Third Space with Jen Cort

“Silence is the best friend of hate” Talking privilege with Dr. Eddie Moore Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr. has pursued and achieved success in academia, business, diversity, leadership, and community service. In 1996, he started America & MOORE, LLC [ www.eddiemoorejr.com ] to provide comprehensive diversity, privilege, and leadership trainings/workshops. Dr. Moore is recognized as one of the nation’s top s...

Soledad O’Brien joins Third Space and provides perspective on funding, staffing, and focusing on equity. Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist who anchors and produces the Hearst Television political magazine program “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.” O’Brien, founder, and CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions, also reports for HBO Real Sports, the PB...

In this episode of Third Space Howard Stevenson and I discuss racial literacy, empowering parents, and teachers to talk about race, the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, the health implications of racism, the recent death of Ahmaud Arberry, and more. Listen to this episode and follow his work at www.lionsstory.org and www.forwardpromise.org . Dr. Howard Stevenson, Professor of Urban Educ...

Julie Lythcott-Haims roots for humans. Humans need agency in order to make their way forward; Julie is deeply interested in what impedes us. She is the New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult, an anti-helicopter parenting manifesto which gave rise to one of the top TED Talks of 2016, and now has over 4 million views. Her second book is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning...

Rosalind, a returning guest is the founder of Cultures of Dignity, a contributor and curriculum creator for the Anti-Defamation League and as a multiple New York Times Bestseller best known for being the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes: the groundbreaking, best-selling book that was the basis for the movie and Broadway Musical Mean Girls, and was fully revised for a third edition. Wiseman is the...

Increasing incidents of Xenophobia resulting from COVID-19, Rosetta Lee, Jenifer Moore, Shari Berga, Liza Talusan discuss Asian-Black solidarity. Rosetta Lee is an educator at Seattle Girls' School and a consultant with non-profits, K-12 and Universities on topics such as cross-cultural communication, inclusive classrooms, and more tiny.cc/rosettalee. Jenifer is the Director of Diversity, Equity,...

Sherry Coleman is a search consultant and also a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consultant. She was worked with a number of school types across the country doing senior management searches and also working with schools that need DEI consultancy.

Penny Evins and Nicole Defruchard talk about women in school leadership. Penny is the head of Collegiate School in Richmond, VA and Nicole is the head of Advent School in Boston, MA.

Ken E. Nwadike, Jr., is a peace activist, motivational speaker, and video journalist known as the Free Hugs Guy online. Nwadike Jr is the founder of the Free Hugs Project, which produces motivational videos to spread love, inspire change, and raise awareness of social issues. His ‘Free Hugs’ videos have reached hundreds of millions of views on Facebook and YouTube. In 2014, Nwadike launched the Fr...

Lawrence Alexander is the founding Director of Equity and Inclusion at Carney Sandoe and Associates. Alexander has spent over a decade working in college counseling and equity and inclusion at public and independent schools. Link to his practice, https://www.carneysandoe.com/consulting-services/dei-consulting

Alicia Danyali is currently the Head of Preschool and Dean of Service Learning at The New Century School, which serves families with students age 2 through Middle School in Fells Point, Baltimore, MD. Ms. Danyali’s career has been dedicated to child development, which has included roles as classroom teacher, mentor, teacher trainer, service coordinator, mediator and administrator at schools in Bal...

Holiday with Friends was an interfaith evening at Friends Academy Father Hyacinth Jemigbola, Associate Pastor, St. Edward the Confessor Church (Syosset, New York Jemigbola66@yahoo.com , Isaac Badaraco pastor and church planter in the village of Hempstead, in southern Nassau gatheringny.info@gmail.com . Mufti Farhan Executive Director of the Islamic Center of Long Island mufti.farhan@icliny.org and...

Gender roles and gender expression are changing Halia Pratt, (elementary student), Lilly Stewart, (high school student), Tenzin Crowley (college student), Alex DeSautels (woman in her 30's), Carol Taft (woman in her 70's), join Jen Cort (50's) discuss how gender identity and gender expression have changed from one generation to the next.

Turning the table, Harpeth Hall students interview Jen about equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice and why the work is so important to me.

Nic James serves Delaware Valley Friends School as the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and is a member of the Educational and Operational Administrative Teams. Nic began his career teaching English and Social Studies at the Middle School level and serving as a diversity coordinator before entering the realm of school leadership in several independent schools in the Philadelphia area. N...

Reggie, Jasmine, and Larissa attended the Not In Our Town conference. In this episode, a parent, a middle schooler, and a high schooler talk about spoke about advocacy, agency, and student voice.

Debby Irving brings to racial justice the perspective of working as a community organizer and classroom teacher for 25 years without understanding racism as a systemic issue or her own whiteness as an obstacle to grappling with it. As general manager of Boston’s Dance Umbrella and First Night, and later as a classroom teacher in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she struggled to make sense of tensions she...

Self-care is always important and especially so when working with EDIJ in schools. Dr. Liza Talusan is an educator, speaker, leader, runner, writer, life/leadership coach, and parent. With over 22 years of experience in PreK-20 education, Liza is an engaging facilitator in conversations about diversity, racism, bias, privilege, and power and creates environments that allow for people to discuss th...

Timothy (Tim) Holley, Jr. has been connected to Gilman since 1977 as a student, alumni, and for over 35 years an employee. He discusses the changing relationship with diversity in schools over the course of his career as a teacher, coach, athletic director, and Director of External Relations. Prior to his teaching and coaching career, Mr. Holley was commissioned in 1981 as an active-duty officer i...

Jill Goodman is an executive mentor and strategist with a diverse range of skills across the non-profit and educational sectors. With over 20 years of experience in developing high-level strategy, executing and growing core programs to forward the mission of numerous independent schools and organizations, Jill continues to help organizations harness the combination of smart methodology, active lis...

Tim Wise is an antiracism educator and author of seven books, including his highly acclaimed memoir, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. He is the host of the podcast, Speak Out with Tim Wise and his essays are posted at Medium.com. He tweets @timjacobwise

Bryant K. Smith is an experienced educator who is an expert in helping people and institutions to promote equity, practice social justice and enhance relationships

Sarah Hershey is a mother, middle school humanities teacher, social justice educator, and lifelong learner. She is the founder of Courageous Change Consulting, whose mission is to build capacity among white people of diverse backgrounds to discuss, understand, identify, and tackle racism. Website: www. CourageousChange.org

Brendon promotes equity and inclusion as Director of Diversity & Inclusion at the Haverford School for Boys. A veteran educator of the Philadelphia School District, Brendon has taught for over 12 years. His development as an educator has been largely self-directed, but indelibly shaped by experiences as a James Madison Fellow, Lehrman Fellow, a National Constitution Center Annenberg Fellow, an Edu...

Dr. Lana Asuncion-Bates is an experienced and enthusiastic cultural proficiency and diversity practitioner, consultant, and advocate with over 20 years of experience in the field of education. She has a demonstrated history of work in the public, private, and higher education school settings, as well as with local, state, and community agencies. Currently, Dr. Bates is the Director of Equity and I...