Brainwaves Video Anthology
Julie Batten "Tapetum Lucidum"
Julie Batten is the founder of the Glass House Shelter Project, a grassroots organization that brings college reading & writing courses into homeless shelters. She teaches writing courses at Brandeis University, Salem State University...
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Geoff Page "Ah!"
Geoff Page grew up on the Clarence River in NSW and is based in Canberra. He has published twenty-five collections of poetry as well as two novels, five verse novels and several other works including anthologies, translations and a...
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Nancy Correa "Mother's Day"
Nancy Correa is a poet and visual artist. She graduated with a BFA with a minor in Design from Paier College. She is a Traditional Chinese herbalist focusing on nonhuman animals. She rescues nonhuman animal victims from stockyards,...
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Bill Holmes "Tempest Rising"
Bill Holmes is a Philadelphia poet whose lifetime goal has been to become a successful writer and author. He is the author of the chapbook Illuminations, the spoken word CD Asphyxiation, and the newly released full-length poetry book...
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Richard Blanco - Teachers Make a Difference - Ms. Husted
Richard Blanco’s mother, seven months pregnant, and the rest of the family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Forty-five days later, the family immigrated once more to New York City, and eventually settled in Miami....
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Attributes of Memorable Teachers: Positivity and Sense of Humor
The video features an individual reflecting on their past teachers who had a significant impact on their life. They identify two key attributes that stood out - positivity and a sense of humor. The speaker recalls their second-grade...
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Suzanne Nossel - Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All
Suzanne Nossel currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of PEN America, the leading human rights and free expression organization, and she is author of Dare to Speak: Defending Free Speech for All. Since joining in 2013, she has...
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Signe Myers Hovem - The Space in Between: An Empath's Field Guide
Are you highly sensitive? Empathetic? Empathic? An empath? Accepting and embodying your empathic nature is an intentional path towards balance and belonging to yourself. The path to authenticity is knowing who you are. The Space in...
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Marisa Badini - Teachers Make a Difference - Christina Cella
Marisa Badini is an English teacher and pedagogical advisor for teachers and students at Ottavo Circolo Primary School in Piacenza, Italy.
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Alicia Ostriker "Manahatta"
Alicia Ostriker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1937. Ostriker received a BA from Brandeis University in 1959 and an MA and PhD in literature, in 1961 and 1964 respectively, from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.She is the author...
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Roberto Carlos Garcia - Mixtape for City Kids from Dysfunctional but Happy Families, Kids Like Me
Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos Garcia is a self-described “sancocho […] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists.” Garcia is...
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Nancy Barile - Reading, Writing and Punk Rock
Nancy Barile is a National Board Certified Teacher, who has been teaching English Language Arts at a low-income, urban high school near Boston, MA for 22 years. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education at...
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Gratitude to Susan: A Mentor's Impact on Leadership Development
Cynthia Owyoung is vice president of inclusion, equity, and belonging at Robinhood, where she drives the company’s approach to enhancing its culture of diversity and inclusion. In this video, Cynthia deep gratitude to Susan Burnett, a...
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Teacher's Impact: A Kindergarten Connection That Lasts a Lifetime
Social Studies, English and Mathematics teacher Meghana Musunuri from Hyderabad, India, is an education futurist, philanthropist and a passionate and prolific entrepreneur. In this video, she shares a heartwarming story about the impact...
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Brian R. Little - Me, Myself and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being
Brian R. Little is a pioneer in the study of human personality and well being Professor Little has been a major innovator in the field of personality assessment and motivation and is the 2020 winner of the Henry A. Murray Award for...
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Elsa Elisabeth Jones - Diversity
Elsa Elisabeth Jones is a Child Development Specialist and Advocate with 34 years of broad-ranging experience. Ms. Jones is the Program Chair of Early Childhood Education and an Associate Professor at Post University. As an Independent...
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Adam F.C. Fletcher - The Practice of Youth Engagement
Adam F.C. Fletcher is a writer, speaker and focused on human engagement, education transformation, and social change. Exciting, educating, and empowering are some of the words people have used to describe Adam F.C. Fletcher. A specialist...
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Ama Mazama - "The Black's Lament" by Léon-Gontran Damas
Ama Mazama (aka Marie-Josée Cérol) is Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Programs of the Department of Africa American Studies at Temple University. She received her PhD with highest distinction from La Sorbonne Nouvelle,...
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Janel George - Critical Race Theory
Janel George is an Associate Professor of Law and the founding Director of the Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy (REELP) Clinic. Her clinical projects and research focus on the development and implementation of legislative...
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Gary Peller - What is Knowledge?
Gary Peller received his B.A. from Emory University and J.D. from Harvard University. After graduating from law school, where he served on the Harvard Law Review and won the Sears Prize, Professor Peller clerked for the Honorable Morris...
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Timothy B. Tyson - History: Storytelling in Print and Film
Timothy B. Tyson is senior research scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and adjunct professor of American Studies at the University of North Carolina. His most recent book, The Blood of Emmett Till , won the...
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Yohuru Williams "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall
Dr. Yohuru Williams is Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas. He received his Ph.D. from Howard University in 1998.He is the author...
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Teaching Resilience Through Langston Hughes' 'Mother to Son
This video features teacher Elizabeth Watts Bromery discussing how she used Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son" to teach her American literature students about resilience during the challenging times of the spring semester of 2021....
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Teacher Tribute: Making History Come to Life
Jessica Lander is a teacher, author, and advocate. In 2021, Jessica was a Top 50 Finalist, Global Teacher Prize, Varkey Foundation. In this video, Jessica highlights the profound impact a teacher had on her. Jessica credits this teacher...