the-power-of-love-show/id1282931846 Spotify Podcasts : https://open.spotify.com/show/6X6zGAPmdReRrlLO0NW4n6?si=bhNl9GjJRxKXUvTdwZme6Q Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9wb3dlcm9mbG92ZS5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw Other podcasts: https://anchor.fm/thepowerofloveshow Did you know you can support DDJF through any of your Amazon purchases? Simply click link below and select Dee Dee Jackson Foundation as your charity of choice: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/chpf/dashboard/ref=smi_nav_surl_mi_x_mkt Once done… bookmark and use your smile link to support DDJF! The Power of Love Show is a weekly show sponsored by The Dee Dee Jackson Foundation where we shine a light on loss and grief and how it impacts our lives. Our aim is to build a community where we share inspiring stories, interview experts, learn, grow and empower one another to find proper and healthy healing. Visit the DDJF official website: http://www.ddjf.org/ Donate to DDJF (501c3): https://app.mobilecause.com/form/xDJ0Cg?vid=74qmm Check Out DDJF Merch: https://teespring.com/.../collection/All%20Products... Join the Dee Dee Jackson Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1500933326745571 Follow us on Instagram: @DeeDeeJacksonFoundation • https://instagram.com/deedeejacksonfoundation?utm_medium=copy_link --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thepowerofloveshow/support

Fort Worth ISD has been in the headlines due to an uprising of parents and students engaging in local board meetings, filing open records requests, and advocating for their neighborhood schools. The catalyst for the increased attendance came after they were forcing children to wear a mask in violation of the governor's GA-38. I met Carlos Turcios (20) at a FWISD school board meeting in February when I spoke about the influence of Leadership ISD, a social justice non-profit that originated as the brainchild of TEA Commissioner Mike Morath to influence school board governance. Carlos is a graduate of FWISD and began his engagement in local education politics when he was fifteen. He and other residents were able to thwart efforts to divide his high school due to overcrowding issues. As a student, he was encouraged after being asked to participate in the FWISD equity committee. By the third meeting he realized there was a political agenda that devolved into full-blown “wokeness.” He said FWISD is messy, very shady and the leaders don't want transparency.Critical Race Theory (CRT) in FWISD was rebranded as “Courageous Conversations.” This is a common practice among school districts to use deceptive semantics by saying they are not employing CRT while they impose identical theories. As a member of the Equity Committee in Richardson ISD, I realized it was a shallow endeavor and a waste of time. These districts are not interested in true equity with regard to student and teacher resources and real progress. As a minority student, Carlos' parents taught him to focus on character over color. He witnessed the indoctrination and chose to speak out against the philosophy. Ironically, these policies negatively impact minority students the most when school districts shift their focus away from academic learning.  Carlos has a large following in FWISD through his social media pages and attending public meetings. He has emerged as a leader for his community and an example of how to get engaged at the local level to be a positive influence for others of all ages. He encourages parents to not stand down to the bullying or be afraid to speak up and defend their children. UPDATE: Since this interview took place, FWISD trustee Jacinto Ramos resigned from the board. He is an employee of Leadership ISD. Two major philanthropic funders of Leadership ISD have pulled out due to the controversies in FWISD. Twitter: @Carlos__TurciosWebsite: https://carlosturcios.org, Facebook: Carlos E. TurciosSocial Impact Podcast is on Spotify! Call 214-673-4018 to support the show or get exposure for your business.Subscribe to the OBBM Network Podcast on Apple Podcasts,Spotify, iHeart, Google Podcasts and more. OffBeat Business TV can be found on Youtube, Vimeo , Rumble , BitChute  and wherever you enjoy great on-demand podcasts and TV.Support the show (https://obbmdfw.locals.com)

