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Belonging

Belonging

Belonging Collective

A podcast about reckoning, reconciliation, and rebuilding. The first season of Belonging follows teachers and students from across the U.S. on a journey to confront their biases and build classrooms where students can bring their full selves. Teachers have the power to affirm students’ identities. Unchecked teacher bias can cause harm.Young people’s perspectives can spark the change needed to build belonging in schools. Featuring original music by high school students in New York City and Chicago. Explore more at www.soundsofbelonging.com
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Belonging episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Belonging for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Belonging episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Belonging - Programming Pause
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07/04/22 • 2 min

Erica pauses programming and encourages us all to think deeply about Independence Day and what it means to be free.

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Belonging - Episode 07: Unchained Memory
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05/02/23 • 26 min

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

During a discussion with Erica, Maya Wanner, a documentary film graduate student at Northwestern University, emphasized the significance of having conversations about complicated topics sooner rather than later. Maya played an audio documentary that she produced, which detailed a field trip she took with her grammar school classmates to learn about the underground railroad through a simulation. Following the documentary, Erica and educator Ayesha Al-Shabazz talked about practical methods for teaching "hard history."

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Belonging - Is It Freedom?
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07/27/22 • 3 min

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.

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Belonging - Episode 06: Where Do We Go?
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07/19/22 • 26 min

Erica‘s quest to advocate for her niece, Jorie, hits a wall when Jorie’s teacher doesn’t respond to an offer to learn about the history of Juneteenth and visit nearby Eatonville, the first all-Black municipality that Erica‘s family established. To support Jorie’s critical consciousness, Erica guides her in writing a letter expressing her feelings of exclusion in school, and knowledge about her people’s history. But due to the anti- “critical race theory” legislation in Florida and across the country, Jorie‘s mother does not want Jorie to deliver the letter. Through a unique collaboration with a young music artist in Chicago, Jorie‘s letter becomes a song and a shared call to action.

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Belonging - Episode 05: The Invisible Child
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07/12/22 • 26 min

What happens when students’ identities are not reflected in the curriculum? Erica connects with an Asian American mother concerned with the lack of representation of Asians in the curriculum. The mother questions her own child’s teacher in Brooklyn, and students from a tiny school in Colorado who brought the local history of Chinese exclusion to light, and want to learn more about Mexican-American local history. These stories examine how culturally affirming curricula that offers students “windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors” reduces racism and bias.

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Belonging - Episode 04: Homeplace
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06/28/22 • 23 min

Erica reconnects with her third grade teacher, and tells her that her classroom was the first place she felt she belonged in school. The idea of a “homeplace” is further explored with an educator in Queens who established a Black affinity group at her school, and with three students who are part of that group.

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Belonging - Episode 03: The Problem with Blindspots
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06/20/22 • 24 min

This podcast used to have a different name: Blindspots. Erica explores her own biases and responsibility for inclusion by talking to a writing teacher who is blind. A new name for the podcast is born: Belonging.
To hold her former colleague accountable for listening and learning, Erica has a follow-up courageous conversation about the impact of her actions on students.
The podcast theme song is born as students in Washington Heights, NY share about what happens when they aren't fully seen and affirmed in school and society.

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Belonging - Episode 02: Pride and Prejudice
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06/13/22 • 25 min

Erica’s classroom was right next door to her wife’s classroom, but nobody at school knew they were married. They built a safe space that allowed them to grow. And they want to hear from others who “have the gall to live their truth.”
Erica co-hosts this episode with her wife, Daphne. They explore bias and belonging for LGBTQ+ students and teachers with a third grader in Chicago, a high school student in Bronx, NY, and GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance) facilitator and members in Queens, NY.

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Belonging - Episode 01: The Young Family
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06/09/22 • 20 min

“To make it right for your children, you have to make noise”
— Erica Young

Educator and storyteller Erica Young talks to her mom about leaving her all-Black school for an integrated school in the 1960s, an experience that left her without confidence.

When Erica realizes her beloved 12-year-old niece is also experiencing feelings of exclusion in her education, Erica commits to sharing voices of those impacted by bias and belonging in schools, and to spark and share stories of transformation. She starts with a former colleague who reflects on her use of racist language with students in her school and the impact this had on her own and her students’ sense of identity and belonging.

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FAQ

How many episodes does Belonging have?

Belonging currently has 9 episodes available.

What topics does Belonging cover?

The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Belonging?

The episode title 'Episode 07: Unchained Memory' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Belonging?

The average episode length on Belonging is 20 minutes.

How often are episodes of Belonging released?

Episodes of Belonging are typically released every 7 days, 10 hours.

When was the first episode of Belonging?

The first episode of Belonging was released on Jun 9, 2022.

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