Changing the Odds Remix elevates new ways of thinking, seeing, and acting to build toward equitable learning and development ecosystems by remixing ideas from the top thinkers and doers focused on young people. Sponsored by the Readiness Projects, Changing the Odds Remix is the latest endeavor of Karen Pittman, co-founder of the Forum for Youth Investment. Karen will invite guests each season to engage in provocative, engaging, on-the record exploration of a trending or emergent learning and development topic.
In Season 1, Karen will be joined by youth and adult leaders in the K-12 field to reflect on and remix a podcast, lecture, blog or report they have recently released and push for a deeper perspective through an ecosystems lens. Listeners will engage with powerful stories of excellent, equitable learning happening in schools and communities across the country to help us collectively accelerate the changes needed within and across systems and organizations to create ecosystems that support learning and development.
Karen Pittman is back in the interviewer’s chair for the final episode of season 2. Karen sits down with co-host Margarida Celestino to reflect on the powerful messages from this season’s guests
8 Jun 2022
Inspiring & Guiding Teens to Create Their Own Future
Co-host Margarida Celestino graduated from Casco Bay with a full-ride Questbridge Scholarship. She credits her guidance counselor, Stephanie Doyle, with connecting her to this prestigious opportunity. In this episode, Stephanie, Margarida, and Katherine Plog Martinez explore Stephanie’s role at Casco Bay as a member of the Student Support Team, crew advisor, and counselor.
1 Jun 2022
Building Relationships Through Visibility
All adults play an important role in a school building. Becky Bell, the nurse at Casco Bay High School, knows all about this. In this episode, we return to Margarida Celestino’s high school in Portland, ME. Together, Nurse Bell, Margarida, and Katherine Plog Martinez explore how the Casco Bay Student Support Team identifies student needs, meets them, and further builds relationships. We’ll also explore how Nurse Bell connects with the broader Portland community.
25 May 2022
Advocating for the Space Teens Deserve
Let’s continue our journey through Portland, ME with co-host Margarida Celestino. In this episode’s conversation, Teen Librarian Kelley Blue, Margarida and our Executive Producer Katherine Plog Martinez explore the role of the Portland Public Library's Teen Library in helping local teens to thrive.
18 May 2022
Understanding, Reflecting, & Building Community at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine
We’re taking a walk in co-host Margarida Celestino’s shoes as we begin to meet the adults from her community that helped and left an impact on her. In this episode, Margarida and our Executive Producer Katherine Plog Martinez talk to Erin Giwer, Senior Program Director at the Portland Clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Club of Southern Maine.
11 May 2022
Through Margarida's Eyes: The Power of Connected Community
We are thrilled to launch Season 2 of the Changing the Odds Remix Podcast. Margarida Celestino, who you may remember from Episode 2 in Season 1, has joined us as the co-host for this season. In this episode, Margarida kicks things off by taking us on a journey to her hometown of Portland, Maine.
17 Mar 2022
Unlocking Community Through Collective Visibility & Voice
To begin transitioning from Season One’s focus on schools to Season Two’s focus on community-based settings, host Karen Pittman is joined by her KP Catalysts & Changing the Odds Remix partner and collaborator Katherine Plog Martinez. Their conversation explores what collaboration and partnership looked like over the years in Denver, CO where Katherine’s work sat at the intersection of positive youth development and k-12 education.
2 Mar 2022
Making Change Through Local Campaigns
In this bonus episode, we explore what deep community and parent engagement in learning and development look like beginning in early childhood. Host Karen Pittman talks with Ralph Smith about his work and lessons learned during his tenure at the Campaign for Grade Level Reading.
5 Jan 2022
Remixing in Real Time
In our final episode of the season host Karen Pittman goes from interviewer to interviewee. Karen is joined by her Changing the Odds Remix teammate Katherine Plog Martinez to remix themes and ideas from the first four episodes – the role of all adults, the power of community, the diversity of learning settings, and more.
22 Dec 2021
What Makes Up Equitable, Learner-Centered Ecosystems
Education Reimagined is committed to a bold vision for creating equitable, learner-centered ecosystems. In this Episode, host Karen Pittman talks with two members of the Education Reimagined team – Alin Bennet, Vice President of Practice and Field Advancement, and Olivia Christensen, a member of the Board and a student at Morningside University.
15 Dec 2021
Why It’s Time to Humanize Teaching
The New Teacher Center is working to disrupt the system of education by humanizing teaching, empowering educators, and centering students. In this Episode, Atyani Howard, Chief Program Officer for New Teacher Center, and Carlo Ramirez-Truse, the chair of the organizations youth advisory board, join host Karen Pittman for a dynamic conversation about New Teacher Centers push for educational equity.
8 Dec 2021
Making Learning & Development a Team Sport
In this Episode, host Karen Pittman talks with Ron Berger, Senior Advisor, Teaching & Learning for EL Education and Margarida Celestino a freshman at Colgate University and alumnus of Casco Bay High School (an EL school).
24 Nov 2021
Empowering Students Beyond the Classroom
In this episode, host Karen Pittman continues her ongoing conversation with David Adams, CEO of Urban Assembly, bringing in Gizzelle Gonzales, a senior at the Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Health Care.
10 Nov 2021
Introducing Changing the Odds Remix
Changing the Odds Remix elevates new ways of thinking, seeing, and acting on truths parents know and research confirms: Learning happens everywhere. Relationships and experiences drive development. All young people have potential. Opportunities are inequitable. Schools cannot do this alone. Changing the Odds Remix (including this new podcast) is Karen Pittman’s newest contribution to the thriving youth field.
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