Mascots and symbols have long been used as a source of pride within sports. This can be problematic and stir up issues when a symbol used may be offensive. We have seen this at all levels, from high school and college, all the way to the pros. In relation to Cal State East Bay, the “Pioneer” remains a symbol of the school, yet the visual representation was removed after a recent initiative was put into play. This led to the investigation of the symbol's origins and the conclusion that “Pioneer Pete'' did not promote inclusivity. The “Pioneer”, symbolic of Manifest Destiny, also continues to reinforce native people's displacement and also industrialist/ genocidal impulses. Because sport is powerful in bringing together a community, compassion and understanding alongside the deconstruction of personal beliefs is key to tackling mascot issues. Resources: The Faculty Diversity and Equity Committee discussed East Bay's mascot at & voted to send the attached resolution to the Senate https://www.csueastbay.edu/universitycommunications/files/docs/mascot/faculty-senate-resolution-mascot.pdf On May 10th, 2018, CSU East Bay's Faculty Diversity and Equity Committee (FDEC) passed a resolution to retire the current image of Pioneer Pete. Afterward this resolution headed to CSUEB's Academic Senate and on October 6 the senators voted to remove Pioneer Pete as the mascot: https://www.csueastbay.edu/universitycommunications/mascot/history-of-pioneer-pete.html#:~:text=On%20May%2010th%2C%202018%2C%20CSU,Pioneer%20Pete%20as%20the%20mascot. Research on the history of “Pioneer Pete, Cal State East Bay's retired mascot, was led by Cal State East Bay student Robyn Perry, a history major: https://www.csueastbay.edu/universitycommunications/mascot/history-of-pioneer-pete.html An indigenous leader supports the usage of a controversial mascot: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/nyregion/native-american-mascot-cambridge.html?searchResultPosition=3 Referencing the Super Bowl of the SF 49ers Vs KC Chiefs as the “Manifest Destiny Bowl”: https://nypost.com/2022/02/13/super-bowl-returns-to-where-it-all-began/ Skate Like a Girl is an organization that reclaimed the reference of performing “like a girl”: https://www.skatelikeagirl.com/about.html You can get involved with the organization that backs this podcast, by visiting the Center for Sport and Social Justice's website: https://www.csueastbay.edu/cssj/ Student organizations/ student led groups are mentioned as ways for students to be involved in the grassroots movement: http://csusqe.org/chapters/ and https://www.csueastbay.edu/asi/ The book There There by Tommy Orange: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36692478-there-there The 2005 NCAA ruling to ban hostile and abusive mascots can be found here: http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/PressArchive/2005/Announcements/NCAA%2BExecutive%2BCommittee%2BIssues%2BGuidelines%2Bfor%2BUse%2Bof%2BNative%2BAmerican%2BMascots%2Bat%2BChampionship%2BEvents.html Links on the “Manifest Destiny Bowl”: https://healingmnstories.wordpress.com/2020/01/24/whats-behind-the-mascot-next-up-san-francisco-49ers-and-the-genocide-of-indigenous-peoples/ and https://uproxx.com/culture/super-bowl-liv-cheif-49ers-native-american/ The study referenced by Jeff regarding pushback to name changes: Davis-Delano, Laurel R., and Todd Crosset. 2008. "Using Social Movement Theory To Study Outcomes in Sport-Related Social Movements." International Review for the Sociology of Sport 43 (2):115-134. doi: 10.1177/1012690208095375. The 1991 movie City Slickers, directed by Ron Underwood is referenced with Billy Crystal's nostalgia recalling his best day ever at a New York Yankees game Info on Laurel Davis Delano: https://springfield.edu/directory/laurel-davis-delano

February 25, 2022 — Members of Ukiah's Diversity and Equity Committee learned about state and federal programs to pay down utility bills for customers whose accounts fell into arrears during the pandemic. They also heard about existing practices to communicate with people who don't speak English, and made suggestions for improving communications in general. Committee members also examined a posting for a job advertised by the city, and mulled over ways to make it more inviting to racial minorities and people with disabilities.

