Counter Voices

Podcast 13 Part 4: Autocracy or Democracy: Time to Choose deals with the role of education in a democracy, marginally educated citizens, opportunities of worth, “Me Monster” narcissism, geopolitical implications and keeping hope alive.

Podcast 12 Part 3: Autocracy or Democracy: Time to Choose deals with validating the truth versus conspiracy theories, hate metaphors, misinformation, radical acceptance of truth and the multigenerational trauma an autocracy leaves behind.

Podcast 11 Part 2 Autocracy or Democracy: Time to Choose provides references focusing on the evolution of autocrats, regional autocracies, loss of identity as a grievance and how to mentor and defend Democracy.

Part 1 Autocracy or Democracy: Time to Choose provides the history and 20 major traits of an autocrat and autocracy and its ominous threat to American Democracy.

This PODCAST deals with Athletics as a social-cultural construct and connections to History, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Citizenship and Democracy.

PODCAST 8 deals with DE&I in the workplace via research and trends by corporations, businesses and educational institutions.

Episode 7 Presents the poem “I Give You Back” by Joy Harjo 23rd US Poet Laureate on ‘engineered fear’ used to victimize and control. The poem is Joy Harjo’s anthem to what she describes as confronting the ‘fear monster.’

EPISODE 6 PART II deals with school boards and parent groups politicizing and radicalizing learning about diversity, inclusivity, equity and thereby the basic tenets of citizenship and Democracy.

EPISODE 5 PART I deals with questions parents and teachers are asking about teaching diversity - “Why, when, how and by whom should children begin to learn about diversity, inclusivity, equity connected to citizenship and democracy? ”

Counter~Voices focuses on Diversity as it applies to history, justice, inclusivity and equity. EPISODE 4 provides strategies for discussing Diversity without apprehension and fear. Host: Gloria Lopata Prosperi & Jorge Prosperi.