Ep. 12: You Don't Have to Sell Wrapping Paper
Our EQ: How do we build a sense of community and family across economic, racial, and cultural differences? REMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIX
Guests: Sheree Cooks and Megan Clark
Former (beloved) guests Sheree and Megan return for a chat about the PTA, Tacoma’s Whole Child Initiative, social emotional (aka SEL, aka “soash emoash”) learning, and the heart that goes into our school-based services such as food and clothing banks. Other topics include:
- ACES: take the survey here
- Don't forget intersectionality that offsets or buffers some trauma!
- The need for cultural awareness and understanding in official and unofficial school communication.
- The importance of volunteering for charitable organizations and neighborhood schools year-round, not only at the holidays.
- Megan’s plans for world domination via non-profit work.
- Important deets about the PTA: it’s America’s largest student advocacy group.
- Washington State PTA
- Read their 2018 Leg Agenda
Timeless or Terrible:
- Baby Industrial Complex
- Flat Bread
Do Your Fudging Homework
- Sheree: Read "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng. Join your local "buy nothing" group and bless someone
- Megan: Reach out to others - parents, teachers, schools - and get involved!
- Annie: “Dads in the PTA” by Lisa Belkin