WHBLE Presents Education As Liberation Hosted by Ah-Keisha McCans Whole Body Literacy & Education (WHBLE)

About our Podcast Series:

WHBLE founder, award-winning writer, director and applied theatre educator, Ah-Keisha McCans, hosts conversations with educators, school leaders, parents, and students to discuss the state of education, and systemic problems facing youth in schools.

Education as Liberation Podcast season two’s theme is Time Capsule. Featuring interviews spanning the summer of 2020 until Fall of 2021, we reflect on education yester-year-today-future. How much has changed since the pandemic started? How much remains the same? Is education on the path towards liberation or must a new system be built up?

About Our Guest

Brian McAndrews taught visual art at Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy (CAMVA), a performing arts middle and high school located in Camden, New Jersey, for over six years. At CAMVA, Brian taught drawing, painting, art history and digital media. During the summer, he facilitated 2D art for Rutgers Future Scholars, a Rutgers Camden campus program for similarly aged students.

Brian spent time studying at University of the Arts (illustration) as well as numerous county colleges before finishing his painting degree at Rutgers Camden. It was there that he also received his teaching certificate for the state of New Jersey. As an artist, he has shown work at the Stedman Gallery, Student Works Gallery (Rutgers Camden), Mt Holly Arts, and the Nemours Children’s Hospital. His students’ work has been featured in many competitions and galleries, including the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia.

Brian’s passion for technology, as well as classical techniques, such as drawing, influenced his belief that any person, no matter their believed ability, can learn to create beautiful art!

Sadly, in January of 2022, Brian passed away. He is remembered fondly by his students because of the great impact that he made on their lives as their art teacher and mentor.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Brian and to all who knew and loved him.

About WHBLE:

We make art. We are change makers. We activate change, inspire community connection, encourage individual/collective literacies & nurture a brave space to engage in dialogue around complex issues using literacy & theatre!

Learn more about WHBLE at:

http://www.wholebodyliteracy.com

Want to partner with us or schedule a community-healing workshop with WHBLE, check out some of our Testimonials at:

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About our Podcast Series:

WHBLE founder, award-winning writer, director and applied theatre educator, Ah-Keisha McCans, hosts conversations with educators, school leaders, parents, and students to discuss the state of education, and systemic problems facing youth in schools.

Education as Liberation Podcast season two’s theme is Time Capsule. Featuring interviews spanning the summer of 2020 until Fall of 2021, we reflect on education yester-year-today-future. How much has changed since the pandemic started? How much remains the same? Is education on the path towards liberation or must a new system be built up?

About Our Guest

Ebony L. Ruffin is a native of Los Angeles, CA and earned her B.F.A. in Dance from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and an M.F.A. in Dance and Choreography from CalArts. She worked for nearly two decades in New York as a professional dancer, choreographer, teaching artist, and arts administrator. Ebony also has extensive experience working in K-12 education, with many dance and arts education organizations, including Ailey Arts in Education & Community Programs and Battery Dance Company. As an Arts Administrator, she has also worked in many facets for The Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation and currently works for The Music Center as the Manager of Professional Development in the Education Department.

About WHBLE:

We make art. We are change makers. We activate change, inspire community connection, encourage individual/collective literacies & nurture a brave space to engage in dialogue around complex issues using literacy & theatre!

Learn more about WHBLE at:

http://www.wholebodyliteracy.com

Want to partner with us or schedule a community-healing workshop with WHBLE, check out some of our Testimonials at:

https://wholebodyliteracy.com/testimonials

Follow  us on Twitter @whble1 

Follow us on Instagram @whble_works

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About our Podcast Series:

WHBLE founder, award-winning writer, director and applied theatre educator, Ah-Keisha McCans, hosts conversations with educators, school leaders, parents, and students to discuss the state of education, and systemic problems facing youth in schools.

Education as Liberation Podcast season two’s theme is Time Capsule. Featuring interviews spanning the summer of 2020 until Fall of 2021, we reflect on education yester-year-today-future. How much has changed since the pandemic started? How much remains the same? Is education on the path towards liberation or must a new system be built up?

About Our Guest

James 'SoSoon' Gantt is a New York born emcee, producer, lecturer, scholar and Hip-Hop educator. The moniker SoSoon, an acronym for Sound Of Something Out Of Nothing, reflects the heart of Hip-Hop culture which was developed by people who lacked access to outlets for creative expression. SoSoon's music captures the diverse experiences of New York's working class who often play the background despite their significant contributions to “the city that never sleeps.”

Instagram: @SoSoon

Twitter: @SoSoonish

About WHBLE:

We make art. We are change makers. We activate change, inspire community connection, encourage individual/collective literacies & nurture a brave space to engage in dialogue around complex issues using literacy & theatre!

