Louis with a degree in African and African American studies.Ģ007: Joined Teach for America (TFA), serving as a third-grade instructor at Martin Luther King, Jr. I was very proud of myself.”Ģ006: Graduated from Washington University in St. “I only held that high note at the very end one time in three performances. (Education Through Conversation) as an eighth grader at John Burroughs School, hosting biannual diversity symposia.Ģ001: Sang “Bless the Lord” in the school’s production of Godspell. My parents wanted me to understand the way of the world and to be clear-eyed about it.”ġ997: Started Diversity, Etc. “I was raised to be a race-conscious child. “That’s my mom’s hometown, so she was really ready to go.”ġ995: Protested the lack of a Black Santa Claus at the Saint Louis Galleria. Louis when her father was called to serve as pastor of Central Baptist Church. “I run toward these fights.”ġ985: Moved to St.
Guided by faith and fortitude, Packnett Cunningham has emerged as one of the most influential voices calling for racial justice and equity in this country. “I got from both of them a grassroots and grasstops understanding of what it means to drive change,” she says-lessons that have informed her own career as an educator, organizer, and activist. Louis Public Schools students with her social worker mother and sitting in on Black liberation theology classes taught by her father at Washington University. New episodes of the podcast are updated frequently.As a child, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, SOE/MAT ’09, often tagged along with her parents to work: visiting the homes of St. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand spoke about how the military addresses sexual assault.īrittany’s book, We Are Like Those Who Dream, is available this year. In a recent episode, Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw spoke about Critical Race Theory and explored why legislators attempt to stop schools from teaching it. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein recently spoke with Brittany about Jeff Bezos’s space trip, and if/how it improves life for us Earth-bound folks. Special guests join Brittany on many episodes. We got work to do, and we’re going to do it together, and we’re going to find our joy along the way. On the podcast’s website, she states: “Enough with the distractions, the noise, the billions of tweets. She completed fellowships at the Harvard Institute of Politics.īrittany’s podcast delves into trailblazers that are facilitating change in our modern society. This podcast, as stated on her site, is a “weekly guide to the revolution.” Brittany’s extensive background includes spending time with the White House Task Force on 21st Century Policing and the Ferguson Commission.
Through her work, Brittany is a voice for people interested in social justice and is a frontrunner rallying for change. Episodes share occurrences and modern issues in the world through the critical lenses of intersectional feminism, race, gender, and ability.
BRITTANY PACKNETT CUNNINGHAM UNDISTRACTED TV
Our host, Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an activist, educator, and TV commentator. The Meteor and Pineapple Street Studios present “Undistracted with Brittany Packnett Cunningham,” a news commentary podcast.
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