Topics:  Education, Teaching , Gender Social Construct , Early Childhood Education Title :  Learning to teach about gender social constructs: A conversation in early childhood education Participants:   Cathi Miller,  Educator and ResearcherPublish Date: 12/ 27/2023 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Conversation Topics: What are the different perspectives on the meaning of gender? What are the societal roles of gender?  How is gender projected onto our bodies?  Is gendered language being marked when we say ” daughter and or son?” Why don’t we say “my child” instead of defining relationship through gender?  Does  Nahuatl mark gender in its language?  How does gender permeate our relationships with our loved ones? At what age do we learn the gender divide?  How  do you address gender professionally and personally?  How are babies and adults treated differently based on assumptions of gender? What is the relationship between the sex we are assigned at birth and our gender?  What is the role of teachers in  reinforcing  or  challenging gender?  What have we learned about this practice of education when addressing gender?   How do you explain gender as a social construct?  Is the division of gender unequal?  What are development appropriate practices in early childhood education? How do educators demonstrate their respect for every child? How can educators  find a balance between professional and personal responsibilities? Is the first Gender and Equity Childhood course in the country being taught in Santa Monica community college by Professor Cathi Miller?

Topics:  Education,  Teaching, Artificial General  Intelligence, AI, ChatGPT, Philosophy,  Anthropology Title : AI and Education: Wisdom to question the nature of education Participants:   Tony  Kashani Ph.D., Educator, Author, PhilosopherPublish Date: 09/ 13/2023 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org    Quote:               “In order for these new tools, very powerful potent tools to become a tool of education… you have to go and become the expert.  And then we [will] have those tools in our hand.” – Tony Kashani Conversation Topics: ·       How will Artificial General  Intelligence transform  our society? ·       How has AI affected the classroom? ·       What is  Artificial General Intelligence ( AGI)? ·       What is the application of AI to the field of Education? ·       What are the misunderstandings of  what AI means, is capable of doing and or cannot  do? ·       What  do the people that educate educators think about AI? ·       What are the three types of AI?  ( i.e., Generative AI, Image Generative AI (GAN), Reinforcement Learning AI) ·       Can AI address questions of digital divide and concerns of unequal control over the resource? ·       How does the conversation change if  we consider AI as a continuation of a long process of automating human labor? ·       What are the bases of our fears over AI? ·       In the age of AI, can teachers prepare students  to succeed in the society of their adult hood? ·       Is ChatGPT making students dumber? ·       How do  educators respond to the potential of AI to hurt students? ·       Can ChatGPT replace teachers? ·       “ The [AI] machines are not like humans. They do not have  emotional intelligence. They cannot build relationships  with students…  [Education] need[s] humans… We need human connection.  [human connection] is an absolute necessity for teaching and learning.” ·       “In order for these new tools, very powerful  potent tools to become a tool of education… you have to go and become the expert.  And  then we [ will]  have those tools in our hand.” – Tony Kashani ·       What are the possibilities for  transforming teaching if educators are in charge of AI? ·       What is the nature of  education? ·       Can machines ever replicate the capabilities of great human teachers? ·       Who  will  decide the future of education? ·       Is  AI able to transmit  wisdom? ·       Will people become dissatisfied with the system that depends on AI? ·       Who  holds the  keys to control  AI? ·       What are the ethical  questions concerning AI and education? ·       What is our educational  ikigai? ·       How do we embrace the absurdity of our existence?  

Topics:  Education, Inclusion,  teaching  and  teaching practices. Title : Someone Who Teaches: Education and Inclusion Participants:   Alejandra Publish Date: 02/01/2023 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Conversation Topics: Education updates? Revisiting a conversation on Education. What is the RICA exam in  teaching? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Instruction_Competence_Assessment Does passing the RICA exam  make us  better teachers and or help with job security? How is teacher in Cleveland Ohio different from teaching in Los  Angeles California? What does it mean to mentor teachers? What does inclusion mean in teaching  and or classroom formats? What  does it mean to be white passing in Cleveland  Ohio? What happens if you don’t “ clear “ your teaching   credential within five years? Why doesn’t Ohio accept the California teaching credential? What are signs of teacher burnout? How do you know when it  is necessary to exit the teaching profession? How  did the 2020 COVID pandemic  change the teaching practice? What does going back to “ normal” mean for teachers and students? What is remote learning? What do we do if we are part of a group that do not want things to go back to the way things were before the pandemic? “Inclusion is not program. It’s a way. Its and idea of  how you want  to build this culture .   It’s an understanding of how you are going  approach a student, and a family and staff. And  how you are  going to  support them to make a more inclusive classroom and then school and   community “ What do you think about when you hear the term inclusion? Is disability a social construct? Is inclusion about resources? What happens  when you  go to work , but you see the system as more complicated than “they” want you to see it? Why do teacher  leave the teaching  profession? How did the  2020  COVID pandemic change the teaching profession? What are the disabilities that are not visible? What is emotional disturbance? How do we reference our experiences in a dissociative form to critique ourselves? How do we  figure out how to be ourselves within a k-12 setting? What are the characteristics of a true educator? What does it mean to be someone who teaches, even when they don’t have an official  title of a teacher?

