Black Teacher Project

The Black Teacher Project Podcast

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An extension of the mission of its namesake, the Black Teacher Project Podcast is a space where Black educators gather to speak truth, share stories, and imagine new possibilities for liberated learning. Produced by the Black Teacher Project , a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting Black teacher thriving, the podcast brings together classroom teachers and education leaders in candid conversation about the joys and struggles of teaching while Black, navigating systemic barriers, centering wellness, and sustaining hope for the future. Through reflections on identity and justice and str...

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Social Emotional Learning Is Liberated Learning: Dena Simmons on Teaching the Whole Child 09.07.2026 51:21

What happens when we stop asking students to regulate themselves and start asking schools to become more human? Social emotional learning is about far more than managing behavior. In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, BTP Founder and Executive Director Dr. Micia Mosely is joined by Dr. Dena Simmons, founder of LiberatED and former Assistant Director of the Yale Center for Emotional...

From Compliance to Possibility: Zaretta Hammond and Abdul-Haqq Khalifah on Teaching for Learning Power and Liberation 07.04.2026 1:03:03

What does it really take to move from a pedagogy of compliance to a pedagogy of possibility? In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, BTP’s Dr. Micia Mosely is joined by renowned teacher educator and Ready4Rigor architect Zaretta Hammond, bestselling author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain and Rebuilding Students’ Learning Power, and Abdul-Haqq (Hawk) Khalifah of Agency...

Good Trouble in the Classroom: Black Educators on Literacy, STEM, and Teaching for Liberation 04.03.2026 52:23

What does it mean to teach toward liberation in a moment shaped by fear, standardization, and political pressure? In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, BTP’s Dr. Micia Mosely is joined by educators JaVaughn Hardaway and Dr. Cecelia Gillam for a reflective conversation on literacy, STEM, and centering humanity in classrooms never designed for Black thriving. From Indianapolis to New...

Teaching Black History as World-Making: Dr. Jarvis Givens on Carter G. Woodson, Memory, and the Work of Black Teachers 31.01.2026 1:09:47

What does it mean to teach Black history in a moment marked by backlash, erasure, and renewed struggle? And what does the 100-year journey of Black History Month ask of educators today? In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, Dr. Micia Mosely, Founder and Executive Director of BTP, is joined by Dr. Jarvis R. Givens, professor of Education and African American Studies at Harvard Unive...

DEI Is Under Attack: Black Educators Confront Political Backlash, Fear, and the Fight for Inclusive Schools for All Students 24.10.2025 47:01

“Fear has overtaken everything.” Across the country, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work is under siege. In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, hosts Dr. Cecelia Gillam, Dr. Lena Hamilton, Dr. LaTesa Brown, and Lisa Harton gather to name the chilling effects of political backlash on schools, teachers, and communities. From Georgia to Indiana, North Carolina to Louisiana, the...

Enough Is Enough: Black Women Educators on Outperforming, Tone Policing, and Choosing Wellness to Thrive in Schools 27.09.2025 51:05

“When we speak truth, we are called antagonistic. When we excel, we are told it is not enough.” In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, four Black women educators name the barriers they face and reclaim their power through community, wellness, and unapologetic excellence. Hosts Dr. Cecelia Gillam, Dr. Lena Hamilton, Dr. LaTesa Brown, and Lisa Harton lay bare the lived reality of bein...

Hope and Fear in Education: Black Teachers on Justice, Resilience, and Building Community for All Students 05.09.2025 39:55

“I am both hopeful and fearful.” These words echo the tension that defines much of what it means to teach while Black in today’s schools. In this opening conversation of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, educators Dr. Cecelia Gillam, Dr. Lena Hamilton, and Lisa Harton share candid reflections on the joys, burdens, and unshakable calling of their work. Together, they lift up what it means to teach...