Fare Of The Free Child

My initial motivation for inviting Tia Cunningham to the show was that she is an unschooler based in Charlotte NC who connected locally with another unschooler from the show, Yanira Castro from episode 5 titled SDE Communities. They posted a picture on Facebook of their newly formed unschooling group for Black and Brown folks, and they were connected with some other folks, shout out to Zuli who hipped Tia to Yanira!    Anyway, that was my initial excitement. Then I found out that Tia has a form of blood cancer and that she doesn’t let that and all the work that comes with that, stop her from raising free people. Her way of managing her household and her self, including her cancer, are part of how Tia lives out the liberation she believes in. She is my tribe for sure, and I couldn’t be more pleased to bring you this episode.   Let me tell you, too, we goin’ IN on dis thang… Part of how Tia manages her pain is through cannabis, so we talk about that. We also talk about how many doctors and other medical profes

In this episode, we come real plain with it. I’m happy to offer up this dialogue where one return guest and one new one are brave enough and human enough to nurture safe space with me. Anthony Galloway was on episode 19. He is one of the founders of Heartwood Agile Learning Center in Clarkston, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. He’s a graduate of Morehouse College, a believer in nurturing learning, and a longtime educator/facilitator.   Anthony is joined by one of the Heartwood ALC co-founders, Julia Cordero. Julia has been in education for more than 20 years, in private schools, at a public access TV station directing a youth program for teens, And in this episode, she is helping to nurture safe space by offering up some real candor around her own baggage and biases, and talking about her willingness to face them, and to do something about the lack of Black and Brown faces at Heartwood ALC, including on their board and on their staff.  #POCinSDESupport the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at pat

New Patron, Amy Carpenter asks: How can white unschooling families best support and make space for Black unschooling families without being intrusive? She is a white unschooler who has been in communities where she wanted to do more for people of color in Self-Directed Education, but wasn't sure how to go about doing that. I address that issue with responses and recommendations.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

25-year-old wife and mama, Moya Kelly, and I have this beautiful intergenerational conversation around mothering and deschooling ourselves, and giving our children room to guide us. Part I is about self-mothering, mostly, and part 2 goes into the focus on education and what real learning can look like for a younger child (her son, Jordan is 2), including the ways that daycare or preschool can hinder learning.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

On this episode, Atlanta-based wellness entrepreneur, Chante’ Smith, talks about how she and her partner facilitate multiple learning paths within their household. Their children, Chloe (11), S'vaan (9), and Sekou (4) are teaching the adults in their home exactly what they need to thrive. We also talk about early diagnosis of Asperger’s, learning to trust ourselves and children, and practicing self-mothering.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

Black parents know the confidence and strong sense of autonomy that we work toward as we raise our children can be difficult to impart when our race puts our children at risk. On this episode, I hold space for the parents and community members who grapple with the conflicting feelings of trying to raising free people while feeling afraid for the safety of our children. With the obvious disregard for the missing DC girls, and the myriad other proof points that Black Lives don't matter to white people, how do we allow ourselves to give our children space to explore and express themselves? Perspective and compassion are offered here; listen in.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://

In this episode, I'm pushing you a bit. Maybe more than a bit. The invitation here is one of accountability and self-inquiry, something I think is vital for us to move from talking to changing. For sure, dialogue is a powerful and perhaps a necessary catalyst for change and movement. But we can't stop there. So as you listen and you feel moved and motivated by what you hear from the folks who make time to share with us on this podcast: ask yourself this question: How am I participating in my own oppression and in the oppression of children, and what can I do toward a different experience.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channe

In this episode, Atlanta based Edupreneur, Dr. Scott Speed, and I speak on systems thinking, why there is no such thing as a “good public school,” shifting our focus from institutions to individuals and communities, social constructs, global indoctrination, capitalism as a barrier to seeking change, reclaiming intuition, eradicating white supremacy, and actively moving toward change.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

Lane Santa Cruz: Eudeve-opata, revolutionary m/othering jotx, deschooler, bicis. In this episode, we're taking a deep dive into the idea of bodily autonomy and the skewed ideas we pass on to children. in other words, the ways we participate in the oppression of our own people; our children, our partners, all of it. This episode is really gonna give you some opportunities to feel through oppression with maybe a deeper sense of clarity now, or at least curiosity. I hope you use it to face some truths and to seek some support as you perhaps deschool yourself from these oppressive behaviors. I’m doing that myself and it’s a constant practice. I send you love and light as you dive into your practice as well. Let’s listen it to Lane and me talk about autonomy, oppression, and authentic expression.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/marke

