S10E24 Julie Kratz and Simone Morris | Inclusion School Podcast
TTim VillegasApr 26, 2023 at 7:26 pm36min
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00:00Tim Villegas
From MCIE.
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00:03Tim Villegas
The connection between inclusive schools and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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00:16Tim Villegas
My name is Tim Villegas from the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education and you are listening to Think Inclusive, a show where with every conversation we tried to build bridges between families, educators, and disability rights advocates to create a shared understanding of inclusive education, and what inclusion looks like in the real world. You can learn more about who we are and what we do at mcie.org On this episode of Think Inclusive I speak with Simone Morris and Julie Kratz the hosts of the inclusion school podcast, Simone and Julie connected over social media in 2015, and decided to collaborate on a podcast to talk about the connection between inclusive schools in the DEI space. Here's what I cover with Simone and Julie in this episode, why diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are important in schools, some ways to show up and be allies with people who have been historically marginalized, and why it is important to talk about issues of racism, sexism, homophobia, and ableism. With children. Before we get into today's interview, I want to tell you about our sponsor together letters, argue losing touch with people in your life, but you don't want to be on social media all the time. Together letters is a tool that can help. It's a group email newsletter that asked its members for updates, and then combines them into a single newsletter for everyone. All you need is email. We are using together letters. So think inclusive, patrons can keep in touch with each other groups of 10 or less, are free. And you can sign up today at together letters.com. Thank you so much for listening. And now, my interview with Simone and Julie. Welcome to the podcast.
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02:10Simone Morris
Thank you, Tim. Thanks for having me.
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02:12Julie Kratz
Yeah, same excited to be here.
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02:13Tim Villegas
I had the privilege of being on the inclusion school podcast. And we had a fantastic discussion about inclusion schools, diversity, and we wanted to have Simone and Julianne to talk about the connection between inclusive schools and the DEI space. And so to get us started, will you and whoever wants to go first Simona. Julie, would you please introduce yourself to our audience of inclusiveness?
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