Cap City Chalk Talk, created by Dr. Jennifer Selwyn and Dr. Sophia Mattingly, with production and music by Joe Gabent, is for educators—past, present, and future—and anyone interested in K-12 public education in the Sacramento area and beyond. Exploring staying human in the classroom, we focus on empowering students, cultivating curiosity and resilience. We bring compelling stories from local classrooms that speak to educators’ liberatory power. Each episode focuses on a specific theme, combining lively interviews with research, and concrete strategies that teachers can put into practice.
Episode 6 - Building Community through Arts Education Beyond the Classroom
In this episode, we speak with NJ Mvondo, a writer, activist, artist, and social entrepreneur in Davis, CA about building community and educating hearts and minds through the arts, broadly conceived. NJ is the owner of Multiculturalism Rocks and its BIPOC bookstore—two platforms that promote cultural diversity in all media, with an emphasis on children’s literature. She is also the founder of the Davis Network for Africa and the Interactive Healing Arts Project, among many other community and social justice activities. To learn more about NJ’s work, go to:
https://linktr.ee/njmvondo
11 Dec 2021
Episode 5 - “We Need to Connect to the World”: The Visual and Performing Arts in Classroom Language Learning
In this episode, we speak with Davis Senior High School World Languages teacher, James Curley, about how he uses the arts in his French and Spanish courses to inspire a love of travel, crossing cultural boundaries, and developing empathy in his students.
7 Dec 2021
Episode 4 - Hip Hop Hooray: Engaging Kids Through Music
Join us for part 1 of a 3-part series exploring the use of visual and performing arts for education and building community. On today's episode of Cap City Chalk Talk we zoom to the South Bay to hear from two teachers in the Sunnyvale School District. You won't want to miss our illustrious producer, Joe Gabent and his colleague Kevin Davis, talk to us about how they use music to entertain and engage their 5th grade students.
Masta D & G-Bent on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqytASmhTSmlL8xVP0JpQYQ
12 Oct 2021
Episode 3 - Critical Race Theory Demystified
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rebekkah Mulholland, an Assistant Professor of History at California State University, Sacramento, about the current political and social attitudes regarding the use of Critical Race Theory in American education. Mulholland's research focuses on transgender and queer studies, as well as on the history of race, gender, sexuality, class, and social movements in United States history. You can find Dr. Mulholland's film series :“Civil Rights: Stories to Inspire Change" and or Civil Rights Movement video content on the Ben L. Hooks Institute YouTube channel below: https://www.youtube.com/user/BenLHooksInstitute/videos
2 Sept 2021
Episode 2 - Was 2020-21 a "lost" school year?
In this episode, we speak with two Sacramento-area teachers—Kirill Lukinskiy and Thea Torres-Tusup—about the successes and challenges that they faced in teaching during the pandemic, lessons learned, and a way forward for them and their students in the upcoming year.
2 Sept 2021
Episode 1 - Introduction: The people behind the podcast
Welcome! Listen in for a behind the scenes discussion of how two long-term educators came together to craft a podcast on cutting-edge issues in K-12 education for the Sacramento area and beyond.
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