“How would things have been different if we’d been able to talk about all this sooner?”

-Maya Wanner

Is It Freedom? is a song featured in Episode 06: Where Do We Go. The song is the result of a unique collaboration between Jorie, Erica’s niece, and Larii, a young Chicago-based artist.

“In civics, my teacher taught that the 4th of July was when we gained our freedom from Great Britain. I waited for her to talk about the rest of the Americans and when we gained our freedom. But that part never came.”

-Jorie

What happens when students identities are not represented in the curriculum?

“We are in the midst of a great shift. At every turn we face new adversity and we are forced to reckon with new realities”.

- Erica Young

When you know you belong, you feel free to learn. You feel free to interact. You feel free to bring your whole self to the classroom.

- Erica Young

The podcast formerly known as Blindspots gets a new name, and a themesong.

Erica and her wife Daphne explore bias and belonging for LGBTQ+ students and teachers.

To make it right for your children, you have to make noise

- Erica Young