Parenting Decolonized

We can all agree that the conscious parenting journey is hard work! You have to come correct to stay the course. Information is power! I’m always looking for support from individuals of like minds because there is always something new to learn! We must have a systematic approach to decolonizing parenting. Today my guest shares his personal experience and shows us that incarnation is preventable.
There is a system that conditions behavioral patterns that are associated with criminal activity.
The system is designed to imprison black and brown people in their minds first until they literally find themselves behind bars. This creates a feedback loop, labeling criminals eternally and seeing them as a liability to society.
We all know the facts, the system hits the black community the hardest!...it is part of the antiblackness agenda!
Cozine Welch is a formerly incarcerated poet and educator. He is the Executive Director of the Washtenaw County, Michigan nonprofit A Brighter Way which focuses on providing mentorship and wraparound services to those returning home from incarceration. As an instructor Cozine currently teaches both the Atonement Project and the Theatre & Incarceration courses at the University of Michigan, classes that focus on restorative justice, reconciliation, atonement, and the role the arts play in healing and rehabilitation.
Check out Cozine on social media and follow his journey to dismantle the carceral state:
https://twitter.com/cozinewelch
https://www.abrighterway.org/
https://twitter.com/abwmentoring
https://www.linkedin.com/company/abrighterway
https://www.facebook.com/abrighterway/
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/dcc-project/

In this episode of Parenting Decolonized, I welcome Ira X Armstrong, a mixed Black trans parent, Freedom Fighter, Social Entrepreneur and Educator who is working to create climate sustainability through social permaculture. Listen in to gain insight into Ira’s decolonization journey and learn how you can begin to shift your mindset, reprogram yourself, and become the decolonized parent you want to be.
In this episode, we talk about...
Defining social permaculture through the lens of decolonization.
Overcoming depression and exhaustion as an activist and decolonizer.
The impacts of enslavement and colonization on African-Americans & The traumatic effects of experiencing houselessness.
How colonization harms everyone, including white people & Why decolonization is harm reduction.
4 ways to start decolonizing your life.
....and more!
Curious to know more about what it means to decolonize parenthood?
Need a community that will support you on your decolonization journey?
Tune in to this powerful discussion to learn more and consider joining the Conscious Parenting for Social Justice Collective, a Black-led, multiracial collective of parents, working together to simultaneously transform ourselves, our families, and our communities by decolonizing our minds and healing racial traumas caused by white supremacist/capitalist power structures. Hope to see you there!
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To connect further with Ira & PEACE Out Loud:
Visit Ira’s website: www.iraxarmstrong.com
Follow them on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fraggle94
Visit PEACE Out Loud’s website: www.peaceoutloud.org
Connect with them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/polberkeley
Follow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/peace_out_loud

Because of Coronavirus, our kids are on social media more and more, which has many parents wondering about how to navigate conscious parenting in a digital age. Enter Elizabeth Milovidov, Digital Parenting Consultant, who helps parents develop strategies for digital engagement for their families. We talk about how to protect your children against online predators, how to create a family media agreement, and ways we can use technology to bridge the digital divide in the Black community.
Get more tips from Elizabeth here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheDigitalParentingCommunity
http://www.digitalparentingcoach.com/
https://digitalparentingshop.com/