The Feminine Pronoun Series: Poetry. Pedagogy. Justice. (No. 30)

Posted on December 31, 2016December 31, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

The tagline on my website for Feminine Pronoun Consultants, LLC is “Poetry. Pedagogy. Justice.” Those three powerful terms almost encompass my life/work philosophy. I say “almost” because Parenting is also a major part of my life’s work, as it were, and each of the terms inform each other and tak...

5 LESSONS TEACHERS CAN LEARN FROM THE LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER: #1. Writing & Speaking in Standard English is Not Proof of Intellect

Posted on November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

At a recent presentation, I talked about five lessons teachers could take from the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. In response to my assertion that the ability to speak or write in Standard English was not an indication of intellect, an audience member said the following: “Speaking and writing in stan...

The Feminine Pronoun Series No. 29: Old School #HipHop

Posted on November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

I come to writing very honestly. Not only was my mother (rest in peace) a writer, but my father is a well-known poet and is currently poet laureate of his home town of East St. Louis, Illinois. The first time my writing truly became public was in the 1990s as a signed hip-hop artist to […]

Feminine Pronoun Series No. 28: It’s Been Happening Since Ancient Greece

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

About this episode: Living in the aftermath of the Ferguson rebellion means that there is almost a never ending barrage of well-meaning attempts to “reconcile the community and the police.” When I heard of a New York production’s staged reading that was titled “Antigone and Ferguson,” (being perf...

The Feminine Pronoun Series N. 27: Teachers Will Save the World

Posted on September 21, 2016September 21, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

I work with perceptive school leaders who want their teachers to understand Diversity and Inclusion & seek the confidence and classroom results that knowledge produces. I was invited to talk with the dynamic faculty at the Times2 STEM Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. My presentation was follo...

Feminine Pronoun Series no. 26: #BLACKJOY

Posted on September 13, 2016September 13, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this episode I spend time at the Hawthorne School for Girls, Missouri’s only public all girls school. Then, I head to an advanced screening of BIRTH OF A NATION. I end at a wonderful event celebrating my dad’s forty years as poet laureate of East St. Louis, Illinois.

The TOP 5 Ways Faculty Can Support Student Activists

Posted on September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

You want to jump up and shout because the students on your campus or the individuals in your community are calling out structural bias and even protesting, organizing, and making real headway against it. Or you’re wondering what the hell is going on. Either way the young people need to be supp...

The Feminine Pronoun Series #25: Ferguson is Everywhere

Posted on August 26, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this episode I reflect on the impact of Michael Brown’s murder and the Ferguson Uprising on my social justice advocacy, my writing, my teaching and my parenting. An extra special thanks is owed to the ARTIVISTS and to Reverend Sekou and the Holy Ghost for the incredible song, “We Comin” that a...

Where Are the Brave White Teachers?

Posted on August 15, 2016February 3, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

This is a picture of my neighbor’s front yard. I’ve watched his yard decorations go from an empty flagpole, to a Confederate and U. S. flag accompanied by a lawn jockey, to the addition of Trump political signs, and then the addition of a Trump mailbox cover, to what you’re seeing now: whic...

The feminine Pronoun Series #24: The Winds They Are A’changing

Posted on August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

You may think this sounds all “woo woo,” but there is a spiritual shift in the universe. I think we all feel it. Even the violent images of black death to which we’ve been subjected, are harbingers of spiritual ills that need a strong medicine. In this episode I attend a retreat for women of […]...

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