Black teacher wellness is not about individual endurance alone. It is shaped through spaces of care, connection, honesty, and community.
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From Community to Conversation: The Black Teacher Project Podcast
With the Black Teacher Project Podcast, we’re centering Black educators in honest conversations on teaching, power, and wellness, holding truth, complexity, and possibility.
Teaching Black History as World-Making: Dr. Jarvis Givens on Carter G. Woodson, Memory, and the Work of Black Teachers
What does it mean to teach Black history in a moment marked by backlash, erasure, and renewed struggle? And what does the 100-year journey of Black History Month ask of educators today? In this episode of the Black Teacher Project Podcast, Dr. Micia Mosely, Founder and Executive Director of BTP, is joined by Dr. Jarvis […]
Teaching Under Trump: Liberating Classrooms in an Authoritarian Era
What does it take to create classrooms of liberated learning in a time of compliance and control? In this episode of the Black Teacher Matters podcast titled, “ Teaching Under Trump: Liberating Classrooms in an Authoritarian Era”, host Abdel Shakur is joined by BTP’s Dr. Micia Mosely and together, they dig into the lineage of Black educators, […]
Hope and Fear in Education
Created by and for Black educators, the Black Teacher Project Podcast was launched as a dedicated space for teachers and leaders to speak truth, share stories, and imagine new possibilities for liberated learning. In our first episode titled, “Hope and Fear in Education,” Dr. Cecelia Gillam, Dr. Lena Hamilton, and Lisa Harton reflect on what it means to hold […]
In Community, We Heal. In Practice, We Rise. [VIDEO]
What does learning look like when culture, identity, and lived experience are centered? In Spring 2025, Black teachers across Oakland came together for our Cultivating Culturally Responsive Practices book study—a space to reflect, grow, and root their teaching in love, identity, and liberation. Grounded in Zaretta Hammond’s Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain, the six-session series offered […]
Dr. Micia Mosely’s Award Acceptance Speech, NEA Foundation’s 2025 Salute to Excellence in Education
The Twi word Sankofa, meaning “go back and get it,” guides everything we do at the Black Teacher Project. It reminds us that in the legacy of Black teachers lies a living truth: with courage and through community, we advance equity in the face of challenge. By returning to our roots, we move closer to liberation. At […]
EdUp Xcelerated Excellence Podcast Episode
What does liberated learning look like for Black teachers? In this powerful episode of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence, Dr. Micia Mosely, Founder & Director of Black Teacher Project, explores leadership, mentorship, and the importance of community in sustaining Black educators. Tune in!
NEA Foundation Stories from the Field: Every Child Deserves a Black Teacher
Black teachers are the lifeblood of educational resilience and transformative impact.” Black teachers inspire thriving, foster belonging, and equip students to reimagine the future. For Black students, they are life-changing mentors; for all students, they are architects of empathy and leadership. In this piece for the NEA Foundation, BTP’s Founder & Director, Micia Mosely, shares on how […]
Black Teacher Project’s 2023-2024 Impact Report
Each of our wellness-supporting workshops, community-driven gatherings, and leadership offerings during the 2023-2024 school year led to stories of growth and transformation. The Black Teacher Project’s Impact Report uplifts those moments. Dive into it to revisit them and explore how you can support our work creating even more spaces where Black teachers are seen, heard, and uplifted.