Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies In The TK-12 Classroom

Welcome back to Teach The Children The Truth! Today we have a special follow-up episode to my interview with Ruben Uriarte in Episode 32! We are joined by his amazing niece, Gracie Medina, a current student leader at James Logan High School. As a current MEChistA and Puente student, Gracie shares her vision for the future that her Uncle Ruben has worked so hard to create for her and her generation...

Hello, and welcome back to another episode of Teach The Children The Truth! This week, we examine Dr. Martin Luther King's radicalism as a major part of his nonviolent legacy in his never-ending quest for justice. We consider the various events and speeches he is well-known for, and we analyze a more radical approach that has been historically mischaracterized and misrepresented in efforts to...

Welcome back for our first interview of 2024! This week, we have Ruben Uriarte, a local Chicano activist and organizer, and also a James Logan High School graduate who shares with us his experiences growing up in the Chicano Movement here in the Bay Area. I hope you enjoy his interview, and I look forward to bringing you Part II next week! In Lak'Ech

Happy New Year 2024 to all of you and your families! I am excited to be back for a new season of Teach The Children The Truth! After a long hiatus from the show, I am excited to bring you new material and interviews this year. Our first series of interviews with Ruben Uriarte and another guest will air on January 10th and 17th at our usual 6 a.m. PST release time. Please visit my website at desemi...

Welcome to another episode of Teach The Children The Truth! This week, I interview Dr. Angela Guzmán, the producer and director of a new documentary on a newer movement to bring Ethnic Studies into the Elementary School classroom. Her documentary is titled "Never Too Young: Ethnic Studies In Elementary School," and she showcases educator voices from different parts of the state of Califo...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of Teach The Children The Truth! This week, we will briefly examine the latest rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court. This has been a difficult week as key legislation has been handed down, eliminating basic human rights and upholding Capitalist structures of oppression. We will also listen to Part II of my readings on being a new teacher! Please check out my we...

Hello everyone! I am so excited to be back from a wonderful vacation road trip to Arizona, where I celebrated some anniversary time with my wonderful husband and reconnected with the land and people of the Southwest. After some time away to rejuvenate myself after a challenging first full year back in the classroom, I am ready to bring you more new content and interviews through the summer and int...

Hello, and welcome back for Episode 21 of Teach The Children The Truth! This week we take a look at our youngest learners and explore the way one Bay Area Educator blends her expertise in language development with her passion for Social Justice. Maestra Reena teaches a Social Justice-based Spanish language curriculum in a San Leandro dual-immersion program. Please listen to her amazing story and c...

Welcome to Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies In the TK-12 Classroom... Monday, June 5th, marked the 56th anniversary of the 1967 courthouse raid in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico that brought the land grant struggle to the center of the larger Civil Rights Movement that spread throughout the U.S. Southwest in the 1960s and 1970s. This week, we will explore this critical ev...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Teach The Children The Truth: Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies In the TK-12 Classroom! Today's episode brings you an interview conducted in February of this year on a sister program called Equity In New Haven, where we are interviewed by Equity, Access, and Achievement Teachers On Special Assignment, Mezhgan Feroz and Fatima Ashufta. This episode discusse...

I'm ba-aack! Welcome to Episode 18 of Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies In the TK-12 Classroom! After a long bout with Covid followed by the honor of organizing the James Logan High School Raza/Latinx Graduation, I have returned to my podcast to share the history and legacy of Chicano/Raza Graduations in the United States. I hope you find this information valuable a...

Hello and welcome to Teach The Children The Truth! Today's episode is dedicated to some of the hardest-working teachers on the planet, the teachers of the Oakland Education Association! On the eve of yet another teacher strike for fair and competitive wages, fully funded special education programs, no more school closures, full investment in Black and Brown schools, and the schools Oakland&#39...

