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First Of All with Victor BlackwellWife Says U.S. Veteran Faces Deportation; Go Behind-The-Scenes of “Beyond the Gates”A U.S. veteran in Arizona is facing deportation after being detained by immigration enforcement a month ago. That’s according to his wife, Tanisha Hartwell-Parris, who joins Victor from outside the facility where Marlon Parris is being held to explain what happened. Plus, Victor speaks with the President and CEO of the NAACP. Derrick Johnson reacts to an early legal victory against the Trump Administration's effort to end DEI initiatives, and the shuttering of a database that was meant to track police misconduct. In Maryland, a parade honoring Frederick Douglass is c...2025-02-2243 min
Words Beats & Life PodcastsSomething to Say (12-24-2024)In this episode of the “Something to Say Podcast” our host, Mazi Mutafa, opens up the phone lines and asks listeners to call in and reflect on the past year.
Co-host Patrick Washington speaks with educator, writer, and performance artist, Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman. They talk about Khadijah’s appointment as the Prince George’s County Poet Laureate, becoming an arts educator, her ongoing projects, starting a non-profit, and she shares a few of her poems.
Patrick sits down with poet Arianna Bosley.
Mazi and Patrick discuss the various interviews that Patricks has conducted...2025-01-151h 47Words Beats & Life PodcastsSomething to Say (11-19-2024)In this episode of the “Something to Say” podcast, our host, Mazi Mutafa, speaks with Prowess the Testament and Substantial. They discuss the importance of conventions and their connection to hip-hop culture, the intersection of hip-hop and anime, how Japanese technology has influenced the world of hip-hop, how Japan has been influenced by the African American community, how anime and K-pop are introducing American audiences to new languages, and the connection between comic books and hip-hop.
Co-host Patrick Washington talks to educator, poet, and writer, Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman.
Patrick sits down with the 2024 Washington DC You...2025-01-011h 45
Black Writers ReadBlack Writers Read: Khadijah Z. Ali-ColemanSend us a textThis episode features our conversation with Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, which was live-streamed on October 19, 2024. We chatted about her recently released poetry collections, For the Girls Who Do Too Much and The Summoning of Black Joy.Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman is founder of the 501(c)3 nonprofit, Black Writers for Peace and Social Justice, and the current Poet Laureate of Prince George's County, Maryland. Her creative work as a poet and playwright has been showcased on prestigious stages and platforms, including Washington, DC's John F...2024-11-141h 37
Business Story Of The WeekHow Do We Liberate Voices Through Art? The Power of Words and Cultural CurationIn this episode of Business Story of the Week, we explore the transformative power of words with Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman. From her journey as a young writer to becoming a cultural curator and poet laureate, Dr. Khadijah shares how art can liberate voices and inspire change. We delve into her unique approach to cultural curation, the differences between writing for performance and the page, and her mission to empower marginalized communities through education and liberated literature. Discover the intersection of art, education, and social justice in this inspiring conversation.
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Bookable Space with Yvonne Battle-FeltonBookable Space with Dr Khadijah Ali-ColemanWe're back with Season III. In this episode of Bookable Space Dr Khadijah Z. Ali- Coleman. Kadijah read to us from her book For The Girls Who Do Too Much. In this lively discussion with novelist Yvonne Battle-Felton, Khadijah talks to us about writing influences, impact, creativity, vulnerability, and more in this engaging and uplifting episode. About the writer: Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman is a visionary cultural curator with over two decades of experience transforming spaces into vibrant centers of artistic and educational engagement. She is the founding director of Black Writers for Peace and...2024-09-1729 min
The Black Writer's StudioZelda Lockhart on The Black Writer's Studio Podcast
In November 2022, Hurston/Wright's executive director, Khadijah Ali-Coleman talked with Zelda Lockhart about her forthcoming work and the genesis of her book, "The Soul of the Full-Length Manuscript: Turning Life's Wounds Into the Gift of Literary Fiction, Memoir, or Poetry."
