68 episodes
Advocacy Bites Save Our Schools NC
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A Podcast about two accidental education advocates, what they've learned and how you can get involved in making your corner of the world a better place, whether you have one minute or one hour.
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68 Representation Matters
Susan and Renee discuss how meaningful and important it is when all different kinds of people are involved in advocacy and leadership.
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67 The Futurama's Last Stand?
Renee and Susan discuss the final report of this year's Futurama Committee (spoiler alert: there's a lot of "we should think about" and almost no "we should do" in the report).
Show notes: Committee report: 86920 (ncleg.gov) -
66 Behind the Potted Plant: Advocating while Autistic
Helpful tips for neurodivergent advocates. Susan talks about her personal experiences as a neurodivergent person in education advocacy and together, Renee and Susan talk about how everyone can do something in the work.
Resources: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1S5eipnnnSSIHGbUvdTEFqIrWiETFdD_o/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=111501771460639390946&rtpof=true&sd=true
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65 A Field Guide to Misinformation: Know Your Tropes.
Susan and Renee discuss common tropes used around public education.
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64 Michele, Oh Hell.
Susan and Renee sound the alarm (again) over Michele Morrow, the extremist running for NC Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Show notes: https://saynotoextremistso.wixsite.com/my-site-1 -
63 Another Turn on the Leandro-Go-Round
Renee and Susan review the most recent developments in the Leandro case, why none of it is ok and why we're still hopeful and determined anyway.
Show notes:
Video of the February 22 rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32uHt16uX_8
Roundup of press coverage of the Leandro hearing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6If03hz7vkVGZqXygZHULAgpzXB_UUxaJlJ8cMgqmg/edit