Ms. G, May I Ask You A Personal Question?

THE CHAIR

THE CHAIR (S1/Ep63) — Ms. G, Can I Ask You A Personal Question?

Hello Beautiful People,

I’m Your Host Dreme.

I’m a Black woman, an educator turned tech entrepreneur but still an educator. Building a platform called THE CHAIR is a Black and Brown centered tech platform dedicated to supporting people on their hair journey. You can design hairboards, connect to hair stylists, and share hair care tips all in one space for a more joyous and streamlined experience. I built THE CHAIR Podcast to highlight hair journeys. A reminder to keep creating magic. As people sit in THE CHAIR you will get more than just hair stories. You will be immersed into experiences surrounding education, entrepreneurship, and identity. I hope you enjoy listening to my stories and the stories of my guests as we sit in THE CHAIR.

THE CHAIR (S1/Ep63) — Ms. G, Can I Ask You A Personal Question?

Lisa and I met at a school we both worked at. She worked on the first floor and I on the third. Our first conversation was in the teacher break room of the third floor and that is where our friendship began. I have learned so much and continue to learn from her and I am excited to share space with Lisa as she sits in THE CHAIR. Enjoy!

Her Bio:

Lisa Graustein (she/her) M.Ed

Lisa is a Queer social justice teacher, facilitator, and artist. After 20 years as a middle and high school teacher and administrator, Lisa now trains teachers and works with non-profit leaders on how to interrupt and transform systemic oppression in schools and workplaces. She also works within her Quaker faith community across the US and Canada to end white supremacy and build support for reparations.

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Host & Exec Producer: Your Host Dreme
Editor: Lila Woodbridge
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Music Creators: Your Host Dreme & Seoul (@xSeoulMusicx)

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Chapters

1. Ms. G, May I Ask You A Personal Question? (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to Ms. Dreme, Your Host (00:00:16)

3. Introducing Lisa Graustein, the Educator (00:01:55)

4. Dreme's noticings about white people, and whiteness, and occupying space (00:02:24)

5. Lisa's talks value in your own neighborhood and how we think about value (00:05:09)

6. THE CHAIR Platform Commercial (00:10:40)

7. Thinking about what is "enough" through the capitalist world we live in (00:12:38)

8. The origin of Dreme and her questioning, thread making, and connection building (00:14:06)

9. Dreme shares a story of her students seeing connections between history and english (Holocaust edition) (00:17:28)

10. Lisa shares a story of her interaction with a student, not her student (The Color Purple + Queerness Edition) (00:19:05)

11. My Book Commercial: From Nowhere & Everywhere: Captured Emotions of a Beautifully Broken Love Story (00:21:35)

12. Dreme talks her love of history and making it modern for middle schoolers (Civil Rights Edition) (00:22:11)

13. Outro with Your Host, Ms. Dreme (00:27:42)