Zelda Lockhart is a writer, speaker, teacher and researcher. She is the director of LaVenson Press and Her Story Garden Studios. She is the author of several books, with her first novel receiving critical acclaim including becoming a 2002 Barnes & Noble Discovery selection and a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her book Cold Running Creek won the Black...2023-05-2850 minThe Black Writer's StudioTaylor Johnson on The Black Writer's Studio podcastTaylor Johnson is from Washington, D.C. and was a former participant in the Hurston/Wright Foundation's teen writing program in the early 2000's. Now, an award-winning poet, Taylor spoke with Dr. Ali-Coleman in November 2022 about his residency at the Guggenheim museum, his new appointment as the Poet Laureate of Takoma Park, MD and his poetry journey for this episode of the Black Writer's Studio.
Taylor Johnson is the author of Inheritance (Alice James Books, 2020), winner of the Norma Faber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America and named as a best poetry book of 2020 by the...2023-04-2435 minThe Black Writer's StudioGuthrie P. Ramsey on The Black Writer's Studio Podcast
A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr. is a music historian, pianist, composer, and Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ramsey talked with Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman in December 2022 in The Black Writer's Studio to talk about his new book, "Who Hears Here?" and his award-winning career as a musician, scholar and educator.
A widely-published writer, he’s the author of Race Music: Black Cultures from Bebop to Hip-Hop (2003), and The Amazing Bud Powell: Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop (2013). Dr. Ramsey is co-author beside Samuel A...2023-04-1635 minThe Black Writer's StudioKiki Petrosino on The Black Writer's Studio
Kiki Petrosino is the author of "White Blood: a Lyric of Virginia" (2020) and three other poetry books, all from Sarabande. She holds graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her memoir, "Bright", was released from Sarabande in 2022. She directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of Virginia, where she is a Professor of Poetry. Petrosino is the recipient of a MacDowell artist residency, a Pushcart Prize, a Fellowship in Creative Writing from the National Endowment for the Arts, the UNT Rilke Prize, & the Spalding Prize, among other honors. She has served...2023-04-0333 minThe Black Writer's StudioNatasha Gordon-Chipembere on The Black Writer's StudioNatasha Gordon-Chipembere, Ph.D. is author of "Representation and Black Womanhood: The Legacy of Sarah Baartman" and the historical fiction novel, "Finding La Negrita."
Her work has been featured in Essence Magazine along with a monthly series, “Musings from An Afro-Costa Rican” in the Tico Times. She is a Senior Co-editor of the AfroLatino Book Series from Palgrave and her current writing focuses on slavery and the legacy of Afro-descendants in Latin America.
Born in New York to Costa Rican/Panamanian parents, she eventually moved to Costa Rica eight years ago with her husband and two children. She is the...2023-04-0233 minThe Black Writer's StudioRemica Bingham-Risher on the Black Writer's Studio podcastRemica Bingham-Risher is a poet, interviewer and essayist, a Cave Canem fellow and Affrilachian Poet. Her book, Soul Culture: Black Poets, Books, and Questions That Grew Me Up, was published by Beacon Press in September 2022. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Writer’s Chronicle, Callaloo, Essence and a host of other outlets. She is the author of Conversion, winner of the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award; What We Ask of Flesh, shortlisted for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and Starlight & Error, winner of the Diode Editions Book Award and a finalist for the Library of...2022-11-2833 minThe Black Writer's StudioHurston/Wright Foundation's North Star Merit Awardee, Elizabeth AlexanderElizabeth Alexander is a decorated poet, educator, memoirist, scholar, and cultural advocate. She is president of the Mellon Foundation, the nation's largest funder in arts and culture, and humanities in higher education. Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Alexander served as the director of Creativity and Free Expression at the Ford Foundation, shaping Ford's grantmaking vision in arts and culture, journalism, and documentary film. There, she co-designed the Art for Justice Fund—an initiative that uses art and advocacy to address the crisis of mass incarceration—and guided the organization in examining how the arts and visual storytelling can empower...2022-11-1929 minThe Black Writer's StudioHurston/Wright Foundation's Ella Baker Merit Awardee, Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorElla Baker famously said, “Give light, and people will find the way.” And, oh, how that light is so necessary today more than ever.
