January 2022! We’re kicking off the new year with such an inspiring conversation. We’re Collected Knxwledge and this week you’re in for an auditory treat!

Luna and Drea spoke with Meenakshi Mukherjee who graces us with eloquence, humor, and optimism in education.

We start with her transition from college to moving across the country to teach in Detroit. She reflects on her learnings from being a transplant to making this a home in almost 10 years. Meenakshi’s education journey is centered around seeing the need for a change in working conditions. From witnessing veteran teachers belittled because they were trapped by financial burdens in society, to contributing to creating multiple organizing campaigns at a school. There we learn about the structures of charter schools and the case for staying and changing a workplace rather than lea ...