The Feminine Pronoun Series No. 31: New Year. New You.

Posted on January 11, 2017January 11, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this video I get a super cute (if I do say so myself:) updated do at Salon Satreice and then I work on an upcoming performance with Rodney Smith, owner of the Palomino Lounge. 2017 is starting off looking AND sounding good! Here’s a bit more about my business: I offer two services: 1) […]...

5 LESSONS TEACHERS CAN LEARN FROM THE LIFE OF FANNIE LOU HAMER: #2.The Students Are Not Empty Vessels

Posted on January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 by treasureshieldsredmond

One of my favorite photos of Fannie Lou Hamer is one of her in front of a mass meeting teaching freedom songs. Mrs. Hamer came from a spiritual tradition that included countless songs. Some of them can be heard on the album Songs My Mother Taught Me, and I often devote a portion of my interactiv...

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...

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 #23: These Are the Times That Try Women’s Souls

Posted on August 5, 2016August 5, 2016 by treasureshieldsredmond

In this week’s vlog I watched the democratic convention and spent time with the Hurston Hughes Scholars. HHS is a self organized group of black parents and teachers who read black literature and invite guests like me and fellow poet Cheeraz Gormon to share our work with them. Coincidentally, I wa...

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