This year, the Hurston/Wright Foundation's board of directors has selected Keeangha-Yamahtta Taylor as the recipient of the Hurston/Wright Ella Baker award. The board believes that Dr. Taylor has shone her light in ways that have transformed communities, informed the general public and brilliantly advocated for equity and inclusion for the disenfranchised nationally and globally. The Ella Baker Award, named for the heroic civil rights activist, Ella Baker, recognizes writers and arts activi...2022-10-3037 minThe Black Writer's StudioHurston/Wright Foundation's Madam "CJ" Walker Merit Awardee, Ron KavanaughThe Hurston/Wright Foundation's Madam C.J. Walker Award recognizes exceptional innovation in supporting and sustaining Black literature. Named for the feisty and entrepreneurial Madam CJ Walker, the award recognizes a person or organization that is integral to the lifeblood of Black culture.
Madam CJ Walker famously exclaimed, “My object in life is not simply to make money for myself or to spend it on myself in dressing or running around in an automobile, but I love to use a part of what I make in trying to help others.” This year’s recipient has certainly succeeded on tha...2022-10-2642 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling on a College PathwayThis conversation was part of the 2022 Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars Virtual Teach-In.
Felicidy Flucas Edwards is a homeschooling mother who currently homeschools a high school senior (c/o 22). She is co-founder of Scholarship Time with her two children Zamya and Zamira. Scholarship Time is an online class platform to assist in finding funding for college. Homeschooling high school senior Zamya has already received over $500,000 in merit scholarship funding from colleges/universities offering free rides. During her panel discussion, Felicity will share how this feat was done and what credentials were needed while also explaining why l...2022-09-231h 01Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanCurating Your Child's Learning ExperienceAdirah Aishet-Tsalmiel is founder of Ujuzi Curriculum Consultants, LLC and will share with you ways to create a child-centered learning experience for your children. She has been an educator for learners of all ages for over 20 years. From preschoolers to university students, she is intentional about creating environments where learning is enjoyable and thought-stimulating. Starting with her own three sons she has homeschooled since birth, Adirah's love of teaching has spread to students around the world. Adirah has earned a BS in Nutrition and Food Science from Hunter College and a Master of Arts in Teaching (Multiple Subjects) from t...2022-08-0920 minContemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling An Only ChildDuring this talk, Dr. Khadijah shares 5 tips on homeschooling an only child. Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman is founding director of Black Family Homeschool Educators & Scholars, LLC and co-editor of the book Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice & Popular Culture (IAP, 2022). She homeschooled her daughter off and on for 13 years and graduated her in 2021.
Her daughter earned an associate's degree while homeschooling for high school and was offered over a half million dollars in scholarships from almost 20 colleges/universities (some that she did not apply to). Dr. Ali-Coleman is grateful to have had the opportunity to homeschool h...2022-07-2425 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling and Dual-Enrolling Black ChildrenDr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman is the co-editor of Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture. She homeschooled her own daughter off and on for 13 years and graduated her from their family homeschool in 2021. Her daughter was dual-enrolled in community college during high school and earned an associate's degree while homeschooling for high school. In this talk, learn about dual-enrollment and determine if it is something for you. This presentation was presented in the 2nd Annual Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars Virtual Teach-In. Learn more at BlackFamilyHomeschool.org2022-06-0527 min
The Black Writer's StudioDestiny O. Birdsong on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastDestiny O. Birdsong is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work has appeared in the Paris Review Daily, African American Review, and Catapult, among other publications. Her debut poetry collection, Negotiations, was published in 2020 by Tin House and was longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Voelcker Award. Her debut novel, Nobody’s Magic, was published in February 2022 from Grand Central Publishing.
Learn more at http://www.DestinyBirdsong.com
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Song "Legacy" performed by Liberated Muse, w...2022-05-2934 minThe Black Writer's StudioTara Betts on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastTara Betts is the author of Break the Habit and Arc & Hue. In addition to her work as a teaching artist and mentor for young poets, she has taught at several universities, including Rutgers University and University of Illinois-Chicago, and at Stateville Prison via the Prison + Neighborhood Arts Project. She is the Inaugural Poet for the People Practitioner Fellow at University of Chicago. Betts serves as Poetry Editor at The Langston Hughes Review and is founder of the nonprofit organization The Whirlwind Learning Center on Chicago’s South Side.