Hello and welcome to Teach The Children The Truth! This week, I focus on what the first year of teaching can be like, especially those first few days before and after you meet your students. As educators, whether you are in Ethnic Studies or another content area, we all go through those rough first years, and I wanted to share some of my memories as a first-year teacher. I spent the afternoon on T...

Hello, and welcome to another Wednesday episode of Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies in the TK-12 Classroom! This week, I discuss the identifier terms "Hispanic" and "Latino" and how I have chosen to identify myself as an Indigenous Chicana. I share my experience as an activist and an educator and provide some context for listeners to begin their own...

Welcome to another episode of Teach The Children The Truth! This week, I am sharing with you the history of Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworker's Union, alongside César Chávez, Larry Itliong, and Phillip Veracruz. It is such an honor to be able to share with you some of the history and personal stories that connect me to this inspiring labor leader and feminist activist. In Lak...

This week, I am honored to bring to you an episode honoring the life and legacy of the great labor leader, Cesar E. Chavez. I had hoped to bring this episode to you last week in honor of what would have been Cesar's 96th birthday on March 31st, which was this past Friday. I am sharing a lengthier episode this week since I was sick last week and could not record. I've collected all of my pe...

Welcome to Episode 012! In this episode, we will learn about the significance of Danza Azteca, a beautiful and ceremonial dance offering of the Mexica people of Mexico and the United States, Anahuac. In addition to the many Ethnic Studies-related offerings at our school, the inclusion of Danza creates a unique opportunity for our young people to connect to their Indigenous heritage and the living...

Welcome to Episode 011 of Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies In the TK-12 Classroom. Today, we are looking back on the student walkouts in East Los Angeles, a time of great upheaval and even more significant change in my birthplace of East L.A. 1968 was a watershed year for communities of color all across the United States, and here on the West Coast, and across the Sout...

Today's episode will focus on the impacts of Imposter Syndrome and ways in which we can begin to address it before our youth reach college. Many students at the high school level are already beginning to doubt their capacity to succeed in college, and this will only feed into their lack of self-worth. I share a little background on what Imposter Syndrome is and how to tackle it at all levels of ed...

In this episode, I bring together a roundtable panel of Ethnic Studies students from James Logan High School in Union City, CA. three 9th graders and two 12th graders share with you the impact that Ethnic Studies and our Ethnic Studies and Social Justice Academy have made on their lives as students of color growing up in a very diverse part of the nation. Please find ways to support Ethnic Studies...

Today, I am delighted to bring to you an interview with OUSD's very own Leah Aguilera, the TOSA (or Teacher On Special Assignment) in charge of building Ethnic Studies at the TK-8 level while also supporting existing work at the 9-12 grade level. Leah will share her personal journey through education as well as the incredible work she is doing to keep Ethnic Studies alive and well in one of the Ba...

Welcome to this week's episode! This week, you will hear from former and current students in my Comparative Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies classes at both Madison Park Academy and James Logan High School. As we continue to field attacks from the radical right, we must uplift the voices of the youth who continue to find their voices in our classrooms and in the streets of this country and the worl...

Welcome back to Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies in the TK-12 Classroom.  I know we are coming off of a heavy weekend and in the middle of what I can only imagine is a challenging week with our students and families trying to make sense of what we saw in the footage of the murder of Tyre Nichols. I pray you have all found a way to digest and process this new infor...

Welcome to Teach The Children The Truth! Ethnic Studies and Raza Studies in the TK-12 Classroom. We have the first of many exciting interviews to share with you today! This is the first of a two-part series with Mario García, a veteran educator for the Oakland Unified School District. Part 2 will air next Wednesday on all podcast platforms, so please come back to hear Mario's entire interview and...

So many of us are running on empty as we teach our classes, support our families, and push back against the seemingly endless war that is being waged against our very existence. Join me as I dive into self-care and how it is tied into our practice as Ethnic Studies educators. Also, please check out my new website that is directly linked to the podcast at teachthechildrenthetruth.com