The Bright Morning Podcast with Elena Aguilar

Latest Episodes:

What to Say: Designing Your Racial Equity Learning Journey Mar 28, 2022

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In the final episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena shares recommendations and resources to continue this critical work.

Mentioned on this episode:

Books:
- How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi.
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
- How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged by Kimberly Jones
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo
- The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
- Coaching for Equity: Conversations that Change Practice by Elena Aguilar
- Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar
- Onward Workbook: Daily Activities to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience and Thrive by Elena Aguilar
Learning Experiences:
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Professional Learning Community
- Coaching for Equity workshop
Additional Resources:

What to Say: It’s Complex - What to Say as a Person of Color Mar 27, 2022

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In this episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena is joined by Stacey Goodman to discuss the additional considerations the two are mindful of as people of color engaging in conversations that address racism.

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What to Say: Compassion, Curiosity and Boundaries Mar 18, 2022

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How do you hold compassion and curiosity when you experience racism? When do you draw boundaries around people who say racist things?

These are a few of the questions we explore in today’s episode where Elena is once again joined by her teammate, LesLee Bickford, who shares a very personal story about how she responded to racism expressed by her family.

Mentioned on this episode:

Facebook is a Doomsday Machine (An Atlantic article that expands on LesLee’s mention of how Facebook is destroying society)
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What to Say: Here’s What to Say Mar 16, 2022

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In this episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena demonstrates specific sentence stems and responses you can use.

Mentioned on this episode:

Here’s What to Say (handout with sentence stems and sample responses)
The Three Ps (handout of Elena’s framework)
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What to Say: Evaluating What’s Possible: Episode 116 Mar 14, 2022

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In today’s episode of our limited series, What to Say When You Hear Something Racist, Elena dives into the third (and final) P in her 3 P’s framework for responding to racism.

The third P is Possibility. And in this episode you’ll hear how to evaluate the possibility in a situation and how doing so will help you determine both what to say and whether you need to say something in that moment, or perhaps at a later time.
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What to Say: The Role of Power in Addressing Racism: Episode 115 Mar 11, 2022

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In this episode of our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist limited series, Elena guides you through how to reflect on power dynamics that are present in a situation in which you hear something racist. Listen in to hear the three types of power dynamics commonly at play, how your identity markers add complexity that must be considered, and how an awareness of both can help you find a springboard to open up the conversation.

Mentioned on this episode:

The PD Book: 7 Habits that Transform Professional Development (Book by Elena and co-author, Lori Cohen, releasing in May 2022)
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What to Say: The Power of Purpose: Episode 114 Mar 09, 2022

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Effectively responding to racism requires you to act with a clear purpose. In this episode of our What to Say When You Hear Something Racist limited series, Elena shares a process for you to get clear on your purpose for saying something, including the five categories of purposes you’ll likely be drawing from.
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What to Say: A Framework for Responding to Racism: Episode 113 Mar 07, 2022

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Elena shares her simple framework for responding to racism and demonstrates how she recently put it into action while antiquing (because unfortunately, racism is everywhere).

Mentioned on this episode:

The Conscious Competence Ladder: Understanding the Learning Journey (Free tool)
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The 3 Ps framework:
- Purpose
- Power
- Possibility

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What to Say: Reckoning with Our Past: Episode 112 Feb 28, 2022

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“We can’t go forward unless we look backwards”

In today’s episode, Elena shares the three vital reflection questions you must ask and answer for yourself as you reckon with your own history of experiencing racism. This reckoning is the fourth and final foundational element to prepare you to respond effectively when you hear something racist.

Mentioned on this episode:

The Art of Coaching (retired July 2024 with the release of Arise: The Art of Transformational Coaching)
The Art of Coaching Teams (retired July 2024 and replaced by The Art of Transformational Coaching workshop)
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What to Say: Recognizing Racism: Episode 111 Feb 21, 2022

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How can people build knowledge around what racism is and build the accompanying skillset to identify racism in our daily lives?

Today Elena is joined by her teammate, LesLee Bickford, to explore this question first through story-telling and then through unraveling the many steps along a learning journey.

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