You Must Learn!

Various Storytellers | May 18, 2019

Storytellers

01. MAYOR SHEILA DIXON
02. TUERE GANGES
03. SHEILA GASKINS
04. TSANONDA EDWARDS
05. TAMIKA PETERS
06. MATT PRESTBURY
07. KOLI TENGELLA
08. JUAN NANCE
09. DR. RENEE TENGELLA
10. KIZZI SMITH

About the Show

The Short Kuts Show: “You Must Learn!” — Live stories from the frontlines of the education field (a celebration honoring teacher-hood for teacher appreciation month)

May 18th, 2019

Hosted by Kiragu Beauttah and co-hosted by Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead with DJ Leroy on the ones and twos

Inspired by the 1989 classic kut by Boogie Down Productions of the same name, –‘You Must Learn’–a rap song openly and unashamedly speaking on the limitation of the United States education system, this edition of The Short Kuts Show live storytelling experience, the second show of our 2019 season at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, took an eye-opening and also comical walk through the experiences of a group of Baltimore based educators and former educators, including; Former Baltimore City Mayor Sheila M. Dixon, Author, educator, and mental health advocate Tsanonda Edwards, author and educator Tuere Ganges, educator and healthy fresh fruit/vegetable juice maker, Juan Nance (aka “The Juice Man”), educator Tamika Peters, educator, comic, and theater director, Koli Tengella, educator Renee Tengella, educator Matt Prestbury, and educator Kizzi Smith sharing a variety of true stories of their experiences on being educators in America’s school systems.