Educational Equity Emancipation
“We have to do better”… That’s Dr. Almitra Berry’s heart-felt answer when asked about educating children from diverse cultural and language backgrounds.
Dr. Berry has a strong message for educators and school system leaders who don’t understand that cultural differences can profoundly affect the quality of education these children experience…
“You have children with failing test scores. You have teachers who want to teach but aren’t given the freedom or allowed to use the tools and strategies they need. You have teachers leaving the profession in droves.
And you have tax-paying parents who are very dissatisfied with their children’s education but don’t know how to effect change.”
In other words, our education system has a crisis on its hands. And this crisis affects all of us, not just teachers and those in the educational establishment.
It’s a crisis we must address if we’re going to have an exceptional nation with school systems free of systemic oppression.
We need to take it to heart. We need to act on Dr. Berry’s message. It’s a message she’s deeply passionate about.
As an educator, speaker, and author, she focuses on the education of the most historically marginalized: culturally and linguistically diverse learners.
She has worked diligently for over 30 years to help marginalized learners, learners of color, of linguistic and cultural diversity in low-wealth urban school districts, experience higher academic achievements.
Dr. Berry is on a mission. A mission bigger than herself. A mission to change the conversation happening around the topics of education, equity, and intellectual emancipation for culturally and linguistically diverse learners.
But she can’t do it alone. So she’s looking for leaders to join her. Is that you?
If you’re nodding your head and saying “Yes!” as you read this, we invite you to subscribe and listen to The Educational Equity, Emancipation Podcast.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 153
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep 52: Empowerment Workshop: Cultivating Inclusion for Diverse Educators
In this episode, Dr. Berry takes you on a transformative journey towards equity and inclusivity in education. This summer Professional Learning Series is designed to empower parents, ca…
Ep 51: Empowering Schools: Bold Leadership, Parent Power for Equity
Join Dr. Almitra Berry as she shares powerful insights into empowering schools through bold leadership and harnessing the transformative force of parent power for achieving equity. Di…
Ep 50: Embrace Linguistic Diversity: Empower ELLs by Recognizing African AVE and Chicano English
Join Dr. Berry as she immerses us in the captivating realm of African American Vernacular and Chicano English. Prepare to uncover the fascinating truth behind the meticulously structure…
Ep 49: Equity Matters: Confronting Educational Disparities in K-12 Literacy Education
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry embarks on a transformative journey in education. As part of the summer Professional Learning Series, this episode focuses on the influence of racism …
Ep 48: Unleash Your Child's Potential: Empowering Success in Children & Adolescents of Color
In this powerful episode, Dr. Almitra Berry takes you on a transformative journey to unlock the full potential of children, with a special focus on children and adolescents of color. Jo…
Ep 47: Empower Your Child: Unveiling the Secrets to Educational Equity in Schools
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry delves into the concept of equity in K-12 education and its profound significance. Dr. Berry, a dedicated advocate for creating equity in schools, inv…
Ep 46: Intersectionality & Book Bans: Why Politicos Demonize Race, LGBTQ+ Identity, & the Cultures of Marginalized Peoples
In this episode, Dr. Berry sits down with educational technology entrepreneur Heather Wiederstein to discuss the intersectionality of Black and Brown communities, queer identity, book b…
Ep 45: Empowering Education: How the FCOE Promotes Equity and Inclusivity through their Teachers of Color Alliance for Educational Empowerment
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry sits down with Leslie Kelly, Program Coordinator with the Office of the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools in California, who supervises the Teac…
Ep 44: From Education to Empowerment: A Conversation on Equity and Success
In this episode, Dr. Berry sits down with Lakeisha Covert, an award-winning educator and YouTube personality known as "your destiny cheer captain." Covert is the founder of The Christma…
Ep. 43: Adolescent Mental Health: School-Based Support Before & During Crisis for Fragile Youth
In this episode, Dr. Berry tackles the critical topic of adolescent mental health. Joining the discussion are Jay Goyal, CEO of Alongside, a startup dedicated to addressing the youth me…
Ep 42: Challenging Bias and Hate in Schools: Insights from an Anti-Defamation League Associate Director of Education
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry interviews Rachel Sato, an associate director of education with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Sato shares how ADL works to implement school-wide d…
Ep 41: Empowering Black Children Through Cultural Education Based in Literacy
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry interviews Louie T. McClain II, founder of Melanin Origins, a global publishing company that specializes in children’s books about lesser-known Africa…
Ep 40: Exploring the Significance of Teachers in the Classroom and Addressing Math Trauma for Students of Color
In this episode, Dr. Berry and her guest, Dr. Kareem Moncree-Moffett discuss the significance of teachers in the classroom and how math is integrated into everyday life. The educators a…
Ep 39: Does the Group Mindset that Many Minorities Exhibit Impact their Ability to Succeed in this Society?
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry discusses the impact of systemic oppression and racism on success in society. She addresses a workshop participant’s question of whether the group min…
Ep 38: When did Books Become a Bigger Threat than Bullets?
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry discusses the frenzy around banning books in American schools while school shootings are happening once a week in America. She shares data on efforts …
Ep 37: Education not Incarceration: Justice System Encounters and Student Development
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry interviews Florence Avignon, founder and executive director of See Beyond Educational Consulting in Los Angeles, and former California Teacher of the …
Ep 36: What to do When Your District Doesn't Want Your Children of Color to Learn to Read
In this episode, Dr. Berry discusses the critical role of literacy in creating equity and freedom. She emphasizes the importance of teaching children to read and makes a connection betw…
Ep 35: I Was Engaged, but You See My Way of Learning as Inappropriate.
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry discusses student engagement and culture in education. She emphasizes the importance of understanding how students listen and show engagement, and how…
Ep 34: No! It is NEVER Okay for White People to Say the N-Word!
In this Episode, Dr. Almitra Berry discusses the history and impact of the N-word, a derogatory term used against Black people since the 18th century. She shares her personal experience…
Ep 33: More Attorney Generals Should Investigate School Police Like This One Did! Atrocious Data
In this episode, Dr. Almitra Berry highlights the issue of policing in schools and shares staggering statistics from a recent investigation by a State Attorney General's office. The inv…