Moji Katu, a birthworker/doula and new unschooling parent, talks about decolonizing the mind, mothering ourselves, and reaching back, Sankofa-style, to access the old wisdom and honor the old traditions that have served women for centuries. Her initiative, Wise African Women, will begin in her come country of Benin, and will be shared via social media, in efforts to reconnect women of color to wellness rituals and knowledge that counter the damaging practices that separate women from culturally-relevant and highly-effective wellness practices. Her work as a doula and liberation-seeker have led her to the decision to keep her daughter free from the confines of public education. Listen in as we talk about getting free, remembering our magic, and mothering in various forms.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek

In this episode, author and homeschooling consultant, Zakkiyya Chase, talks about the inspiration and frustrations behind her debut book, No Dream Deferred: Why Black and Latino Families are Choosing Homeschool. We talk about the ways that Self-Directed Education differs from homeschooling, but how the latter can often lead to the former. You won't want to miss the level of detail in which Zakkiyya examines the history of public education in America, and what is has cost Black and Latino families then and now. Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matter

It's the first episode of Season Two, and Akilah's offering up an overview of the deschooling, unschooling, personal leadership mojo that will anchor this season's episodes. The podcast is expanding to include non-parents and you'll hear why. It's parenting, Self-Directed Education, and Radical Self-Expression all wrapped into one multi-layered format; you'll love it!Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

On the season finale, I bring my husband Kris into the mix to discuss the many ways unschooling helps us live out the liberation we've always wanted to experience. We talk about our relationship with each other, our parenting ideas, our mindset when it comes to raising free people, and much more. Show notes available at www.akilahsrichards.com/kris.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

Danielle A. Levine'’s work has been and still is heavily directed by a complex set of realities that damage the lives of many children and families, and most often affect black and brown families more than white families. Danielle and her business partner, William Schmidt set up space (they call it Dida Academy) in Brooklyn, New York to address these complex realities with self-directed education. She is very interested in the legal rights of children and the policies that hinder those rights. Danielle is an eventual mama who is working really hard to create change and opportunity for children today and her own future children.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschoo

Leslie Bray spent 10 years teaching in the public school system. She now homeschools her three children and co-leads a homeschooling collective with Tywane Owens in Atlanta. Her group includes homeschoolers, unschoolers, and a range of other families who are prioritizing learning on their own terms. Listen as Leslie speaks about our collective responsibility to care for ourselves while standing in support of families who are willing, but not able to take their children out of the school system and into shared learning spaces.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflect

Navigating the space of being a Doctoral student and a deschooler. ChicanX m/other and social justice advocate, Lane Santa Cruz speaks about defining herself on her own terms and making space for her three children to do the same.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

This is in response to folks' request for suggestions on how to talk to their children about Donald Trump being America's elected president.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:https://my-reflection-matters.mn.co/

Kenya Scott is an entrepreneur living between DC and GA with her husband and 10-year-old son, Malcolm. I see her as a mother who saved her black son from being caught up in the medicated student money-making system that pays Big Pharma and justifies treating black boys like non-humans who need medication and harsh punishments.   In Episode 15, Kenya and I talk about the trauma black children face in the school American school system, seeing the value in intentional learning communities, and why we should stop sleeping on Minecraft (yes, for real!). We also compare Sudbury Schools and ALCs (Agile Learning Centers) in terms of model (daily structure) and money (accessibility).Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-hap

Spiritual writing coach Trelani Michelle is an author, mother, and storyteller. In Episode 14, she talks with us about her bestselling book, Women Who Ain't Afraid to Curse When Communicating with God. Women Who Ain’t Afraid to Curse When Communicating with God is for free spirits and old souls who believe in the magic of: me-time ancestral guidance visualization mirror work masturbation chakra balancing self-esteem As you learn to recognize and trust that ever-present voice of Spirit, you’ll simultaneously tap into your power and potential. Included are 31 contemplative writing prompts, meditations, and personal stories, summoning you to start from where you are to deepen your connection with Spirit, language, and the world around you.Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal

I'm sitting with a dope sister named Tracy this week. She is a nurturer and an outspoken advocate of liberation and love for people of the African diaspora. Listen as she and I discuss mothering black people in a time when the available educational system targets, oppresses, and harms Black children disproportionately. We also talk about being stuck in a "plantation" mindset, and why alternative education options like unschooling and homeschooling are vital for Black and Brown folks to understand, and in many cases, embrace. Support the showDig this show? Join our make-it-happen family at patreon.com/akilah to make sure we can keep this thang going strong. Thank you!The Raising Free People Practice Card Deckhttps://schoolishness.com/market/rfp-a-practice-deck/Peek at the details of Personal Manifesto Path (will be available exclusively through our make-it-happen family on Patreon)https://www.rfpunschool.com/p/manifestoOur Youtube channelhttps://www.youtube.com/@fareofthefreechildThe Village:ht