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This past year has certainly brought us some unique challenges, but it’s also introduced us to some wonderful new members. The Education Equity Center of STL recently launched their Anti-Racist Educators for Systems Change fellowship program + a few of their fellows shared with us their hopes for the education system in STL and what inspires them to work towards change. Check out the Nebula blog to learn more!

A Look into The Education Equity Center of St. Louis’ 2021 Anti-Racist Educators for Systems Change Fellowship Nebula members The Education Equity Center of St. Louis recently kicked off their 2021 Anti-Racist Educators for Systems Change fellowship program + we wanted to highlight the 10 fellows chosen to participate in the program as well as the amazing team at Education Equity Center! They may be a young....

Who is ready for Cherokee Street Trashy Hour this afternoon?! Meet us at The Fortune Teller Bar at 4:00PM to kick off our street cleaning walk along Cherokee Street + then we'll meet back at FTB for drinks!

“My assistant and I were putting together this podcast episode about positive vaccination stories. I asked her to reach out to people we interviewed months ago who had long-term COVID effects. We wanted to see how they are doing, and, if they’ve been vaccinated, have they seen any improvements with their symptoms. So my assistant had a difficult conversation with one woman because the lady isn’t doing better — she’s doing worse than when we first spoke with her. My assistant said, ‘I’m really worried. I’ve been affected by the interview because this person is not doing well and I feel bad about even having asked how she was doing because there’s nothing we can do for her to alleviate her symptoms.’

I dealt with a similar thing when I used to report on refugees when I was in Central America. A lot of time, they come to you as the journalist and have outsized expectations about what speaking to you will mean for them individually. That can be difficult work because you want to have a story to tell so you have to have people talk to you. But you also have to walk this line to have them understand, ‘I’m not the U.S. government. I’m not a fairy godfather who shows up and gets you across the border or fixes your COVID symptoms.’ So I have to stay far enough apart from the people I interview to do my job, but at the same time, I have to approach what they’re going through with empathy and compassion and be respectful of their situations.” (2/2)

Zach Dyer, Senior Producer with Just Human Productions

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