Maria A. Ellis is a passionate educator and conductor. She is the owner of Girl Conductor LLC, a company that creates diverse music education resources and currently serves as the Director of The Sheldon's City of Music All-Star Chorus and Choral Instructor at Sumner High School. Maria is an active clinician, adjudicator and presenter throughout the United States and abroad. She holds a B.M. in Music Education emphasis on Voice (K-12 Certified) Degree from the University of Missouri- St. Louis. She has served as the Arts and Administrative Fellow for The St. Louis Symphony and has served as the Community Engagement Manager for The St. Louis Children's Choirs. Maria is the host of the Award Winning Show Bach and Beyoncé on Classic 107.3 The Voice for the Arts in St. Louis and is a host for the St. Louis Symphony "Live at Powell" broadcast. Maria is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Music Educators, Missouri Alliance for Arts Education, where she is chair of the RIDE (Race, Inclusion, Diversity & Equity) Committee and holds Level 3 Certification from the CME Institute for Choral Teacher Education. Maria is the wife of Marion Ellis and the mother of Aria, Kendal and Noah Ellis. Check out GIRLCONDUCTOR.COM here! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/musicast-podcast/support

♪ You just keep on pushing my love over the borderline ♪ We're talking boundaries today. Don't you just love it when people ask permission before they do anything to you? Ouuuu. How do we assess our boundaries? What does it look like when consent is broken? Is No-Neck Ed from 90 Day Fiancé a literal sweaty potato? Check yourself before you wreck yourself, babes.Sydney Rae Chin is a deconstruction + liberation edu-guide empowering humans to breakup with societal norms to reclaim their wholeness through intuitive guidance. They hold a degree from Emerson College in Media Arts Production with a minor in African American and Africana Studies. Sydney aims to hold space for misogyny affected individuals, especially survivors. She is a proud third generation queer polyamorous Chinese American person; these identities inform the type of projects they take on.  She currently resides and works in Lenapehoking, which is the stolen land of the Lenni Lenape people.They are a third generation queer Chinese American person and second generation entrepreneur. Sydney comes from a family of rule-breakers and risk-takers; with liberation and survivorship work, she is following in her family's traditions of shaking up systems that are meant to be broken.  At Emerson, Sydney was part of the first cohort of exchange students to attend Hong Kong Baptist University. After studying abroad for her fall semester, they returned to serve as one of the student representatives for the Emerson Cultural Climate and Equity Committee. During her final semester, Sydney collaborated with a group of graduate performing arts students to study how Emerson could implement intimacy coordination into their arts curriculum. They continued collaborating with this group post graduation on a larger study as a primary researcher. This project was the catalyst for her work today.Follow Sydney's socials!Instagram: @sexysoupdumplingsMedium: @sydneyraechinWebsite: https://www.sydneyraechin.com Email: timlagman@sexedwithtim.comFor early access, ad-free episodes and more, support the show through PatreonFollow Tim on all social media!Instagram: @gayslutclown and @sexedwithtimFacebook: Sex Ed With TimTwitter: @gayslutclown and @sexedwithtimTiktok: @gayslutclownVisit my website Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

A few weeks ago Holly joined us on the podcast to discuss what happens when you die without a will in place. This week we welcome Holly back to discuss the rules of making gifts when you are acting in the role of an attorney under a Power of Attorney. Most people want to mitigate the inheritance tax their estate will pay, and this need becomes more important as people get closer to the end of their life, even when they have lost mental capacity. One way to reduce inheritance tax is to gift some of your asset. But there are some complex rules around gifting, especially if you are gifting on behalf of someone when acting as their Power of Attorney. Holly is a solicitor who specialises in the Court of Protection and Mental Capacity. She is part of the Wills and Equity Committee at The Law Society which consults the government on issues around mental capacity and Lasting Powers of Attorney. She is a fountain of knowledge on this topic. In our conversations we discuss the important role that attorneys play, how to understand what a donor's “best interest” is and what this means for gifting, and the main rules for gifting when acting under a Power of Attorney.

