PODCAST
Get In The Cipher hosted by Kristyna Jones offers a unique take on what is happening in the education of our children and the care of our communities. The goal of this podcast is co-conspiring to connect community and culture. Done with humor, intelligence, and a little pop culture, broadcast from Kris’ forever home, New Orleans.
Get In The Cipher Epi. 1: Kelly Harris DeBerry
Rapper Jadakiss said, "you wanna hide something from a N put it in a book". We know that folks who read regularly in these United States continues to decline. In this episode we will talk with author and poet Kelly Harris about her journey to writing, raising a voracious reader, and what she thinks we need to help young people grow in literacy and love of the word.
Get In The Cipher Epi. 2: Live From The Community Book Center
Episode 2 Features Dr Jeff Benjamin and Dr. Brian Turner. Friends, Colleagues, and co-hosts of the bi-weekly show, Brothers with Degree, Benjamin and Turner. As professors at Dillard and Xavier Universities respectively, they use their professional and personal efforts to expand the educational trajectory of students with a focus on black men.
Get In The Cipher Epi. 3: Hey Young [Man] the World is Yours
Episode 3 Features Dr Jeff Benjamin and Dr. Brian Turner. Friends, Colleagues, and co-hosts of the bi-weekly show, Brothers with Degree, Benjamin and Turner. As professors at Dillard and Xavier Universities respectively, they use their professional and personal efforts to expand the educational trajectory of students with a focus on black men.
Get In The Cipher Epi. 4:
2X Dope
Episode 4 features Troy Glover and Patrick Young. Troy is the Executive Director of the Center for Employment Opportunity and Pat is the Director of the Mayor’s Office for Gun Violence Prevention and the Founder and Executive Director of SHARP MEN. Both of them have overcome obstacles to success themselves-- interaction with the penal system, becoming fathers early, and fighting against the perception folks of all creeds have when it comes to black male leaders who are” proximate to the issues” they tackle.
PRESS
WDSU NEWS
Making a Difference: Project aiming to change face of educators
in New Orleans
NOLA.COM
New Orleans program aims to create more pathways to classrooms for black teachers, especially men
NOLA.COM
How ReFresh Project, a post-Katrina milestone, built a healthy food hub, including Whole Foods
TODAY SHOW