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Hosted and pro...2022-05-0832 minThe Black Writer's StudioSteven Leyva on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastSteven Leyva was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and raised in Houston, Texas. His poems have appeared in 2 Bridges Review, Scalawag, Nashville Review, jubilat, Vinyl, Prairie Schooner, and Best American Poetry 2020. He is a Cave Canem fellow and author of the chapbook Low Parish and author of The Understudy’s Handbook which won the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from Washington Writers Publishing House. Steven holds an MFA from the University of Baltimore, where he is an assistant professor in the Klein Family School of Communications Design.
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The Creative HourDR KHADIJAH ALI-COLEMAN on Black Poetry, The Power of Homeschooling and Creative PresenceABOUT THE GUEST | Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman (http://khadijahali-coleman.com/), is a cultural curator, community organizer, nationally recognized speaker, and writer. Her work centers the social and political life experiences, history, and culture of the people of the African diaspora. A playwright, she has had more than a dozen of her plays presented publicly in venues throughout the country.
She is the author of the children’s book Mariah’s Maracas and co-editor of the book Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture. Her work is featured in the anthology The Fire Inside: Colle...2022-04-2258 minThe Black Writer's StudioKeisha Bush on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastKeisha was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a business degree from Bentley University and an MFA in creative writing from The New School. Her work has appeared, or is forthcoming, in The New York Times, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, Electric Lit and Lion’s Roar Magazine. She has received fellowships from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Residency, the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland, Moulin à Nef in France, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and VONA.
Her debut novel, No Heaven For Good Boys, is a New York Times Editor...2022-04-1059 minThe Black Writer's StudioRage Hezekiah on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastRage Hezekiah is a New England-based poet and educator, who earned her MFA from Emerson College. She has received fellowships from Cave Canem, MacDowell, and The Ragdale Foundation, and is the recipient of the Saint Botolph Foundation's Emerging Artists Award. Her poems have been anthologized, co-translated, and published internationally. Learn more at https://www.ragehezekiah.com/
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Song "Legacy" performed by Liberated Muse, written by Khadijah Ali-Coleman
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2022-04-0334 minThe Black Writer's StudioTara T. Green on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastDr. Tara T. Green is an African American Studies professor with over 20 years of teaching literature and culture. She is the author and editor of six books on the lives and experiences of African Americans in twentieth-century literature and film.
Her latest books are Love, Activism, and the Respectable Life of Alice Dunbar-Nelson and See Me Naked: Black Women Defining Pleasure During the Interwar Era. A recognized academic leader who is dedicated to building diverse, respectful, inclusive communities in higher education, Dr. Tara T. Green is a self-described Black feminist community-engaged scholar, mentor, and university professor.
...2022-03-2735 minThe Black Writer's StudioPrince Shakur on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastPrince Shakur is a queer, Jamaican-American author, freelance journalist, videomaker, and NY Times recognized organizer. He is the 2021 recipient of the Hurston/Wright Crossover Award. His writings range from op-eds in Teen Vogue to features on the violent impacts of policing and cultural essays that delve into black icons, like Bob Marley or Huey Newton. In 2017, his video series, Two Woke Minds, earned him the Rising Star Grant from GLAAD. As an organizer, he brought Black Lives Matter to his university campus, organized for labor rights in Seattle, disrupted a Bill Clinton speech in 2016, did solidarity work at the...2022-03-2028 minThe Black Writer's StudioAmina Gautier on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastAmina Gautier is the author of three short story collections: At-Risk, Now We Will Be Happy, and The Loss of All Lost Things. More than one hundred and thirty of her stories have been published, appearing in Agni, American Short Fiction, Boston Review, Callaloo, Cincinnati Review, Glimmer Train, Greensboro Review, Gulf Coast, Joyland, Kenyon Review, Kweli, Latino Book Review, Los Angeles Review, Mississippi Review, New Flash Fiction Review, Quarterly West, Southern Review, and Triquarterly among other places. She is the recipient of the Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction Award, the Phillis Wheatley Book Award in Fiction, and the International Latino...2022-03-1332 minThe Black Writer's StudioMarita Golden on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastMarita Golden is the author of 19 works of fiction and nonfiction.