Topic:  Immigration  Detention Centers, Segment: Ending Immigration Detention Centers: Until all of us free none of us are free. Participants:  Hilda Cruz, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity                         Reverend  Jeffery Ryan , The Riverside Center for Spiritual Living Broadcast Air Date: 11/15/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: [email protected] Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics: -What is the relationship between the imprisonment of people and the subject of immigration? -What is the difference between an immigrant detention facility and general prison facilities? – Why are asylum seekers placed in detention centers? – The detention  facility in Adelanto  California  holds approximately 2,000 people. -The Adelanto  detention facility is a for profit facility that charges $120 a day for each person. -The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is funded  by public   federal  money and then DHS contracts with  private detention centers. – Do people in the detention centers have legal representation? -How does the non-visibility of detention centers facilitate their continual operation of violence? -How to we turn the hidden into the visible? -What are the alternatives to having people caged in detention centers? –  Will AB32 terminate the renewal of contracts of detention centers in California? -Will the Adelanto Detention Center  close with the passing of AB32? – What are the different systems that profit from manufacturing harm for people? -How do we create a just world where we truly feel safe? – We all have our own gifts as humans. – Why are people    held in  detention centers paid a 1 dollar a day for their work? – What is the nature of health care within detention centers? – How do  “instant noodle” soup companies  and telephone service providers benefit from the detention centers? – The bonds for release from detention centers can cost 30,000? – How does the pain being caused within the detention centers ripple out to our communities? – How do we envision a world that works for everyone? -Until all of us are free none of us are free.

Topics:  Hopi & Dine , Semiconductor design, STEM, Indigenous women in the semiconductor and computer science Title : Dine & Hopi Women: Semiconductor Weavers Participants:  Vanesha Honani  and Nicholas Rajen Publish Date: 09/07/2022 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Conversation Topics: What  does a  QA engineer do? What is the Fairchild plant project story? Native  and indigenous community were naturally engineers? What is the story of  Hopi women in  Semiconductor manufacturing? Who is Richard Feynman? Where is  California Indian Nations College? What is the relationship between semiconductor circuitry design and Navajo tapestry design? What are the different narratives about our respective communities? Have the STEM fields always been considered spaces for white men only? What is the story of indigenous women in the semiconductor and computer science field? How many Native Americans participate in coding? How do we incorporate our community traditions into our professional spaces? How  has  the  semiconductor shaped our current reality? What are the roles of  women in STEM? Women have been  left out of recognition  from the great discoveries? What is  Rosalind Franklin  relation to  discovery of  DNA Molecule? Emmy Noether mathematician What is role of the semiconductor in our lives? How did a Fairchild’s semiconductor factory end up in the Navajo reservation? What is the relationship between the Hopi weaving design and the final semiconductor design? How do we connect the history of  colonialism, Native communities,  and the Fairchild’s semiconductor factory  placement on a  reservation  to employ native women? Why did Hewlett Packard (HP) follow the Fairchild project of  establishing manufacturing plants Hopi and Navajo land? Why do we need to understand the history of  colonialism  to  understand  why the Fairchild semiconductor plant was built on a Native  American reservation? Were the semiconductor engineers inspired by the native American sand paintings? Why are the resources of Hopi and Navajo nations quantified and targeted by corporations? Did the semiconductor circuit design copy the Navajo rug design? When did the American Indian Movement take over the Fairchild semiconductor plant?

Topics:  Indigenous  Activisms,  Mesoamerica, Environmentalism, Land rights Title : Alianza Mesoamericana:  Voces Indígenas en  Defensa de  bosques  y Pueblos/  MesoAmerican Aliance: Indigenous Voices  in Defense of Forests and  People  ( Spanish and English audio) Participants:   Levi Sucre, Coordinador de  Alianza  Mesoamericana de Pueblos  y Bosques Publish Date:  03/01/2022 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Conversation Topics: Mesoamerican Aliance: Indigenous Voices in Defense of Forests and  People AMPB Como nace  la organizacion ( Alianza  Mesoamericana de Pueblos  y Bosques)? Autoridad y derechos indígenas de proteger sus territorios ¿Quién tiene derechos legales sobre   protección de territorios indígenas? ¿Cuándo los países marcaron territorios no consultaron a comunidades indígenas? Hay una defensa de la naturaleza desde la cosmovisión indígena. Derechos   humas incluye   el   derecho a una relación completa nuestro ambiente natural. ¿Porque intentan países y corporaciones separar la definición indígena de territorios ancestrales? El mapa de Mesoamérica nos muestra   que las comunidades indígenas estas donde los bosques se encuentran. Hay  iniciativas de producción alternatives porque las comunidades indígenas  son los primeros afectos por el cambio climático y poder defender los  bosques. Las comunidades indígenas en todo el mundo comparten las mismas amenazas. Cuál es la diferencia entre ver las comunidades indígenas actuales versus comunidad indígenas romantizadas.

