Sharif El-Mekki on Growing Educators of Color Through Pleasure, Duty and Honor

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Sharif El-Mekki, Founder and CEO of the Center for Black Educator Development. A proud alum of Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, PA and the former principal of Mastery Charter, Shoemaker Campus, Sharif sees education as activism and teachers as civic leaders. Sharif is also the co-host of the 8 Black Hands podcast. His mantra, “We Need Black Teachers” is more than a rallying cry, but a deep desire to give voice to the over 8 million black learners that need to see themselves in their classrooms and community.

Links:

• Center for Black Educator Development

• Phillys7thWard

• 8 Black Hands podcast

• Teaching Pathways

• LinkedIn

• Center for Black Educators 2022 Report

• Dr. Gregg Carr

• Fugitive Pedagogy by Dr. Jarvis Givens

• Education of Black People by W.EB Dubois

• Speeches to the Youth by Malcolm X

• Black Teachers on Teaching by Dr. Michelle Foster 

• Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker

• Dr. Gholdy Muhammad

• Dr. Zaretta Hammond