Pandemic still raging? CheckAnti-vaxxers still raving? CheckInfrastructure Bill still languishing? CheckAmerica on the edge of default? CheckManchin and Sinema.....? WhateverIt's been another period of rough and tumble politics with absolutely nothing to show for it. Lots of name-calling, finger-pointing, blame-hurling, and anything else you can think of. The bottom line is that it's been anything but productive. Welcome to Washington or as Mitch McConnell sees it, Nirvana.This week to find some good we turned our eyes and our microphones westward to the Land of Lincoln to talk with a most impressive Illinois General Assemblyman, Will Guzzardi. Will is also co-chair of the Illinois Progressive Caucus.  Will serves on the Prescription Drug Affordability Committee, the Economic Opportunity & Equity Committee, the Judiciary Committee, AND on the Mental Health Committee!  You won't want to miss this.

In the wake of commencing a second semester amid the continued lockdown, students may be left wondering where to turn if faced by the simple, yet challenging question - can I afford this? In situations such as these, equity - the premise that students are entitled to study, and experience law school without barriers - matters deeply. This episode, we take a look at SULS' own Equity Committee, the categories of claims it deals with, the schemes it has in place to help students in need, and its aspirations for the future. Footnotes is a podcast created by the Sydney University Law Society; for students, by students, and available wherever you get your podcasts. Information surrounding the Textbook Loans Scheme and the Financial Grants Scheme may be found on the SULS website: https://www.suls.org.au/equity-schemes. If there are any questions concerning matters relevant to the Equity Portfolio, please email Eden at equity@suls.org.au. Produced by: Laura Farquhar, Justin Lai Featuring: Laura Farquhar, Justin Lai

SEESA Skills Development Facilitators Chevonne Kloppers & Jean-Pierre De La Guerre discuss some Employment Equity Committee meeting parameters. Their discussion includes the meeting size, frequency, and important discussion points outlined in each EEA13 (Employment Equity Plan) per company. #SEESA #SkillsTraining #SkillsDevelopmentFacilitator #EmploymentEquityCommittee #Meetings #EmploymentEquityPlan #EEA13 #BusinessOwners #Employers #MonthlyRetainerFee #TheEmployersCompany #ContactUsToday

Welcome to the official first episode of Pursuit of Unhappiness. I am joined by Natalie Baldwin (R&D Brewer for Breakside Brewery) and Shannon Kenyon (Brewer North Country Brewing Company). We dive into so much, but I feel like we really on skimmed the surface. Part two will certainly happen at some point. Natalie is an award winning Research and Development Brewer at Breakside Brewery in Portland, Oregon. She started serving beer and washing kegs at a local brewery in 2014. In 2018 she received a scholarship through the Pink Boots Society to study brewing in Germany, whilst on the trip she was able to visit Leipzig to drink her favorite beer from the source, Gose. One of her proudest accomplishments is after years of tinkering, her Gose won gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2020. Natalie is up to a lot in the industry including being involved in Breakside's own as well as the Oregon Brewers Guild Diversity and Equity Committee, the Scholarship Liaison for the Portland Pink Boots Chapter and a GABF judge. Outside of nerding out on historic beer styles and going to complete opposite direction building recipes to include an array of flowers, fruits and a little bit of magic you can find Natalie frolicking in flower fields with her dog, Beef. On this episode we discuss How we met & first impressions How tone can lead to misunderstanding - we can be brutal, but kind Know your worth Interviewing for a job - know your worth Boundaries & Bandwidth Trusting yourself and your ability to decide what you want Please enjoy this fun conversation with one of my amazing, brilliant friends Natalie ROSE Baldwin.

Listeners to Montana Talks attended the Bozeman School Board meeting Monday night and voiced their concerns over the proposed Equity Advisory Committee, also known as Critical Race Theory. The result: the idea was tabled. Tom Burnett provided the follow up.

6/16/21 In lifting all school suspensions, a Saint Paul public school equity committee said that students of color believe that the only path to success is the 'White Way." What is the 'White Way?" We continue to monitor what is now the opening and closing of streets in Uptown.

