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Adam F.C. Fletcher is a writer, speaker and consultant focused on human engagement, education transformation, and social change.    Exciting, educating, and empowering are some of the words people have used to describe Adam F.C. Fletcher. A specialist in human engagement for more than two decades, he has consulted on more than two dozen international projects; written more than 50 publications; keynoted more than 300 conferences; and worked with more than 500 organizations focused on engaging everyone, everywhere, all of the time.    As the founder of more than 100 initiatives in dozens of communities, he has supported thousands of low-income people, people of color, and other communities experiencing inequity as they become engaged in changing their lives and changing our world. Today, he is the director of the Freechild Institute for Youth Engagement; SoundOut.org Supporting Meaningful Student Involvement, and; NorthOmahaHistory.com.   Join us for a conversation about the challenges that adultism creates, shifting school culture, and creating schools where students are meaningfully engaged.     IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVER: How Adam works with schools to increase student engagement, student voice, and equity Culture, attitudes, and systems and their role in shifting the educational system Why adultism is the biggest hindrance to changes in schools What school looks like when students are agents of their own learning Moving away from standardized testing and creating measures that assess other outcomes of schooling Involving students in school and district wide democratic decision making      RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Connect with Adam on LinkedIn Visit adamfletcher.net to learn more about Adam's work and his mission to reengage all students Learn more about Rebel Educator, explore our professional development opportunities for educators and students, sign up for a webinar and check out our project library Visit us at UP Academy to learn more about our personalized and inclusive learning environment Connect with Tanya and UP Academy on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram and learn more about her journey here   Check out my new book Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms Where Impact and Imagination Meet: amzn.to/3AcwlfF   Enjoying the show? Leave us a rating and review and help more people find us! bit.ly/RebelEducatorApplePodcasts   We'd love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to let us know how we can bring you the best possible content:  forms.gle/JcKHf9DHTZnYUmQr6    Interested in being on the Rebel Educator podcast? Fill out this form and we'll reach out to you if we think you'd be a great fit for an upcoming episode. forms.gle/zXR2KGPK3WEmbrRZ6    Want to learn more about opening your own UP Academy? Check out the Rebel Educator Accelerator: www.rebeleducator.com/courses/the-accelerator   MORE ABOUT THE REBEL EDUCATOR PODCAST: In each episode of the Rebel Educator podcast, I deconstruct world-class educators, students, and thought leaders in education to extract the tactics, tools, and routines that you can use as teachers and parents. Join me as we discuss how to shift the classroom, the learning environment, the mindset, and the pedagogy, to resist tradition, reignite wonder, and re-imagine the future of education. This podcast is dedicated to all of the educators who work thankless hours to make our next generation the best it can be.  It was designed to begin conversations on how we can redesign education for the future of work and the success of our students.  It is meant for teachers, students, administrators, homeschoolers and anyone who interacts with and teaches youth.

Adam Fletcher-Sasse has been compiling North Omaha History through articles, a podcast, and several books which are available now and aim to tell Omaha's lesser known stories to provide a fuller understanding of its culture. Check out his work at NorthOmahaHistory.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/riversidechats/message

Brandi starts us off with the old timey-est kidnapping of them all! It was the winter of 1900 in Omaha, Nebraska, and 16-year-old Edward Cudahy was walking home from a neighbor’s house. Two men pulled up beside him and lured him into their carriage. They’d chosen their target wisely. Edward’s father owned Cudahy Packing Company. He was a millionaire. He had more than enough money to pay their ransom. But would he? Then Kristin tells us about a cake maker who didn’t want to make a cake. It was 2012, and Charlie Craig and David Mullins were in love. In fact, they were so in love that they decided to get married. That was a little tricky, though. At the time, Colorado prohibited same-sex marriage. But Charlie and David weren’t going to let legalized homophobia stop them. They planned to get married in Massachusetts and have a reception back in their home state. So they went to Masterpiece Cakeshop to order a wedding cake. There was just one problem. The owner of the bakery, Jack Phillips, refused to make cakes for same-sex couples. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: “In baker’s case, neither side has much reason to rejoice,” by Jennifer Rubin for the Washington Post “Colorado judge orders Christian baker to bake gay wedding cake. Will he say no?” by Patrik Jonsson for the Christian Science Monitor “Colorado cake maker asks Supreme Court to provide a religious liberty right to refuse gay couple,” by David Savage for the Los Angeles Times “Supreme Court to take case on baker who refused to sell wedding cake to gay couple,” by Robert Barnes for the Washington Post “Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,” Wikipedia In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “The Bold Cudahy Kidnapping” by David Krajicek, Crime Library “Kidnapping Edward Cudahy Jr.” NorthOmahaHistory.com “New Life For The Strangest Of Legends” by Micah Mertes, Omaha World-Herald     

Adam is the author of North Omaha History Volumes 1, 2 & 3, the editor of NorthOmahaHistory.com, the host of the North Omaha History Podcast, and an artist focused on North Omaha’s built environment.

