Dr. Jones is an educator by training, but she recognizes that schoolspaces can often be punitive and discriminatory, so she's teaching Black girls to advocate for themselves and their communities through culturally competent civic education.

Dr. Tawanna Jones
Dr. Tawanna Jones is Associate Director of the Urban Teaching Apprenticeship Program at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of the Philadelphia-based non profit We REIGN Inc. Before joining the Penn faculty, Dr. Jones worked in the Philly School District for over two decades as a special education teacher and school psychologist. She also led professional development workshops through the American Federation of Teachers, with a focus on instructional strategies and social emotional learning. 

Hosted by Avalon Hinchman

Avalon Hinchman is a student at the University of Pennsylvania studying medical anthropology, with minors in bioethics and Indigenous studies, and a Philly native. She's passionate about improving access to culturally competent care through community empowerment and centering Indigenous ways of knowing and doing, particularly at the intersection of reproductive health. Avalon aspires to a career that helps work to address the impacts of racism and colonialism on global healthcare systems.
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Zion by SalmonLikeTheFish (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/SalmonLikeTheFish/Music_for_the_Sleepy_Traveler/01_-_Zion/) licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
"President Obama Talks About My Brother's Keeper." YouTube, uploaded by The Obama White House, 30 May 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogTI2BaKHOA.
sh_Middle_School_Girls_Walla_Exterior by shall555 (https://freesound.org/people/shall555/sounds/140226/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Writing with pencil 1 by fthgurdy (https://freesound.org/people/fthgurdy/sounds/376704/)  licensed under CC BY 4.0.
"School Locker Opening and Closing." YouTube, EverydayCinematic Sounds, 26 April 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tXl8i-REJU.
Brushing Hair by lizanejordaan (https://freesound.org/people/lizanejordaan/sounds/325976/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Half second kitchen clock ticks by nightcustard (https://freesound.org/people/nightcustard/sounds/675679/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
kids crowd theatre 09 by TRP (https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/575264/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
door close by PostProdDog (https://freesound.org/people/PostProdDog/sounds/537824/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
2008-06-24 cooking by klankschap (https://freesound.org/people/klankschap/sounds/56185/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
School bell by deleted_user_7020630 (https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_7020630/sounds/378394/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.
S31-05 Fire burning with rumble without crackle by craigsmith (https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/675764/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.   
"Claudette Colvin: An Interview with the Civil Rights pioneer who helped end bus segregation in 1955." Youtube, uploaded by Bryan Knight, 27 February 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ykqfJvtnHM.
Knocking_09 by deleted_user_2104797 (https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_2104797/sounds/349293/) licensed under CC BY 4.0. 
key locking front door by whoopsadaisy (https://freesound.org/people/whoopsadaisy/sounds/674123/) licensed under CC BY 4.0.