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    The NOW Normal: Leila Marchbanks Is The Only Teacher Rewriting History

    The NOW Normal: Leila Marchbanks Is The Only Teacher Rewriting History

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    The NOW Normal: Leila Marchbanks Is The Only Teacher Rewriting History

    FromOnly One In The Room

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    Length:
    36 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 22, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Leila Marchbanks is a fifth grade teacher in Los Angeles and the creator of the website, A Book At The Table. Leila was able to restructure the 5th grade Language Arts program at her school to remove stories of traditional protagonists that excluded people of color and include literature that reflected diverse children along with their complex experiences. Her curriculum evaluates race, systemic racism, gender spectrum, and eliminating microaggressions and biases. Leila now wants to share her research with educators across the country. 
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    Riley Farm
    How To Be An Antiracist
    The Lions of Little Rock
    POCC
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    Released:
    Oct 22, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Hosted by Laura Cathcart Robbins, a writer and a recovery thriver and survivor, Laura found herself in an all too familiar position. In September 2018, she was the only black woman in the room at Brave Magic, a famed writer’s retreat. After it was over, she wrote about her “only one” experience in The Huffington Post and comments started flooding into her DM. These comments were from people from all races, ethnicities, creeds, and nationalities who had felt “othered”. Laura beautifully interviews a person about their Only One story each episode and addresses as many of those DM’s as possible in the process. In this podcast, you’ll hear raw, vulnerable accounts from people who are, like most of us, just eager to connect. Our hope is that The Only One In The Room will inspire a change of perspective in how we all see and hear each other’s stories. We want you think twice before judging the person standing next to you at a party, in the pick-up line at school or in a crowded subway car. This is a podcast for anyone who has ever felt alone in a room full of people – which is to say, that this podcast is for everyone.