A lot of different groups of people lived in the Omaha area before Europeans started stealing the land. Thousands of years ago, big game hunters dominated the area, while later people were farmers and hunters living along the Missouri River. For instance, according to the Nebraska State Historical Society, the area from Creighton University to the river was an Otoe earth lodge village around 1700. Archeologists have found that tribes have lived in this region for at least 10,000 years. Support the North Omaha History podcast. Please go to NorthOmahaHistory.com/Podcast - click on the "Patreon" icon and become a patron for as little as $1 a month and we'll give you the historical fiction thriller, “Murder on Saddle Creek Road” by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Visit Adam's North Omaha History blog and like his Facebook page for all kinds of great stuff. Shop for and buy Adam's books on Amazon

Imagine a smooth, easy drive on a Saturday afternoon in the fall all of it weaving along nineteen miles of the city’s waterfront. There are long, calm curves and tall, stately oaks lining the boulevard, with walkers and bikes moving along a nice sidewalk that goes that entire distance. At evening, you turn to go home, your way lit by warm street lamps along with the glow of fireflies. Support the North Omaha History podcast. Please go to NorthOmahaHistory.com/Podcast - click on the "Patreon" icon and become a patron for as little as $1 a month and we'll give you the historical fiction thriller, “Murder on Saddle Creek Road” by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Visit Adam's North Omaha History blog and like his Facebook page for all kinds of great stuff. Shop for and buy Adam's books on Amazon

Today, North Omaha is a medical desert. With more than 40,000 residents in its boundaries, there is a stark absence of medical service providers of all kinds. Making it worse, the community is greatly under insured. That leaves people who have no insurance and no money needing to travel to other parts of the city to get care. However, that hasn’t always been the case. There have been more than ten hospitals in North Omaha throughout its 150+ year history. Support the North Omaha History podcast. Please go to NorthOmahaHistory.com/Podcast - click on the "Patreon" icon and become a patron for as little as $1 a month and we'll give you the historical fiction thriller, “Murder on Saddle Creek Road” by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Visit Adam's North Omaha History blog and like his Facebook page for all kinds of great stuff. Shop for and buy Adam's books on Amazon

While there are no active movie theaters in North Omaha today, there have been at least 25 movie theaters over the last century. There are few records of the earliest theaters. A reader of Adam’s blog pointed out they were mostly a sheet on a wall with a few dozen folding chairs. But Adam went through old advertisements in the Omaha Bee newspaper, as well as city directories from the 1910s and 1920s. Listen in to learn more. Support the North Omaha History podcast. Please go to NorthOmahaHistory.com/Podcast - click on the "Patreon" icon and become a patron for as little as $1 a month and we'll give you the historical fiction thriller, “Murder on Saddle Creek Road” by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Visit Adam's North Omaha History blog and like his Facebook page for all kinds of great stuff. Shop for and buy Adam's books on Amazon

North Omaha has been home to several large mansions and estates, especially in its early years. Built in the grand tradition of wealthy families, they were intended to broadcast success and ensure comfort. These fine homes belonged to real estate moguls, rich businessmen, and old Eastern inheritors that moved west. Some were elegant and restrained, while others simply oozed money. None of these mansions were built to be accessible as they all sat on regal country estates. Support the North Omaha History podcast. Please go to NorthOmahaHistory.com/Podcast - click on the "Patreon" icon and become a patron for as little as $1 a month and we'll give you the historical fiction thriller, “Murder on Saddle Creek Road” by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Visit Adam's North Omaha History blog and like his Facebook page for all kinds of great stuff. Shop for and buy Adam's books on Amazon

In a place as old as North Omaha, there are bound to be a lot of ghost stories. Adam has researched stories about the Ghosts of Fort Omaha, the Lady in White, Carter Lake’s Burning Lady, the Immanuel Deaconess Tunnels, the Chapel at Forest Lawn Cemetery, the Ghosts at Hummel Park and North Omaha’s Missing Cemeteries. Adam tells some ghost stories! Support the North Omaha History podcast. Please go to NorthOmahaHistory.com/Podcast - click on the "Patreon" icon and become a patron for as little as $1 a month and we'll give you the historical fiction thriller, “Murder on Saddle Creek Road” by Adam Fletcher Sasse. Visit Adam's North Omaha History blog and like his Facebook page for all kinds of great stuff. Shop for and buy Adam's books on Amazon