Shut the Door and Do What You Gotta Do: Dismantling the System from the Inside with Dr. Jocelyn Logan-Friend

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The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast

Evalaurene Jean-Charles

157 episodes

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This podcast is a space for educators fighting the system from the inside. Hosted by me, Evalaurene Jean-Charles, coach behind Black on Black Education and the Liberation Library, this show is where secondary educators come to reflect, resist, and rebuild their classrooms as liberatory spaces without burning out. Each episode is a reminder that rigor, joy, and student voice are our resistance tools, and that when we use them intentionally, we push back against standardization, compliance culture, and systems that harm Black and Brown children.

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Shut the Door and Do What You Gotta Do: Dismantling the System from the Inside with Dr. Jocelyn Logan-Friend

The Resistance: An Underground Educators Podcast

40 minutes 29 seconds

6 months ago

Shut the Door and Do What You Gotta Do: Dismantling the System from the Inside with Dr. Jocelyn Logan-Friend

In this week's episode of the Black on Black Education Podcast, I sit down with the Dr. Jocelyn Logan-Friend, an education strategist who’s worked in every part of the education system, from the classroom to the U.S. Department of Ed. Together, we broke down what it means to be qualified to teach, why transforming classroom culture starts with your mindset, and how we empower students to question everything including us. We also talk about our upcoming trip to South Africa to run a camp for teenagers in Cape Town, and what it means to lead a silent revolution in education.

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Resources + Links Mentioned:

Donate to support Black on Black Education’s Adventure 2025 trip to South Africa: Support the Trip
Learn more about Dr. Jocelyn’s work: Logan and Friends
Follow Logan & Friends on Instagram: @loganandfriends.community
Explore the Student Action Board Curriculum: Student Action Board

If you’re ready to build a classroom that balances rigor and joy—don’t just listen, act. Join the Liberation Library, THEE online community for educators fighting the system from the inside.