God Said It Was Time with Donna Druery
Being a Black educator in the American system of schooling will test the faith of the strongest. In this powerful episode, Doctoral candidate Donna Druery (who has her defense the day after this episode!) shares the long journey through education that ultimately ended with her departure. She shares upsetting experiences, ranging from the hostile to the absurd. An excellent educator once highly recruited and touted as exceptional in her context, she experienced what so many Black educators experience. Her professionalism was not simply questioned, but outright attacked. She was the subject of gossip among White teachers. For over a decade she found herself in a textbook abusive relationship with her job. At times, she felt that “we were turning a corner” only to find herself attacked again.
Listeners will find resonance with Donna’s story. The “constant strategizing” simply to be heard in her community the physical manifestations of her racial battle trauma.
Through it all Donna’s faith carried her to a degree that is jarring and powerful. Don’t miss this episode of the Exit Interview!
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Deezer Preserving Black Educator Stories | The Schomburg Center
The Exit Interview: A Podcast for Black Educators has been accepted for archival preservation at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the New York Public Library. This historic milestone ensures that the experiences, knowledge, and voices of Black educators who have left traditional education will be preserved for future generations.
Learn more: https://www.liberatededucatorslab.com/schomburg
The Migration of Black Genius
Where does Black genius go when it leaves an institution?
Through The Migration of Black Genius, Dr. Asia Lyons examines how Black knowledge, creativity, and expertise move, evolve, and expand beyond the institutions where they were once cultivated or constrained.
The Exit Interview contributes to this ongoing intellectual work by documenting not only why Black educators leave, but what they carry with them and what becomes possible afterward.
Explore the framework: https://www.liberatededucatorslab.com/migration-of-black-genius
About the Creator
Dr. Asia Lyons is a qualitative researcher, storykeeper, public scholar, speaker, and founder of Liberated Educators Lab, where research, storykeeping, and healing/wellness intersect to illuminate Black experiences, preserve community knowledge, and imagine possibilities beyond institutional boundaries.
Learn more: https://www.liberatededucatorslab.com/