SEESA Skills Development Facilitators, Monray Fivaz and Kayla Fourie discuss the importance of having regular Employment Equity Committee meetings based on the legal requirements and the benefits to your business. They elaborate on what should be discussed after the initial Employment Equity Committee meeting and why it should be done. #SEESA #SkillsTraining #SkillsDevelopmentFacilitators #EmploymentEquityCommittee #Meetings #Benefits #Compliant #BusinessOwner #SouthAfrica #TheEmployersCompany #Podcast

Former Governor of Maryland Martin J. O'Malley, now with Grant Thornton Joining in the conversation will be Cecilia Mowatt, Esq, A55K, President of Strategies In Site, ALN Organizational Member and Co-Chair of the ALN's Equity Committee. Also, joining will be Tim Luzano, MBA, MSBA, CSM, CDMP, PMP, Advanced Analytics Manager at Grant Thornton Public Sector, providing a presentation on implementing equity dashboards for Los Angeles Department of Transportation while leveraging an agile implementation methodology. Find videos, papers and more at: https://www.AssetLeadership.net/

This week EL goes 1v1 with NISA Commissioner John Prutch. We cover everything from John's investment banker background to the origins of the league. We touch on NISA's 5 year plan, Pro/Rel, The Legend's Cup, Equity Committee and more. We also give Desiree Ellis her flowers for Black Soccer History...Tap In!Grab your 2Cents FC Merch: https://2centssports.shop/Use Promo code: ONEHUNNID to get 20% off your order over $20Support the show: https://supporter.acast.com/2-cents-fcShow Credits:Host: Soccer Pro, Amobi Okugo | @amobisaysProducer & Co-Host: EL Johnson | @elchereikGuest: John Prutch | @nisaleagueFollow on Instagram and Twitter: @2centsfcVisit the 2centssports.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/2-cents-fc. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we talk with Hurunnessa Fariad about her role as a Muslim woman peacemaker and community leader in the Washington, DC area. Hurunnessa is the Head of Outreach and Interfaith at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society and Director of the first mosque youth choir in the U.S., ADAMS Beat. She is the founder and co-host of the Sister Act Podcast, featuring other women leaders of faith (Christian and Jewish), and sits on the Fairfax county Interfaith and Equity Committee.    Show produced by Nicole Gibson. Music: Shesh Pesh by JR Tundra.   

Vaco Managing Partner, Nirad Chaudhari, leads a discussion with Vaco's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity Committee to encourage growth and participate in meaningful dialogue for change.

Southwest Florida has seen sustainable growth and measurable impact in recent years despite barriers pertaining to the environment, equality, and COVID-19. In this session, Colleen DePasquale tells us about The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce, of which she is the President and CEO, and how it is addressing these problems and working to make the region a better place. She discusses with us new work The Chamber is doing in response to community and member needs, including an Equity Committee's focus on the issue of implicit bias and discrimination to make a long-term impact in our region. She discusses her desire to diversify The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce and empower members of the community to learn about ways to make local, positive change. Colleen also shares why she partners with the FutureMakers Coalition, as well as valuable information she knows about the local workforce and current workforce needs.

Discussions about leadership in organizations have been going on for a long time and we also are starting to see some of those discussions come to the fruition. On this episode, we talk with Kurt Merriweather of The Diversity Movement and Walk West and Tamara Terry, a researcher at RTI International and chair of the new Inclusion and Equity Committee at the American Association for Public Opinion Research. [Note: audio quality is compromised at times on this episode due to remote recording.]

Host Richard Mabion will talk with the Chairman of the Equity Committee for the Climate Action KC group, Karan Gupta.  They will be defining what Equity really means.  Karan Gupta […] The post Karan Gupta Speaks to Richard Mabion about Environmental Equity appeared first on KKFI.

Host Richard Mabion will talk with the Chairman of the Equity Committee for the Climate Action KC group, Karan Gupta.  They will be defining what Equity really means.  Karan Gupta has been a Project Manager with BuildSmart and he is a leader dedicated to reducing emissions and promoting a thriving, climate resilient Kansas City metro […] The post Karan Gupta Speaks to Richard Mabion about Environmental Equity appeared first on KKFI.