Learn more about WHBLE at:

http://www.wholebodyliteracy.com

Want to partner with us or schedule a community-healing workshop with WHBLE, check out some of our Testimonials at:

https://wholebodyliteracy.com/testimonials

Follow  us on Twitter @whble1 

Follow us on Instagram @whble_works

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About our Podcast Series:

WHBLE founder, award-winning writer, director and applied theatre educator, Ah-Keisha McCans, hosts conversations with educators, school leaders, parents, and students to discuss the state of education, and systemic problems facing youth in schools.

Education as Liberation Podcast season two’s theme is Time Capsule. Featuring interviews spanning the summer of 2020 until Fall of 2021, we reflect on education yester-year-today-future. How much has changed since the pandemic started? How much remains the same? Is education on the path towards liberation or must a new system be built up?

About Our Guest

Abdul-Qadir Islam is a brotha from Philadelphia on a mission to explore and expand Black Joy in Literacy Education. A career educator, Abdul -Qadir seeks to challenge the ways in which English educators aide in the processess of emotional and physical Literacies with Black males in particular. Through the arts, and in his work at a doctoral student at Teachers College, he hopes to further the continued flexx that is occurring in American Black Culture.

About WHBLE:

We make art. We are change makers. We activate change, inspire community connection, encourage individual/collective literacies & nurture a brave space to engage in dialogue around complex issues using literacy & theatre!

Learn more about WHBLE at:

http://www.wholebodyliteracy.com

Want to partner with us or schedule a community-healing workshop with WHBLE, check out some of our Testimonials at:

https://wholebodyliteracy.com/testimonials

Follow  us on Twitter @whble1 

Follow us on Instagram @whble_works

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BECOME A SUPPORTER

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About our Podcast Series:

WHBLE founder, award-winning writer, director and applied theatre educator, Ah-Keisha McCans, hosts conversations with educators, school leaders, parents, and students to discuss the state of education, and systemic problems facing youth in schools.

Education as Liberation Podcast season two’s theme is Time Capsule. Featuring interviews spanning the summer of 2020 until Fall of 2021, we reflect on education yester-year-today-future. How much has changed since the pandemic started? How much remains the same? Is education on the path towards liberation or must a new system be built up?

About Our Guest

The Journey Theatre Project works with non-profits, educational, and community organizations to create a brave space for courageous conversations. They challenge traditional power structures through theatre, games, data and dialogue. JTP is dedicated to fighting against white supremacy and the violence it has on Black and brown bodies.

The Journey Theatre Project was co-founded by Esther Triggs-Camacho, Chelsea Hanawalt, and Nicole Kontolefa

Follow JTP at www.thejourneytheatreproject.com

About WHBLE:

We make art. We are change makers. We activate change, inspire community connection, encourage individual/collective literacies & nurture a brave space to engage in dialogue around complex issues using literacy & theatre!

Learn more about WHBLE at:

http://www.wholebodyliteracy.com

Want to partner with us or schedule a community-healing workshop with WHBLE, check out some of our Testimonials at:

https://wholebodyliteracy.com/testimonials

Follow  us on Twitter @whble1 

Follow us on Instagram @whble_works

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About our Podcast Series:

WHBLE founder, award-winning writer, director and applied theatre educator, Ah-Keisha McCans, hosts conversations with educators, school leaders, parents, and students to discuss the state of education, and systemic problems facing youth in schools.

Education as Liberation Podcast season two’s theme is Time Capsule. Featuring interviews spanning the summer of 2020 until Fall of 2021, we reflect on education yester-year-today-future. How much has changed since the pandemic started? How much remains the same? Is education on the path towards liberation or must a new system be built up?

About Our Guest

Claro de los Reyes (he/him/his) is a NYC-based actor, playwright, educator, and social practice theatre artist. His theatre works aim to raise questions about transnational histories and its intimate influence on the present. He is the founder and director of Atlantic Pacific Theatre, a theater company committed to exploring cross cultural exchange and pluralism. 

Learn more at www.atlanticpacifictheatre.org.

About WHBLE:

We make art. We are change makers. We activate change, inspire community connection, encourage individual/collective literacies & nurture a brave space to engage in dialogue around complex issues using literacy & theatre!

Learn more about WHBLE at:

http://www.wholebodyliteracy.com

Want to partner with us or schedule a community-healing workshop with WHBLE, check out some of our Testimonials at:

https://wholebodyliteracy.com/testimonials

Follow  us on Twitter @whble1 

Follow us on Instagram @whble_works

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BECOME A SUPPORTER

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