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 13: How to Stop a Racist in One Simple Step
The fourth car in the DEI train…
What is it? How do we leverage it in our work as equity warriors. And why does Dr. Berry spend so much time and effort focusing on it instead of other eq…
Ep 12: The Four "I"s of Oppression
If you'd like to have Dr. Berry speak at your conference or event, email her at [email protected].
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Ep 11 : The Sunken Place
Do you find yourself trapped in the sunken place? Tired of being oppressed by white hosts? Dr. Berry will help you escape this trance-like state and embrace your individuality. Tune in!
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Ep 10: The Four Tiers of Racism
Race... Racist... Racism...
What is Racism? From wiki: The belief that different races possess distinct characteristics, abilities, or qualities, especially so as to distinguish them as …
Ep 9: Trauma, Inequity & Overcoming: Dr. Berry Shares Her Powerful Story! Special Episode with Guerrilla Marketing Expert, Wendy Stevens
Here's another episode of the Education, Equity, Emancipation Podcast. Today, I am with Coach Wendy Stevens, a renowned Guerrilla Marketing expert. Wendy has coached and trained more th…
Ep 8 : The Black Kid's Tattoo
Recently, a white male high school teacher asked some very insensitive questions to a black student about her tattoos. She was the only black student in the class. This was an embarrass…
Ep 7 : What the Fuck is Woke
Woke…Woke this. Woke that. We hear the term work all the time. But what is it? Is it being misused to inaccurately label things that our children actually need to be taught? Dr. Berry d…
Ep 6 : Recruiting & Retaining Teachers of Color
What if…
None of the people you encounter on a daily basis look like you?
All of your authority figures were of another race?
The images in the media of people who share your race are disp…
Ep 5 : Confronting & Teaching Hard History
Despite the title, today’s topic is a fun one! It includes an intriguing, thought-provoking quote from Mark Twain on history and prejudice. Dr. Berry also discusses a lesson from a rece…
Ep 4 : The Equity Indicators
Have you ever wondered, “Am I really doing what is equitable?” or “Am I speaking, teaching, leading with an equity mindset?” If you ask yourself questions like this, you’re not alone.
Bu…
Ep 3: Prison of I
Recently, Dr. Berry read a quote that resonated with her in such a deep way that she read it over and over. It made her think about the behaviors we have to work through and master if w…
Ep 2: Slave Auction in the Locker Room
In today’s episode, Dr. Berry talks about a shocking, appalling video she saw recently: a mock slave auction of black team members in a northern California high school football locker r…
Ep 1: Examining Our Own Systems Through The Lens of Equity
Hey there, my equity warriors, I am so glad that we could come together today. Since this is our first gathering, let's get to know each other, shall we? I want you to gather around bla…