Podcast Description “If you step into my classroom, that’s gonna be the help you get. You can come into my classroom it’s my space, I determine the rules, I determine what we’re gonna talk about and that’s what I tell ‘em on the first day: if you can’t handle this conversation, god bless you.” Eleanor K. Seaton is an Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University.  Dr. Seaton is a developmental psychologist using quantitative, qualitative and mixed-methods to examine the impact of racism on Black youth’s mental health and development.  Dr. Seaton recently co-edited a special section on context and ethnic-racial identity in Child Development. Dr. Seaton served as an associate editor for Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and serves on the editorial boards of Developmental Psychology and Child Development. Dr. Seaton is the former chair of SRCD’s Ethnic and Racial Issues Committee and the former chair of SRA’s Diversity and Equity Committee. Dr. Seaton has a tendency to journal, travel, bake desserts, shop, read, watch movies and dance to Chicago style house music when relaxing Transcription Coming Soon! Twitter Dr. Eleanor Seaton Become a #causeascene Podcast sponsor because disruption and innovation are products of individuals who take bold steps in order to shift the collective and challenge the status quo. Learn more > All music for the #causeascene podcast is composed and produced by Chaos, Chao Pack, and Listen on SoundCloud. Listen to more great #causeascene podcasts full podcast list >

Karen Welling is a long-time Somerville resident. She is a social worker/therapist/life coach/musician whose awareness of race began as a child in Brooklyn, NY. It was only in grad school, however, that she began to examine her own thoughts and attitudes about race. Working in human services in the greater Boston area has enabled her to work with people from many countries and cultures. She has participated in her current agency's Equity Committee for seven years, which has provided her with many eye-opening experiences about race. Karen has taken the class, "White People Challenging Racism" twice, in preparation for becoming a facilitator of the class.

In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman continues his conversation with Kimberley Spire-Oh. Kimberley is a private attorney for Special Education and Disability Law, and is a special education advocate, and is also a mother with epilepsy. In addition to serving on the board her at Different Brains Inc., Kimberley currently serves as co-president of the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of Florida, co-chair of the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County’s Education Committee, co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee and member of the Advocacy Committee for LDA of America; on the Board of Advisors for the Council for Autism and Neurodiversity; and as a member of the Florida State Advisory Committee for the Education of Exceptional Students, the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council’s Partners in Policymaking 2012 Class, the Florida Association of Special Education Attorneys, the Disability Rights Bar Association, as well as the Palm Beach County School District’s Diversity and Equity Committee and Exceptional Student Education Advisory Committee. Kimberley discusses the challenges of pregnancy with a seizure disorder, and gives advice for women with epilepsy that want to become mothers. For more about Kimberley Spire-Oh, visit: http://www.ksolawfirm.com Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/

In this episode, Dr. Hackie Reitman speaks with Kimberley Spire-Oh. Kimberley is a private attorney for Special Education and Disability Law, and is a special education advocate. In addition to serving on the board her at Different Brains Inc., Kimberley currently serves as co-president of the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA) of Florida, co-chair of the League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County’s Education Committee, co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee and member of the Advocacy Committee for LDA of America; on the Board of Advisors for the Council for Autism and Neurodiversity; and as a member of the Florida State Advisory Committee for the Education of Exceptional Students, the Florida Developmental Disabilities Council’s Partners in Policymaking 2012 Class, the Florida Association of Special Education Attorneys, the Disability Rights Bar Association, as well as the Palm Beach County School District’s Diversity and Equity Committee and Exceptional Student Education Advisory Committee. Kimberley discusses how raising her son led her to fighting for the rights of the neurodiverse and challenged, the common challenges parents face in making sure their children get proper support, and gives advice on how to support individuals with different brains. For more about Kimberley Spire-Oh, visit: http://www.ksolawfirm.com Follow Different Brains on social media: https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/