Running Through Rivers

Powers Through… is now Running Through Rivers! Welcome in! I hope you feel seen and that I can offer you a safe place to land. Follow me on socials: @shannonbrivers on IG and @shannonbrivers or @_shannonrivers on TikTok. You can find me on LinkedIn or email shannon@src-cic.org.uk

Powers Through... Child Literacy: Books as Mirrors, Windows, & Sliding Glass Doors

In this episode, I am in conversation with Keisha Siriboe, PhD. Dr Siriboe is a globally respected scholar. Earlier this year, she launched her own literacy consulantcy called Dr Keisha Cares. Dr Keisha Cares specialises in strengthening parent-child relationships through enjoyable read aloud and meaningful play. Through her Tedx Talks, international leadership, and early childhood research within China, Hong Kong, and the United States, she brings a diverse and unique perspective to her work within literacy education.

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Dr. Keisha Siriboe is an international public speaker with a fierce commitment to literacy education and student agency. She is the first African-American to graduate with a MA degree from Beijing Normal University in Beijing, China, and a Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Siriboe is a globally respected scholar with several academic awards to her name. She serves in leadership capacities within the American Education Research Association (AERA) and with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Education 2030 Project. Professionally, she worked as the Director of Programming and Content for Reading Is Fundamental in Washington, DC. In 2020, she launched her own literacy consulting service, Dr. Keisha Cares, specializing in strengthening parent-child relationships through enjoyable reading aloud and meaningful play.

You can follow Dr Keisha on IG, FB, Twitter, and YouTube on @DrKeishaCares. You can set up an appointment for her curation service by going to drkeishacares.com.

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Welcome to Powers Through.

 

A podcast for marginalized women to come together to learn, to listen, and to explore our lives at our particular intersection of womanness and everything else we are seen as in society. 

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Today, I am in conversation with Cindy Montoto of Your Little Dove. Cindy is a mother to Leo and lives in Idaho with her husband, Austin. She is of Afro-Cuban descent and opened her shop Your Little Dove after some tragedy in her life, which she shares about within this episode. This episode focuses on operating business during a global pandemic and our current revolution. We discuss everything from June’s Black Out Tuesday to the BLM movement and COVID’s effect on business. Cindy offers some advice to our listeners who may want to start their own business. We meander through the conversation like the old friends we are. This is two mothers of color walking through the past few months together.

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You can contact Cindy for business consultancy at hello@yourlittledove.com. Follow Cindy on Instagram @yourlittledove_ and join the YLD Flock on Facebook.

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In this episode, I am in conversation with Tianna Jarrett-Williams of Tianna J Williams Photography. We discuss all things racism - including the differences and similarities between racism in the US vs the UK. We also talk about Anti-Blackness in the Black Community, photography, and even soul food. This conversation is between two mothers, speaking candidly and openly. There are some baby cries in the background.

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Tianna is a Black female photographer based in Birmingham, UK. She specialises in maternity and newborn photography. Tianna desires to create culturally diverse photographs of women during pregnancy and motherhood. Tianna is regularly embroiled in discussions that center race and racism, particularly online and in various community groups, both in photography and personal groups to share experiences of racism in the UK and to challenge prejudices and longstanding stereotypes about people of colour. Tianna lives with her partner who is a nurse specialist and her two children aged 4 and 2 years. You can connect with Tianna on Instagram @tiannajwilliamsphotography or by visiting her website https://tiannajwilliamsphotography.co.uk. 

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In this episode, I am in conversation with Beth Godbolt of Birthside Doula (instagram.com/birthside_doula). We talk about how parenthood led her to using her voice more, why activism is important, and the United Stand in Richmond, UK, that she helped to organize. This conversation is two mothers speaking openly and candidly. There is some swearing and baby cries in the background. 

Welcome to Powers Through...

This intro tells you what the show is about and a little about your host Shannon Powers.