Episode Details

Will Jawando is an attorney, an activist, a community leader, and a councilmember in Montgomery County, Maryland, a diverse community of more than one million residents. Called "the progressive leader we need" by the late congressman John Lewis, Jawando has worked with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senator Sherrod Brown, and President Barack Obama. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post and The Root and on BET.com, and his work has been featured in The New York Times and New York magazine and on NPR, NBC News, and MTV. He regularly appears on CNN, MSNBC and other media outlets.

Show Highlights

• The key for Ruckus Makers who want to cause good trouble in their school.
• Relationships with black men and boys have a superhuman power to combat structural racism and inequity.
• Policies, strategies and your role in creating more equitable schools.
• Knowing the difference between a Decision kid versus Destination kid to provide encouragement to call out their gifts.
• The 1% zone factors that are devastating black boys in this country..
• We all need these relationships to thrive.
• When you get smacked in the face when you're trying to do something good, don't give up.

"At the bottom of that totem pole were black men. Intentionality was put in to tell us in the world at large, who and what we are, which most of which was negative. We're still counteracting that. We all need to work to do that. But when you have the presence of engaged black men in the lives of black boys and men, I personally can attest that it has a superhuman power."

-Will Jawando

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• Buy Will's book: My Seven Black Fathers: A Young Activist's Memoir of Race, Family, and the Mentors Who Made Him Whole
• Speaker link: Will Jawando - Macmillan Speakers Bureau
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