The Silk Stocking Sisters

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we are joined by special guest Professor Ralph K. Williams, an accomplished musician, educator, and longtime music professor, who shares his life journey shaped by community, opportunity, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lpez, educator, author, activist, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the International Leadership Charter High School, we look at the history of educational inequity and the ongoing...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we welcome Dr. Elaine Ruiz Lpez, educator, author, activist, and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the International Leadership Charter High School, the first college-preparatory charter high school in the Bronx. Born ...

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. Public education is experiencing significant changes, and in this episode we are joined by Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Senior Policy Analyst for K-12 Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, to discuss what these changes could mean for students, educ...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In Part 2 of our conversation with special guest Shirley Taylor, Dr. Theresa J. Canada and Ms. Taylor continue their discussion of arts education, opportunity, and community in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s.

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we are joined by special guest Shirley Taylor, Executive Director of an arts center in the Bronx and adjunct professor of Africana Studies at a New York City college. With more than forty years of experience in arts education and a career de...

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast! In todays episode, our host, Dr. Theresa J. Canada, discusses school funding, resource allocation, and the ongoing disparities created by segregation and political systems. We provide insight into the connection between education, politics, and the inequitab...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we continue to explore the relationship between politics and education, discussing the historical and current impact of politics on education in the United States. From school desegregation efforts and the landmark Supreme ...

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast! In this episode, our host, Dr. Theresa J. Canada, discusses how education and political participation impact our everyday lives. We explore the history of desegregation and integration in the United States and how political decisions shape schools, opportuni...

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we are joined by special guest Brenda Powell. From her early years growing up in Gary, Indiana, a city built on Black culture and community, to navigating higher education as one of the few Black students at University of Rochester during th...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In todays episode, we continue Part 2 of our conversation with Charles Chuck Hughes, President and CEO of the Gary Chamber of Commerce, former City Councilman, mentor, and community leader. Based on his experiences as a former athlete, Mr. ...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In todays episode, were joined by Charles Chuck Hughes, President and CEO of the Gary, Indiana Chamber of Commerce and former City Councilman, for a candid discussion on the realities of segregated schooling, the role of funding in educatio...

Welcome to another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we are joined by special guest Michelle Petties, TEDx speaker and bestselling author of Leaving Large: The Stories of a Food Addict. Using both research and personal experience, Ms. Petties explores the connections ...

In this episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast, we are honored to welcome special guest Dr. Deidre B. Flowers, an education historian whose work centers on Black womens education activism and their impact on American schooling. Dr. Flowers brings both research-based insight and personal experience to the conversatio...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this insightful episode, were joined by Dr. Diana Naddeo, an assistant professor at Western Connecticut State University and licensed clinical psychologist specializing in child, adolescent, and young adult mental health. She now leads a...

Welcome to a new season of The Silk Stocking Sisters Podcast. In this episode, we provide an update on the podcasts continued vision and explore how historical patterns of integration across the North, South, and Midwest continue to impact educational equity today.

Join us as we reflect on past an...