Topics:   College Attendance, UC Berkeley,  First  Generation College Students, COVID and College Title : College and Community During COVID (a year later). Participants:  Zion Rodriguez Aceves Publish Date: 10/14/2021 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on: Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Conversation Topics: You can listen to the last  year’s conversation here:  Graduating During Covid-19 College and Schooling during time of COVID ( a year later). How did students prepare to enter college during the stress and uncertainty of a quarantine? What was your experience of first year of college, while online? Is going to college online similar to going away to college with everyone that you know? Are second-year college students attending college in-person for the first time, behind or delayed in building new communities? How  did the online format become an asset by getting the college curriculum  without having to leave the community of support behind? The online format allowed us to include our families into the class. What are the difficulties for technically second year-students, moving to college to attend in-person for their first year? How do we prepare to adjust to the shift from online to in-person college experiences? What happens  when the university treats you as a second-year student, but  it’s your first-year on campus? What are foundations acquired during the first year of college attendance? Figuring things out together. How is campus life different during  COVID? Do students wear masks on college campuses? How do teachers feel about being in class with so many students? Is there a college social life during COVID? What are the different college retention factors for students? Is UC Berkely a radical school? Are colleges open to hear from new voices?

Topic: Identification  Labels,  Race Deconstruction Participants: Daisy Ocampo, PhD, Historian Segment: D Report Broadcast Air Date: 10/11/2013 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive page: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending Discussion Points What happens when labels do not fit? Who is included in the Hispanic label? Is Hispanic the same a Latino? Why do people accept imposed categories of identification? When was the Hispanic label adopted by the US government? How do we people learn to become Hispanic? How do indigenous people challenge the Hispanic category?

Topics:  Sara Omi,  Embera,  eco-pedagogy,  environmental activism,  Coordinadora de Mujeres Líderes Territoriales de Mesoamérica Title : Conversación con Sara Omi: Mujeres indígenas y activismo ambiental de Mesoamérica Participants:    Sara Omi,  Coordinadora de Mujeres Líderes Territoriales de Mesoamérica Publish Date: 09/15/21 Homepage : http://www.dreport.org Also available on:  RadioPublic, Spotify, Soundclound Temas de Conversación: Conversation Topics: ¿Como nace la coordinación de mujeres lideres territoriales de Mesoamérica? Alianza de pueblos y bosques Las voces de mujeres son necesarias dentro del dialogo e protección Ambiental local e internacional ¿Cuáles temas se introducen al poner las voces de mujeres dentro del movimiento de protección al medio ambiente? Mujeres indígenas son afectadas con mayor impacto por cambio climático. ¿Comunidades indígenas son romantizadas por el estado, pero no necesariamente políticamente respetadas? Las comunidades indígenas tienen soluciones para combatir los riesgos al cambio climático. Las mujeres indígenas continúan la lucha para ser reconocidas en contexto local e internacional ¿Eco pedagogía incluí las voces indígenas? Cuáles son los programas implementados por comunidades indígenas para salvar el planeta. Women maintain the cultural knowledge such as medicine and  land  management as best practices to build a healthy  planet for everyone (including non-indigenous). The COVID pandemic caused the loss of any elders with great cultural knowledge that needs to be recovered and protected. Recover the lost forests by planting trees to preserve our cosmovision. Se busca alianza con hermanas y hermanos indígenas en las Américas y mundo. Sin las comunidades indígenas no se pueden avanzar las soluciones ante daño climático.

Topic:  Chicana Studies, Central America, Participants: Iris Ramirez,  Ph.D. student in Chicana Studies  UCLA Broadcast Air Date: 10/18/19 Time: 5:15 PM (PST) Station: KUCR 88.3 FM Riverside, CA KUCR station page: http://www.kucr.org Archive pages: https://soundcloud.com/stoppretending, http://www.dreport.org Send comments about this segment to: [email protected] Segment produced in KUCR, the radio station of the University California in Riverside. Disclaimer: The views expressed are the sole responsibility of the respective speakers and do not represent the endorsed position of the UC Regents, UC Riverside or KUCR. Discussion Topics:– How do we tell our own stories? – Do Central America issues fit in a Chicana Studies program? – What are the multiple roads to college? -Why  does the research literature stereotype immigrant families as   non-education   focused, when almost all immigrant family stress the  importance of education? -What is the imposter syndrome? – The unaccompanied youth   migrating from Central American want to go to  college? –  How de we talk about  Central America differently from the way talk about Mexico? – Does the United  States  have a focus on Latinadad that  is Mexico-centric? – When did the United States invade Central  America? – What is the location of the three Mexicos? – What is Chicanismo? – Is Chicana Studies open to studies focusing on Central America? – What are the national forms of hegemony within Chicana studies? – When did the conversation regarding Central American first enter our families? – Does the United States assume every  brown person is  Mexican? -What is the relationship between US intervention in Central America and the exodus of people  from Central America to the US. -How do we prepare for the politics of spaces? – What is the relationship between anti-Central American rhetoric and anti-immigrant  rhetoric? – What are the mechanisms of solidarity?