Democracy & Me
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An education outreach project from Cincinnati Public Radio (@917WVXU) and the Charles H. Dater Foundation. Resources & conversation for students & teachers.
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Joined October 2019
"HS seniors, you got this. Know that someone is rooting for you. You're going to change the world.".Check out this 🔥 pep talk from @XavierU student Alanee Wright, then share your own #graduation2022 wisdom via the @917wvxu app Talk2Us. #WVXUCongrats22 .
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They say "The tassle's worth the hassle," but dang... for this year's graduating seniors, teens who've been living with COVID-19 since they were sophomores, the struggle has been real. Class of 2022,...
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Our Student Voices Competition is officially here! .Click below for your chance to win a $1,000 prize for the best essay & more!. Open to area high school students and supported by The Charles H. Dater Foundation. Deadline to sumit- 3/24/23 11:59pm EST:.
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Local students and their teachers have a chance to win cash prizes as our annual competition returns. Using the contest prompt, students are encouraged to author an essay, or, submit multimedia work....
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Our Student Voices Competition is officially here! .Click below for your chance to win a $1,000 prize for the best essay & more!. Open to area high school students and supported by The Charles H. Dater Foundation. Deadline to sumit- 3/24/23 11:59pm EST:.
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Local students and their teachers have a chance to win cash prizes as our annual competition returns. Using the contest prompt, students are encouraged to author an essay, or, submit multimedia work....
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Our Student Voices Competition is officially here! .Click below for your chance to win a $1,000 prize for the best essay & more!. Open to area high school students and supported by The Charles H. Dater Foundation. Deadline to sumit- 3/24/23 11:59pm EST:.
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Local students and their teachers have a chance to win cash prizes as our annual competition returns. Using the contest prompt, students are encouraged to author an essay, or, submit multimedia work....
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“Uh Oh, They’re Following Us” The Fear of Driving While Black in America. @DrDavidChilds, D.D., Ph.D. has more:
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Dr. David Childs, D.D., Ph.D.Northern Kentucky UniversityBlack History month is a time of the year to uncover and highlight some of the of the history that has been hidden or lost in the annals of...
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“Uh Oh, They’re Following Us” The Fear of Driving While Black in America. @DrDavidChilds, D.D., Ph.D. has more:
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Dr. David Childs, D.D., Ph.D.Northern Kentucky UniversityBlack History month is a time of the year to uncover and highlight some of the of the history that has been hidden or lost in the annals of...
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Our Student Voices Competition is officially here! .Click below for your chance to win a $1,000 prize for the best essay & more!. Open to area high school students and supported by The Charles H. Dater Foundation. Deadline to sumit- 3/24/23 11:59pm EST:.
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Local students and their teachers have a chance to win cash prizes as our annual competition returns. Using the contest prompt, students are encouraged to author an essay, or, submit multimedia work....
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Congratulations to Kamea Hollandsworth from Elevated Excellence Sports Academy! She is the winner of our @DemocracyAndMe MLK Day Speech Competition. Tune in this evening to hear her speech.
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Students in grades 5-8 at Elevated Excellence Academy participated in the inaugural Martin Luther King speech competition, sponsored by the Charles H. Dater Foundation. Students were asked to use Dr....
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Such a great time was had at Elevated Excellence Sports Academy Wednesday!.Students presented their speeches for our Democracy & Me MLK Day Speech Competition. The winner, Kamea Hollandsworth, won $200 and will share her speech on air, Monday evening.
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Hypothetical: You've been Tweeting for your job--say, running social accounts for an educational public media program--and you're now leaving that role. You love/hate being on Twitter, want to stay informed and engaged, but know it's a reason you're burned out. Do you. ?.
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RT @917wvxu: "We are here to show them we support diversity in our school district. We are here to show them we won't just sit down and let….
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"We are here, all of us, to show them that we support diversity in our school district," student Johnny Wettengel said. "We are here to show them that we won't just sit down and let them cancel...
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We had a blast seeing SCHOOL GIRLS @CincyPlay with @TanaWeingartner, @katiequery, students and friends from @Elementzhiphop—and now we want to revisit our podcast episode dealing with #colorism. Beneath the laughs, these beauty themes run deep.
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Straight-up racism is bad enough—but for many of us, colorism cuts even deeper. Maybe we were born with skin tones darker or lighter than those around us, making it hard to fit in, feel beautiful, or...
A big thanks to @DemocracyAndMe for organizing a group trip to @CincyPlay for "School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play." It's so good - a must see! Actress Burgess Byrd stole the show for me.
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“How can I argue with someone about rocket science when I don’t even know basic physics? Admit you don’t know. Have some intellectual humility.” - @DrDavidChilds, explaining what #CriticalRaceTheory is not
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“In order for us to have a conversation in a democratic society, we have to come to the table with certain knowledge,” @DrDavidChilds says. “There’s no substitute for doing the homework and doing the readings.” #crt
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Recording some of this year’s Student Voices Competition honorees today at @917wvxu studios—you’ll be hearing these powerful essays, poems and more on a future episode of Democracy & Z.
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Tonight! Our own @DrDavidChilds of @nkucoe brings history, clarity and sanity to the debate over #CriticalRaceTheory #CRT in education, 6 p.m. reception, 6:30 program at the @mercantilelib. More on the D&Me blog: @917wvxu.
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Critical Race Theory and Education Talk at the Mercantile LibraryThursday May 12, 2022, 6 pm reception/6:30 pm program.There has been increasing legislation across the country challenging how...
Join Dr. David Childs for a discussion on Understanding Critical Race Theory & Education on May 12 at the Mercantile Library. For more information and registration, visit .
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Hot pod alert: Cuddle up in a sleeping bag and give our special PodCamp episode a listen. @917wvxu @Elementzhiphop @cetconnect @npr_ed #StudentVoice .
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"I hope that everyone can see the immense, destructive impact of racial hate.”.“Our dreams were honesty, freedom, justice…”.“I was told sexism is over. That is a lie.”.Amidst a pandemic of #misinformation, students bore witness to truth. @917wvxu .
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"I joined D&Me because I love having my voice heard." .- Joyeuse Muhorakeye of @AikenNew.Thanks to @cincyfilm students Jayla, Cameron and crew for telling our story, plus @fourthwallcincy, @aoropo, and @917wvxu staff for supporting these young voices.
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RT @becca_costello: I'm at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati, where several groups are holding a protest in response to the leak….
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