How can people of color create spaces of joy, love, and acceptance? AfroPunk, a two-day music and cultural festival, shows how we can redefine our own space to just be. Originally a documentary, showcasing black people in predominantly white spaces… Continue Reading
At the end of August, Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park becomes a space of black joy. AfroPunk, a 2-day festival, celebrates artists from every genre of music. Besides recognizing the diversity in black culture, it offers so much more. In this… Continue Reading
The second episode about Dr. Christopher Emdin, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University and author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the rest of Ya’ll too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. He wants teachers to… Continue Reading
For New York City educators, it has been over a month since we have last been in our classrooms to teach. For us and so many schools around the nation, we are now teaching online in our homes. Although this… Continue Reading
Part Two of Episode Eleven continues at Bronx Academy for Software Engineering or (B.A.S.E.). Their teacher-led conference featured keynote speaker, Dr. Marcos Pizarro Professor and Chair of Chicano & Chicana Studies at San Jose State University who sat down to… Continue Reading
For teachers, conferences usually mean traveling out of state to hear the latest expert explain the most innovative way of teaching. Instead of teachers leaving to travel far, what if they could stay local and learn from other teachers? What… Continue Reading
Why should teachers and students work in isolation when they can connect with one another? This episode is Part Two of a conversation I had with Empatico, a non-profit education organization helping to connect teachers across the country and the globe. Empatico… Continue Reading
Season Two continues with Empatico.org, a non-profit organization, helping kids learn empathy through classroom connections from around the country and the world. This time HallPassBreak sat down with rock star teacher Michael Dunlea to learn more about how Empatico has… Continue Reading