Podcast

The entire list of First Name Basis Podcast episodes.

Anti-Racist Education at Home and in the Classroom

We want our children to embrace anti-racist education both at school and at home, but what does that actually look…

Classrooms should be places of growth, discovery and change, and as parents and caregivers we need to support teachers in…

You probably learned in school all about the story of Francis Scott Key watching the “rockets red glare” and “bombs…

We’re packing our boxes and leaving the dry Arizona heat for the suburbs of Washington, D.C.! This move has been…

As a Black bi-racial person, learning about slavery growing up was so hard for me for so many reasons —…

I’ve always thought Mildred and Richard Loving’s last name was kismet: Mildred was a Black woman and Richard was a…

When a family member or friend chooses to come out to you, it is an extremely vulnerable moment for them,…

If you’ve been here for a while, you’ve probably heard me say about a million times that race is a…

As a former teacher and a mom, I have a recurring nightmare that I’m sure many of you share: a…

Think back to when you were a kid. Remember when you’d be playing a game and you were about to…