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New Jersey Performing Arts Center: Arts IgnitED- The Social Justice Learning Podcast

New Jersey Performing Arts Center: Arts IgnitED- The Social Justice Learning Podcast

In the Second Episode, called Beats as Bridges, of Arts IgnitED: The Social Justice Learning Podcast, we chat with James Miles, “The Fresh Professor,” about how hip hop serves as a dynamic bridge that connects the culture of youth to positive educational outcomes. Miles delves into how the culture of hip hop fosters creativity, critical thinking, and cultural awareness, transforming classrooms and engaging students from all backgrounds. Tune in to discover how hip hop is reshaping the future of learning and building connections across generations.

4Culture & Coping 101’s – Artist Mental Health Stories

New Jersey Performing Arts Center: Arts IgnitED- The Social Justice Learning Podcast

C89.5 and 4Culture Present Coping 101: The Fresh Professor w/ James Miles: “As artist Yasiin Bey said, ‘the arts are something we forget we need, until we need them.’ In this episode of Artist Mental Health Stories we’re joined by one of Seattle’s cultural thought leaders James Miles, fondly known as the Fresh Professor. Miles is an Assistant Professor at Seattle University ....

HOLDING TENSIONS: Let's Be Normal

Reflections from the Fresh Professor

We all want the same things, mostly…

When I moved to Seattle, from Brooklyn, NY, I knew that I would face some significant differences, but I thought I was ready for it. I was hired as the Executive Director of a beloved arts education organization, serving mostly low income, BIPOC youth in south Seattle and on the southern border of Seattle.

Reflections from the Fresh Professor

Reflections from the Fresh Professor

I am clawing at my face, I can’t see, and I’m four years old. Just had surgery on my eyelids because my eyelashes were growing into my eyeball. I remember my mother crying and my father consoling her. Lying supine on the bed, I remember the feeling of the cotton sheets on my ankle, and the sound my hair made on the pillow..."

Four Themes Illuminate Important Conversations at SXSW EDU 2022

Four Themes Illuminate Important Conversations at SXSW EDU 2022

“When I think of the word Resilience, I think of every young person that wakes up in the morning, cold, hungry, and tired. I think of that person looking at the tv, phone, or reading a news article and all they see are negative images and stories of people that look like them..."

A CEO, Afraid

Four Themes Illuminate Important Conversations at SXSW EDU 2022

Exercise Bike, WFH

Seven fifteen in the morning. I remember when the sun wasn’t out, at this time, but the mornings are gradually brighter every day. I turn right to look out of the bay window where my exercise bike is housed. I live by the water, so close that I taste salt when I open my windows. Meniscus on the horizon throwing me off balance, while calming my heart. Reflections from the water are blinding.

Mentoring Blindly

"Yet, we do not often highlight the negative impacts when those mostly white and well- meaning mentors leave their mentee, sometimes making the situation worse. When youth of color are taught in a colorblind way, as if we live in a meritocracy where hard work pays off, the reality of racism/sexism/paternalism prove the opposite, and those youth feel more marginalized."

Reflection on Trans Day of Remembrance

As reported by Transgender Europe, “in the past 12 months, 350 trans and gender-diverse people were reported killed globally. Of the reported killings worldwide, sex workers make up the majority of victims. People of color make up 79% of the 28 trans people murdered in the USA....”

Out of the Storm

A tractor was upside down on the street, the top of the license plate scraping the concrete. Trees were knocked down, as were power lines. Sand and dried salt water dusted everything, in sight...

COVID-19 & Next New Deal

“Politicians don't bring people together. Artists do."

Teaching is like dancing. Sometimes your step on someone’s feet, misread cues, or land flat on your ass. Whatever the case, teaching is both exhilarating and frightening...

“Politicians don't bring people together. Artists do."

“Politicians don't bring people together. Artists do."

“Politicians don't bring people together. Artists do."

A couple weeks ago my kids and I saw Spider-Man: Homecoming. It was a fun movie with cool effects, fun action sequences, and a predictable plot. However...

Arts are Essential

Arts Corps’ COVID-19 Response

Painting by Emory Douglas

What does revolution mean to you?

An American in Germany

One Very Strange Day

Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ Should Be Taught in Every Classroom

Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ Should Be Taught in Every Classroom

My Dinner with Betsy Devos

My Dinner with Betsy Devos

There is Power in Art

There is Power in Art

Am I a Teaching Artist or an Administrator?

Story Time with the Fresh Professor

Story Time with the Fresh Professor Part II

Story Time with the Fresh Professor Part I

Story Time with the Fresh Professor Part I

Podcasts

Revolutionizing Education With Hip-hop: The James Miles Story | Season 5 Episode 14

Gotta Stay Fresh on Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie Part II

Gotta Stay Fresh on Teaching Artistry with Courtney J. Boddie Part I

Bumbershoot is Back

KUOW Seattle Now: Middle school mask fashion

Fresh Perspectives with James Miles

Schoolhouse Talk!

Bringing Hip Hop to the Classroom with James Miles aka The Fresh Professor

Teaching Artistry w/ Courtney J. Boddie. Episode 1: James Miles- Fresh Professor

WeEducatePeople

Revolutionary Arts with Creative Pulse

Interviews

Q&A: James Miles wants to boost Seattle’s creative economy — and tech mixes with art in the plan

‘It’s time to change the story’: TEDxSeattle celebrates its 10th anniversary by inviting speakers on hip hop, education, and climate change

Complex Magazine: The New York Regents Exams Are Tough, But a New Program Uses Hip-Hop to Help NYC Students Pass

Waking Up for Education Reform: Q&A with James Miles

Cool Jobs ft. James Miles

Fresh Ed: Teaching students through hip-hop with NPR

Leadership InSight: James Miles

Art and accountability: A conversation with James Miles

5 questions with James Miles

Dads We Love-James Miles

James Miles & Jamel Mims, Fresh Ed

Fresh Ed Guidebook

Free Curriculum Guide for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy- Middle School (pdf)Download

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