Welcome to the Equity Drop podcast!
Explore the work of thought leader Caroline Hill, founder of 228 Accelerator. This podcast is a safe space for the hard conversations that must be had in order to solve problems rooted in systemic oppression and re-design for equity. Expect to learn, heal, and re-define what equity means to you.
EPISODES
Episode 1: How To Talk About Race, Equity, and Belonging in Schools
In this episode, Caroline Hill is joined by community organizer, educator, and racial equity consultant and coach, Miki Poy. The events of the last two years – the pandemic, the uprisings of 2020, and the murder of George Floyd — have made the question of how to talk about race, equity, and belonging in schools even more salient. Where is society and where is it going? Caroline argues that there’s another way to navigate the complexity of our new becoming, and thinks the conversation about accountability should move to one about reconciliation. Caroline and Miki discuss how conversations about race, equity, and belonging should have an “us and them” mentality instead of an “us versus them” mentality.
Episode 2: Healing While Black and White with Savanna Gress of Kindred Communities
In this episode, Caroline Hill is joined by Savannah Gress to talk about healing and where it belongs in public and private spaces. More specifically, they discuss what it means to be able to prioritize and elevate racial healing.
Caroline mentions a case study done between two of her clients called “Healing While Black and White”, where one black woman and one white woman tell the story of how they became each other’s “people”—experiencing a sense of belonging to one another. Their bond has created a becoming in their personal lives, as well the life of their shared organization.
Episode 3: Healing While Black and White with Lauren Overton of The School District of Philadelphia
In this episode, Caroline Hill interviews Lauren Overton, school leader for the School District of Philadelphia, on the big idea of feeling while Black and white. Lauren talks about her journey to school leadership, what it means to be a school leader right now, and what it was like going through both the pandemic and the racial uprising simultaneously. Caroline and Lauren discuss how to have conversations about the common broken heart, and then how to heal it.
Episode 4: Healing While Black and White with Andre Zarate, Founder of House of Legends
In this episode of The Equity Drop podcast, Caroline is joined by educator Andre Zarate. Andre is the founder of House of Legends, a school he’s currently developing that will be designed for the needs of queer students of color.
Caroline and Andre discuss healing spaces for teachers and students, and celebrate the spirit of healing. They talk about slowing down, the importance of remembering what brings us joy, and how healing spaces for students can’t be created unless educators are on healing journeys themselves. Healing spaces allow us to find our edges, explore what they can teach us about ourselves, and allow us to transcend boundaries of what is in order to explore what could be.
Episode 5: Independence, Equity & Bitcoin With Charlene Fadirepo, Bitcoin Advocate & Speaker
In this episode of The Equity Drop podcast, Caroline is joined by co-author of Bitcoin and the American Dream, Charlene Fadirepo, to unpack and explore the digital assets that are arising amidst a new digital world.
They discuss the granddaddy of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, highlighting why it's important and how it can be used as an agent for social change. Take a deep dive into the promises that Bitcoin may hold for social justice and equity.