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Ep 8: Ready to Learn - Diesel, Lead Paint, and the Fight for DC's Schools

Ep 8: Ready to Learn - Diesel, Lead Paint, and the Fight for DC's Schools

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"We don't have to make those leaders. We just need to remove the barriers."Episode 8 of Shack & Mu is about political power and public schools east of the river. Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali and Dr. Sacoby Wilson are joined by Erika Harrell, Executive Director of ElectED DC, which works with families in Wards 7 and 8 to build political power and shape the education policy that decides what their kids get.Nobody needs to wait for a seat at the table. Communities east of the river are not short on leadership. They are short on access. The work is clearing the path: training people to read a policy, testify at a hearing, follow the budget, and keep a feedback loop running between schools and the people making decisions.So what does "ready to learn" actually require? A kid who rides a diesel bus, comes from housing with lead paint and mold, and walks into a building where the pollution follows them inside is being asked to perform under conditions nobody has fixed. Test scores sit at the end of that chain, not the front. The episode also looks at how one old rule can shut out a whole side of the city. New language immersion elementary programs opened east of the river, but current law allows only one middle school for that program, so those students hit a wall after fifth grade. Years of parent organizing got the chancellor to order a feasibility study.Who carries this work? And what does it cost? Black women now lead most of DC's education advocacy organizations, and the expectation is to show up at 150 percent, smiling, with almost no support. The episode ends on culture rather than policy: music, community, and joy as resistance.In this episode(0:00) Welcome, and we are the ones we have been waiting for(0:42) Meet Erika Harrell of ElectED DC(1:23) Diesel buses, lead paint, and what kids carry into class(2:13) Ready to learn: listen first, then testify(3:31) Ella Baker: strong people don't need strong leaders(4:05) "If you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready"(4:43) You can't give someone power they already have(5:13) Inside the community activation cohort(7:05) The language immersion middle school gap east of the river(8:13) Recharging: five boys, three hours of sleep, a pandemic(9:57) The 150 percent expectation on Black women(10:32) Climate, food justice, and air quality in the schools(11:10) Social determinants of health with education at the center(12:21) Why the arts belong in this work(13:13) Whitney Houston and the desire for community(14:19) Joy is resistance, and you have power unless you give it awayKey takeawaysThe leaders are already here. ElectED DC finds the people their neighbors already trust and removes the barriers in front of them.Ready to learn is an environmental question. Diesel buses, lead paint, and mold shape what happens once class starts.Listening comes before policy. Families name the issue, then the training follows: how to testify and where budget decisions really get made.One old rule can lock out a whole side of the city. A cap of one language immersion middle school means kids east of the river hit a wall after fifth grade.Black women in this work are human. Erika names the 150 percent expectation and what it costs to meet it.Joy is resistance. Music, culture, and celebration are how people stay in the fight.About our guestErika Harrell is the Executive Director of ElectED DC, a Ward 7 resident, mother of five boys, and a former educator with more than 20 years in public education. Learn more at electeddc.org.Don't wait for a seat at the table. Learn who represents you, find out when hearings happen, and go testify. The power is already yours unless you give it away.Follow Shack & MuListen: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | YouTubeSocial: Instagram | TikTok | Threads | Facebook
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