This podcast is a space for educators fighting the system from the inside. Hosted by me, Evalaurene Jean-Charles, coach behind Black on Black Education and the Liberation Library, this show is where secondary educators come to reflect, resist, and rebuild their classrooms as liberatory spaces without burning out. Each episode is a reminder that rigor, joy, and student voice are our resistance tools, and that when we use them intentionally, we push back against standardization, compliance…
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This is a raw, off-the-cuff episode I felt called to record on my drive to work after choosing a slow morning. It is exactly what you need to hear if you're crumbling under the weight of a system that was never built for you or your students. Summer vacation along won't fix it, choose where you want to start your Revolutionary Teaching Journey: The Revolutionary Reaching Toolkit ($14.44):…
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This week on The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast , I sit down with Dr. Jamila Lyiscott, a poet, scholar, and truth-teller working to dismantle one of education’s biggest lies: that the way our students speak, think, and move is something that needs to be fixed. This episode is not for the faint of heart. It’s for the educators ready to count the cost, reclaim the classroom as sacred…
This week on The Resistance: An Underground Educators podcast, I interviewed Akosua Harvey, an educator, author, and my friend, to discuss her journey in education, the importance of community, storytelling, and authenticity in teaching. We explore the challenges educators face, the power of affirmations, and the need for a supportive environment for both teachers and students. This conversation…
This week on The Resistance, I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Michelle Pianim aka the Olivia Pope of Special Education . We went deep on what it really means to fix broken school systems while empowering parents to reclaim their agency in the special education process. If you’ve ever wrestled with the tension between holding schools accountable and supporting families, this episode is…
This week I'm just checking in after over a month of missing y'all. This is the break down of what to expect as I come on back to the pod. If you are ready to work with me, it's time to join the Liberation Library: https://black-on-black-ed.kit.com/products/liberationlibrarycommunity Follow me on IG: https://www.instagram.com/blackonblacked/ Follow me on Tik Tok:…
In this episode of The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast , I’m breaking down the three steps to becoming the educator you’ve always dreamed of being, without burning out or selling out. We’ll talk about how to get quiet and connect to your joy, how to build unshakable confidence, and how to get in community so your fire for this work never goes out. Grab and pen and start defining the…
In this episode, I had the absolute honor of sitting down with Dr. Daphne Chamberlain and Benjamin Saulsberry , two freedom fighters whose work is rooted in truth, history, and justice. We went deep on the role young people have always played in liberation movements and what it means for us as educators today. Spoiler alert: Our students aren’t waiting to be empowered, they’ve always had power.…
This episode of The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast is your permission slip to use some time this summer to reconnect with the revolutionary that lives inside of you. I’m breaking down what a Radical Retreat really looks like and no, it's not a luxury vacation, but a radical act of reclaiming your joy, creativity, and purpose as an educator. Whether I’m in the park with a book or…
