All About Love with Dr. Courtney Rose, Yaribel Mercedes, and Kayland Lamar (Scholars Link Up Season 2)

We're every woman...it's all in US!!!  The community, the family, the love is where it's at!!!Today's episode involves four beautiful souls operating through this world as BLACK WOMAN MAGIC!  We discussed all things love:  self-love, self-compassion, and love for our community and families WITHOUT conditions.I dare you to listen as each woman shares her thoughts and experiences with love, self-care, and soul care, especially for us as educators of the people.  We laughed, we shared love with each other, and we went DEEP into the power of love and how love manifests throughout our journey as black women educators.Dr. Melanie Battles is an educational consultant and teacher educator of culturally responsive teaching and social emotional learning.  My work can be found on IG @scholars4thesoul and at scholarsforthesoul.com Dr. Courtney Rose is a teacher educator of culturally relevant pedagogy.  You can find her on IG @drcourtneyrose and linktr.ee/drcourtneyroseYaribel Mercedes is an educator of justice and love.  You can find her on IG @yari.mercedes and read some of her work herejournals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1052684621993046?journalCode=jsla.Kayland Lamar is a high school STEM educator and advocate of self-care.  You can find her work at bit.ly/KaylandLamar and on IG @kaylandlamar.Audio disclaimer:  This episode was recorded on IG Live so there maybe a few sound issues but I hope you can persevere through and focus on the message and love shared between four black women about how to love ourselves, our fThank you for listening.  Be sure to subscribe and leave a review!!! 

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