Her most recent work of nonfiction is The Strong Black Woman How a Myth Endangers the Physical and Mental Health of Black Women.
She is the recipient of many awards including the Writers for Writers Award presented by Barnes & Noble and Poets and Writers, an award from the Authors Guild, and the Fiction Award for her novel After awarded by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. She has lectured and read from her work internationally. Co-founder and President Emerita of the Zora Ne...2022-03-0643 minThe Black Writer's StudioKymone Freeman on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastKymone Freeman is an artist, activist and co-founder of We Act Radio, Washington DC’s independent progressive radio and TV studio since 2011. He established the Charnice Milton Community Bookstore in 2018 and is also an award-winning playwright with several productions to his credit including “Prison Poetry”, “Whites Only, An Angry Black Man in Therapy” . He won the 2017 PRNDI Award for commentary and published articles in print with Washington Post and Ebony Magazine. He was part of international delegations to Cuba, Kenya, Ghana and Venezuela and is founder of the annual Black L.U.V. Festival in Washington, DC. Kymone joins us in the...2022-02-2743 minThe Black Writer's StudioB. Sharise Moore on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastB. Sharise Moore’s love of literature was ignited by Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Judy Blume’s Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. After earning a BA in English from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, she began performing her poetry on stages throughout the country. To date, Moore’s poems have appeared in Starline, Fantasy Magazine, These Bewitching Bonds, Mermaid Monthly, and FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. At present, Moore is a writer/educator, curriculum designer, and the poetry editor at FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction. Her debut YA novel, Dr. Marvell...2022-02-1335 minThe Black Writer's StudioTony Medina on The Black Writer's Studio PodcastTony Medina is the author/editor of over seventeen books for adults and young readers. Medina's poetry, fiction, essays and book reviews have appeared in over a hundred publications and two CD compilations. Dr. Medina is the first Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University and was awarded both The Langston Hughes Society Award and the first African Voices Literary Award. A poet, fiction writer, children’s book author, activist and beloved teacher, Dr. Tony Medina is a prolific literary treasure. Learn more at http://tonymedina.org/
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Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanDeschooling Before HomeschoolingDr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman talks to William Honablew on BlackUSA.News Morning Show about the ways that homeschooling is as much about the parent learning and shifting their paradigm as it is about the children. She describes the practice of deschooling and how homeschooling ultimately becomes a type of parenting practice.
Learn more about Dr. Ali-Coleman and Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars by visiting BlackFamilyHomeschool.org2022-01-2106 min
30 to Life - Redefining the Black Experience82: The Rise of Homeschooling and the Impact On Black Children with Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-ColemanIn this episode, the guys chat with Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman about her upcoming book Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice and Popular Culture. She breaks down her experience as a former homeschooling mother, the impact homeschool has on black children in America, and so much more. Tune in.
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Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Colemann. is a former homeschooling mother, cultural curator, community organizer, nationally recognized speaker, and writer. Her work centers the social and political life experiences, history, and culture of the people of the African diaspora. She is author of the children's bookMariah's Maraca's a...2022-01-151h 02Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling Black Children in AmericaHomeschooling Black Children in America: A Growing Practice: Interview with David Whettstone on WPFW 89.3 FM
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Ed.D. is co-founder of the Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES), LLC. She is co-editor of the Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling book series and hosts podcast with the same title from BFHES. Dr. Ali-Coleman's recent research study examined preparedness for college through interviews with eight African-American dual-enrolled teens who attended community college in Virginia, Texas, and Maryland while being homeschooled for high school. She is co-editor of the forthcoming book Homeschooling Black Children in the US: The...2021-11-261h 01
Friends Since CollegeThe Kick Back Ep. 3: Dr. Cheryl Fields-SmithOn this episode of the Kick Back, CJ is joined by Dr. Cheryl Fields-Smith, Associate Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Georgia. They dive into all things education but particularly homeschooling. Give it a listen, share, and leave 5 of those coveted stars!
