Interrupting Racism: As Racial Tension Rises, Race Equity Program Grows | Podcast Episode 5

In the wake of national and local protests against race equity programs, Child Advocates Interrupting Racism for Children workshops are in demand and growing. Find out what attendees of every race and ethnicity are saying about the program, what adults can learn from the young people who attend, and how race equity education is appealing to our humanity and helping bridge the racial divide.

PODCAST PARTICIPANTS

• Cindy Booth / Child Advocates CEO
• Jill English / Child Advocates Chief of Community, Equity, and Inclusion
• Angela Cain / Communications Consultant / Podcast Host

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LINKS FROM SHOW:

• Child Advocates – https://www.childadvocates.net/
• Is the United States a racist country? | Brookings.com – https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/05/04/is-the-united-states-a-racist-country/
• 26 simple charts to show friends and family who aren’t convinced racism is still a problem in America | BusinessInsider.com – https://www.businessinsider.com/us-systemic-racism-in-charts-graphs-data-2020-6#black-americans-are-underrepresented-in-high-paying-jobs-3
• There’s overwhelming evidence that the criminal justice system is racist. Here’s the proof. | WashingtonPost.com – https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/opinions/systemic-racism-police-evidence-criminal-justice-system/#Policing
• 10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S. | Pew Research Center – https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/06/03/10-things-we-know-about-race-and-policing-in-the-u-s/

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

• 3:34 – The Roots of Interrupting Racism for Children – What launched it
• 16:24 – Child Advocates’ response to people who don’t want their children learning about race equity and what some youth say
• 17:20 – A main takeaway from white workshop attendees – what they say
• 20:02 – Perspectives on Systemic Racism and its impact
• 28:57 – How “Interrupting Racism for Children” is reaching more youth and what we can learn from them
• 38:51 – Child Advocates’ response to the backlash – protests against race equity programs nationwide and the role that fear may play in it
• 43:44 – How Interrupting Racism for Children is growing in Indiana and other states, without advertising, and why people of all races ‘hunger’ for a race equity conversation
• 49:36 – Child Advocates discusses why race equity programs may be more critical today and compares racism to a ‘disease’ that can’t be ignored
• 52:00 – Hear from a workshop attendee and what she thought about the Interrupting Racism for Children Workshops
• 57:22 – Why we must remember that we all were once children, what that means, and how we all deserve a better future
• 59:12 – What we can do to stand up against racism
• 1:01:10 – A Civil Rights’ Heroine story and what we can learn from her

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