Advocating for Black Educator Wellness with Asia Lyons

“I hope that you know that I believe you, the community of listeners believes you, and that's good enough.” Dr. Asia Lyons

Dr. Asia Lyons is the host of 'The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators' where she practices archival justice by sharing the stories of Black educators who have left the classroom. Her own journey to education and then out of the classroom led her work both on the podcast, and in creating intentional spaces of healing for Black educators. Dr. Lyons's work focuses on the less sexy, but often more important work of retaining Black educators. Recruitment is a crucial starting point, but if we can't create spaces of wellness for Black educators, retention will always be a challenge. Dr. Lyons encourages all of us to speak up on behalf of Black educators, to create spaces of healing, and to advocate for justice at least as loudly as the voices who aren't. 

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LINKS:

• The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators
• William A Smith - who coined the term Racial Battle Fatigue
• Taking Care and Moving Forward with Dr. LaShaune Stitt
• Boundaries, Burnout and Black educator Wellness with Josephine Ampaw-Greene
• S11E14 – What Was Lost: Noliwe Rooks on the Failures of Integration
• S10E15 – Rebuilding The Black Educator Pipeline with Sharif El-Mekki
• S10E14 – Jim Crow’s Pink Slip with Dr. Leslie Fenwick
• S11E8 – Gratitude and Validation: One Family’s Journey Through Integrated Schools
• S11E15 – Unearthing Joy: Gholdy Muhammad on Teaching with Love

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