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http://www.blackfamilyhomeschool.org/ is the place to find resources and make connections with other Black home educators. This was co-founded by Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman who has be...2021-11-131h 09
A Word … with Jason JohnsonBlack to School, At HomeAt the start of the pandemic, parents across the country became first-time homeschool teachers. Now, as millions of kids head back to classrooms, many Black parents are keeping their children at home to learn. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson speaks with Khadijah Ali-Coleman, the co-founder of the Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars group. She explains why more and more Black families are homeschooling their kids, and the benefits and challenges these families face.Guest: Khadijah Ali-Coleman, co-founder of the Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars group. Podcast production by Ahyiana Ang...2021-08-2021 minContemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman5 Ways I Designed My Homeschooling Practice with Liberation in MindDr. Khadijah homeschooled her daughter off and on for 13 years, graduating her from their family homeschool in May 2021. Dr. Khadijah shares the ways that she designed her homeschooling practice with liberation in mind. Visit her website at http://www.khadijahali-coleman.com and http://www.studentmediaonline.com. Dr. Ali-Coleman is the co-founder of Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars. She is co-editor of the forthcoming book titled, Homeschooling Black Children in the US: Theory, Practice & Popular Culture (IAP, 2021). ----- This Coffee Talk was presented during the 2021 Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars Virtual Teach-In. To learn more about BFHES, visit...2021-08-1612 minContemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanMatthew Rankin on How Black Parents Approach HomeschoolingFor this episode of Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling, Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman of Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) interviews Matthew Rankin, a fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Emory University. He received his MA from Emory University, with academic concentrations in the areas of social inequality and social psychology. His research interests center on the Sociology of Education, symbolic boundary drawing, and racial in-group and out-group dynamics. Currently, Matthew is performing data collection and analysis for his dissertation, entitled For Our Children: How Black Parents Approach Homeschooling. This project examines how gender informs...2021-06-1126 minContemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBlack Children Are Flourishing as They Leave Traditional School Settings and are Homeschooled (Part Two)Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman was interviewed by Sheletta Brundidge on The Sheletta Show on WCCO Radio. She spoke to Sheletta after she was quoted for the article "Some Black parents say remote learning gives racism reprieve" by Christine Fernando.2021-05-0906 minContemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBlack Children are Flourishing As They Leave Traditional School Settings and Are Homeschooled (Part 1)Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman was interviewed by Sheletta Brundidge on The Sheletta Show on WCCO Radio. She spoke to Sheletta after she was quoted for the article "Some Black parents say remote learning gives racism reprieve" by Christine Fernando.2021-05-0914 min
Kings of the Heart PodcastKOTH Season 2 Ep. 4 - Open Communication (Healthy Relationship Series)Guest: Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman2021-04-0149 minContemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBFHES TEA TALK: Homeschooling, An Insurrection & Global PandemicIt is now 2021 and the world has been in the throes of a global health pandemic for a year now. The world has watched continued violence in the United States through racially-tinged police brutality, the recent Capitol insurrection and rising incidents of domestic terrorism. Environmental issues spread and the economy continues to impact the quality of life for the most vulnerable citizens. As a homeschooling parent, how do you engage with your children around these topics?
This TEA TALK features Black Family Homeschool and Scholars (BFHES) founders Dr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman and Dr. Cheryl Fields-Smith who discuss the w...2021-02-211h 02Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanSeason 2: Episode 4- Gregory Wickham Talks About NYC School Tech and Why Homeschooling as a Self-Directed Learner WorksGregory Wickham is an education writer and founder of NYC School Tech, a site where people can donate spare laptops and tablets to students in need. He is a 17 year-old homeschooling high school student who left his prestigious high school to engage in a self-directed learning practice. You can learn more about NYC School Tech at https://nycschooltech.com/
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The Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling podcast is hosted by Dr. Cheryl Fields-Smith and Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, founders of Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES). Guests include homeschooling parents, researchers focused on black fa...2021-02-0123 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBFHES TEA TALK: Homeschooling and Entrepreneurship During the Age of COVID-19 hosted by Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanDr. Khadijah Ali-Coleman moderates a panel of homeschooling entrepreneurial mamas who share their journey of balancing homeschooling and maintaining a business to support their family.
