4.11: Our Kiddos Are Going to Change the World
First Name Basis Podcast
Jasmine Bradshaw
5 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In many ways, Emi Kim is what you might consider a typical 9-year-old. When she grows up, she wants to be a scientist or president of the United States, but for now, she loves to swim and sketch — and fight racism.
And fight racism she has.
When Emi noticed that her school library was lacking diverse books, she decided to do something about it. She led her whole family in hosting a lemonade stand to raise money to buy books with diverse characters for her school library, and her first lemonade stand raised more than $750!
“I’m changing the world one lemonade stand at a time,” Emi said.
Emi’s commitment to anti-racism is nothing short of inspiring. To hear of someone so young making such a big difference gives me the chills, but even more than that, it gives me hope.
Our kiddos are going to change the world, and if we do our part now to raise them to be anti-racist and inclusive, they are going to change the world into a much better place.
Listen to the episode to hear all of Emi’s story. I can guarantee you’ll leave fired up and ready to follow Emi’s example to make a positive change.
Parents have been asking for a practical, interactive way to implement the anti-racist strategies that I lay out in the First Name Basis Podcast. So this October we are launching “Ally Elementary: Anti-Racist Education For Families."
During this five-week program parents will work together with their children to create a culture of anti-racism in their home, and I will be there to guide them every step of the way. We will use hands-on activities to teach our children about everything from the untold story of how race was created to how they can disrupt racism in their everyday lives. I am so excited to watch the families in our community make a meaningful transformation and improve their communities through anti-racist action. Click here to invest in Ally Elementary for your family!
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If you’re ready to reignite your fire for anti-racism or deepen your commitment to the movement this class is for you, and Tuesday, Nov. 2, is your last chance to catch it! During this free online class we will work together to create a plan that you can use to bring your kiddos along on this anti-racist journey. Click here to choose a time that fits best with your schedule and sign up today!
Song Credit: “Sleeper” by Steve Adams” and “Dive Down” by VYEN
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the First Name Basis podcast, season four, episode 11. |
| 0:05.2 | Our kiddos are going to change the world. |
| 0:14.4 | Teaching our children to be inclusive and anti-racist starts with us within the sacred walls of our home. |
| 0:22.6 | First name basis is designed to empower you with the confidence you need to be a leader in |
| 0:27.4 | your family and a changemaker in your community. Together, we will wrestle with hard questions |
| 0:33.1 | and use the answers to create the world we want, a world that reflects our values of inclusion, |
| 0:39.8 | compassion, and courage. I'm your host, Jasmine Bradshaw, and I am so excited to be on this |
| 0:47.1 | journey with you. Hello, First Name Basis fam. I am so glad you are here. Oh my goodness, I have such an exciting, |
| 0:57.9 | fun, different episode to share with you today. At my free class, Ally ABCs, the three simple ways to |
| 1:06.2 | embed anti-racism into your family culture, one of the things that I share with the people who attend |
| 1:12.4 | is that we need to have hope. We need to be hopeful. We need to hear stories of change and recognize |
| 1:20.6 | progress. And so I wanted to share one of those stories with you today. Today you're going to hear the story of |
| 1:29.0 | Emmy. She is a nine-year-old from Utah, and she has created some amazing change in her community. |
| 1:38.0 | And it just, when she told me about it, of course, I had tears in my eyes because I could not |
| 1:43.0 | believe that she said that one of the biggest |
| 1:45.3 | reasons she was able to create this change and be such a positive force in her community |
| 1:50.5 | was because she had overheard her mom listening to First Name Basis. |
| 1:55.8 | And back in the day, a couple years ago when I very first started the podcast, I had a friend asked me, |
| 2:01.3 | what is your dream? Like, what do you wish could happen with this show? And I remember telling her, |
| 2:06.2 | I just want people to take the talents that they already have and make change within their sphere |
| 2:12.6 | of influence. If we have real committed families and communities trying to create justice and a better life for |
| 2:21.2 | everyone, we will make such a huge impact together. And so when Emmy shared this story with me, |
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