AUBRY: WELCOME BACK.
HOW DO WE RESPOND TO TO THE
CHALLENGING TIMES WE LIVE IN?
JOINING US TO DISCUSS HOW YOU
CAN MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD IS DR.
KIMBERLY CHANDLER.
GOOD MORNING.
BIG EVENT GOING ON.
IT INVOLVES ALL SORTS OF SCHOOLS
THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON.
THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY
OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE HAD TO
COME TOGETHER.
IT IS CALLED "TEACHING NOLA."
AUBRY: WHAT WILL THE STUDENTS BE
LEARNING?
IT IS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT
GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY.
>> EXACTLY.
THIS EVENT COMES OUT OF THE
SPIRIT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT AND THE TEACHINGS OF
THAT TIME.
THE FIRST TIME IT WAS RECORDED
THERE WAS THAT TEACHING WAS
DURING VIETNAM.
IT IS A FORM OF CIVIL PROTEST.
IT COMES OUT OF EDUCATING OUR
POPULACE AND MAKING AN AWARENESS
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT MAY BE DACA.
IT MAY BE GERRYMANDERING.
IT MAY BE THE ISSUES AROUND
VOTING.
IT I FACULTY-LED IN THAT WE ARE
USING OUR FORM OF PROTEST, WHICH
IS EDUCATION, TO PROMOTE
AWARENESS, EDUCATION, TO NOT
ONLY OUR STUDENTS BUT OUR
COMMUNITY.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES IT VERY
UNIQUE.
OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND
COMMUNITY ARE COMING TOGETHER TO
BE EDUCATED ON PARTICULAR TOPICS
RELEVANT TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN
OUR COUNTRY TODAY.
AUBRY: THOSE TOPICS INCLUDE
EVERYTHING FROM PROTESTING,
KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS, HANDLING
POLICE SITUATIONS.
IT WILL BE STUDENTS FROM
MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES.
>> THIS IS WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT
THIS.
THIS TEACHING IS A CITYWIDE
EFFORT.
MOST OF THE UNIVERSITIES ARE
GOING TO BE PART OF IT.
IT IS FIVE UNIVERSITIES, ALL ON
EACH CAMPUS, SAME DAY, SAME
TIME.
OCTOBER 23, 6:00 TO 8:00, ENDING
THE EVENT ON THE 26TH AT 6:00
P.M.
WE ARE DOING IT ON THE SAME DAYS
AND THE SAME TIME TO SHOW
SOLIDARITY IN THIS PARTICULAR
EVENT BUT ALSO TO RAISE
AWARENESS THAT WE, AS FACULTY,
ARE ALL UNIFIED IN THIS EFFORT.
AUBRY: THE BEST PART IS IT IS
FREE, CORRECT?
>> OH, YES.
EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE.
WINK, WINK.
AUBRY: WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE
LEARNING, WHAT WILL BE IN YOUR
HEART WRAPPING UP?
>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND
CONTINUE TO PUSH IS, IT IS
INTERESTING IN OUR COUNTRY.
SOMETHING HAPPENED IN OUR
COUNTRY.
WE BELIEVE THE POWER IS IN THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE OR THE WHITE
HOUSE.
BUT IN A DEMOCRACY, THE POWER IS
IN THE PEOPLE.
IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO BELIEVE
THEY HAVE THAT POWER, THEY MUST
BE EDUCATED.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF WAYS TO
PROTEST.
YOU MAY TAKE A KNEE.
YOU MAY WALK IN THE STREETS.
FOR EDUCATORS WHO HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES, WHETHER
IT WAS CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM,
WHATEVER THOSE PROTESTS FOR
MOMENTS WERE IN SOCIAL JUSTICE,
WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS.
ONCE THOSE FOLKS GETTING OFFICE,
YOUR POWER IS ENSURING THAT
WHATEVER YOU SENT THEM TO DO,
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MONITOR WHAT
THEY DO BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY WILL DO.
OUR FORM OF PROTEST IS AN
AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.
WE WANT YOU TO BE READY AND HAVE