According to the US Census Bureau’s, most recent count of businesses, “the 2018 Annual Business Survey (ABS), found that Black or African Americans owned 124,004 employer businesses (firms with at least one paid employee) in 2017. This accounted for 2.2% of the 5.7 million employer businesses in the United States.
Nineteen percent of all employer-based businesses were female-led—but 36.1% of all Black-owned businesses were headed by women. That's the highest share of businesses within any ra...2021-01-251h 03
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBFHES TEA TALK: Building & Balancing Your Best Homeschooling Life HOSTED BY Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBlack families are turning to homeschooling in droves due to the COVID-19 global pandemic leading to closures of school classrooms and a pivot to virtual learning en masse. The switch can become overwhelming. This panel of veteran homeschooling parents offers insights in how finding balance is possible and key to building your best life as a homeschooling parent. Panelists include Dannielle Joy Davis, PhD, Queen Taese, Cheryl R. Carter, and Dr. Paris “AJ” Adkins-Jackson.
BFHES TEA TALKS are brought to you monthly in our Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) Resource Group on Facebook. They are host...2021-01-1156 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanThree Truths About the Homeschooling JourneySamori Camara, PhD is a 38 year-old baba, Afrikan warrior scholar, educator, historian, and educational consultant who recently spent extensive time in Ghana. Samori’s experience along with his constant study and reflection makes him a sought after thought-leader in the realm of Afrikan-centered education. Camara established Kamali Academy in 2009 and it continues to serve the community by providing curriculum, courses, workbooks, and resources that help parents across the global educate their children for liberation. Learn more at https://www.kamaliacademy.com/
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Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling is a Style of Intentional ParentingOlu Butterfly Woods is an award-winning working performance artist, community organizer, writer and homeschooling mother of four children. Based in Baltimore, MD, her innovative creative work has left an indelible mark on the cultural arts history of the city. For over two decades she has devoted time and energy to working with youth and families in multi-disciplinary ways. She is founder of the Free-Up Baltimore Homeschool Cooperative for Afrikan-Centered Families.
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Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) is a research and education group committed to documenting the lived experiences of Black homeschooling families. BFHES wa...2020-12-1731 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling from An Afrikan-Centered PerspectiveKyna Clemons is a textile quilt artist, activist, and home-school educator in the Washington DC metropolitan area, founder of Ujima Children of the Sun Homeschool Collective. A graduate of Howard University, Ms. Clemons draws inspiration for her quilts from the work and life of Harriet Powers, an enslaved African-American folk artist and quilt maker. Ms.Clemons and her husband, George Clemons, are proud parents of seven children, whom they have home-educated together for over fifteen years. Learn more about her work at:https://www.facebook.com/Ujimachildre...
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Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) Ne...2020-12-1617 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanWhen a Child Wants to Go Back to Traditional School: A Mother's JourneyTichaona Chinyelu is a writer, mother and author of three books of poetry: In the Whirlwind, Still Living on My Feet and Contraband Marriage. She lives, writes and raises her son in Cambridge, MA. Her writings can be found at SillLivingOnMyFeet.com
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Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) is a research and education group committed to documenting the lived experiences of Black homeschooling families. BFHES was founded by Dr. Cheryl Fields- Smith and Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman. Dr. Fields-Smith and Dr. Ali-Coleman are co-editors of the forthcoming book Homeschooling Black Children in the Un...2020-12-1527 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanHomeschooling a Child With Special NeedsPhyllis Smith Asinyanbi is an independent educator, writer, thinker, lifelong student, and global citizen. Phyllis has a unique perspective on home education as her son is gifted and on the autism spectrum, also known as 2e (twice-exceptional). She is also the former moderator of African American Single Parent Homeschoolers (AASPH), an excellent Facebook group. A veteran homeschooler who has been homeschooling her son since he was in first grade, she is overjoyed that he is now a senior and will soon be attending college. Phyllis also has a bachelor’s degree in education, with a concentration in Teaching English to...2020-12-1121 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanSelf-Directed Learning as Liberatory PracticeMaleka Diggs is an unschooling advocate, community organizer, and trainer that centers equity and inclusion with a focus on BIPOC communities who has been serving families, schools and alternative learning spaces through her organization, Eclectic Learning Network. She is also co-founder of Philly Children’s Movement, a multi-racial and multi-generational collective of families talking, playing, and rising up for racial justice! Her work explores the intersections of race and education, its impact on Black and Brown peoples and those within under-represented communities while exploring ways to disrupt the cycle of institutionalized education through unschooling and self-directed learning approaches. You ca...2020-12-1029 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanStarting a Co-op Centered Around the Charlotte Mason Method of LearningTahira Goldson is founder of Mason-Inspired Bowie is located in Bowie, Maryland. Her homeschool co-op follows the Charlotte-Mason method utilizing rich literature (living-books) and nature/outdoor study. They are a multi-subject tutorial with 2-day, 3-day and 5-day options for students ages 5 through 12. Tahira shares what she believes is the truth that should be known about Black families that are homeschooling. To find out more, visit https://masoninspiredbowie.wixsite.co...
