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.

Cap City Chalk Talk
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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.
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Recent Episodes

December 12, 2021
Episode 6 - Building Community through Arts Education Beyond the Classroom
<p>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:</p> <p>https://linktr.ee/njmvondo</p>

December 11, 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.

December 7, 2021
Episode 4 - Hip Hop Hooray: Engaging Kids Through Music
<p>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.</p> <p>Masta D & G-Bent on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCqytASmhTSmlL8xVP0JpQYQ</p>
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