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Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) Network was created by Dr. Cheryl Fields-Smith and Dr. Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman. Dr. Fields-Smith is the most prolific schol...2020-12-0911 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanNurturing the Genius of Our ChildrenQueen Taese is a Black homeschool & education visionary who has been noted for her works of being an award-winning educator and successful homeschool mother for 20+ years. She has taught and learned from thousands of children, as well as designed Afrikan-centered curriculums, critical educational tools, resources, children’s events, and conferences globally. She is founder of the Liberated Minds Black Homeschool & Educational Institute, which is an educational empire forging a new reality for the wholistic cultivation of children throughout the Afrikan diaspora. Its trifold mission consists of the cultural development of Black children as scholars, leaders, passionpreneurs, and innovators that se...2020-12-0829 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanChoosing to Homeschool (While Working) When It Was Not the First Educational ChoiceLM Preston is an author of Homeschooling and Working While Shaping Amazing Learners (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RQ3MZKV/) , an engineer, former college professor, and working mother who's been married for over twenty-five years. She has homeschooled 3 of her 4 children from elementary school and beyond while she and her husband worked outside their home. Three of her kids graduated with degrees by the age of 17 years old. In addition, she is a published author and coach in doing 'College The Radical Way'. Her blog: http://homeschoolandwork.blogspot.com/ details her homeschooling while working journey. Her coaching services an...2020-12-0722 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanUnschooling Black ChildrenZsudayka Nzingha Terrell is a renowned fine artist and mother of three children who she and her husband unschool in Washington, D.C. Zsudayka is an arts activist born and raised in Aurora, CO. Nzinga began her career as an artist in Denver, CO. She painted abstract and realism portraits and ran an art gallery. She also created art programming for nonprofits and private and charter schools and ran a Black Arts Festival. She made a name for herself as a teenager on the spoken word poetry scene and travelled the country performing her written work with her art...2020-12-0428 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanBlack Family Homeschooling as PedagogyDr. Aaliyah Baker is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education and Leadership at Cardinal Stritch University. Dr. Baker began her career in education as a classroom teacher with the Milwaukee Public Schools. She earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (University of Wisconsin – Madison) with an emphasis in Multicultural Education. Her research interests include critical race theory, multicultural education, sociocultural theories of learning, and the role of race, class and gender in educational achievement and experiences in schools. She has conducted research within the scope of education, society, culture and learning in Morocco and South Africa as...2020-12-0319 min
Contemporary Perspectives on Black Homeschooling with Dr. Khadijah Ali-ColemanYou Are Capable: A Reminder to Black Parents that You Are Your Child's Main TeacherBlack families have been homeschooling children long before COVID-19. However, the current global pandemic has brought homeschooling to the forefront of many conversations regarding the education of Black children. While homeschooling has often been approached from the perspective of white families who homeschool and several scholars who have attempted to set the tone for homeschooling in the U.S, the perspectives of Black homeschooling families and the researchers who center them in their research largely go ignored.
This interview is from the 2020 Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars (BFHES) Virtual Teach-In and features a conversation with researcher...2020-12-0222 min