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	Podcast:		The 21st Century Classroom
	Episode:		#vted Reads: We Contain Multitudes
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:59:39
	Publish Date:		2021-12-02 16:17:26
	Description:		Lovely listeners: we're baaaaaaack! And we missed each and every one of you. To celebrate our return, in this episode we brought back guests from Vermont Reads, a statewide program that encourages everyone across Vermont to read one book each year, and then turn and, you know, talk to one another. We are HUGE fans. And yes, the names are confusing. They're Vermont Reads -- reading across Vermont -- and we're Vermont Ed Reads, reading across Vermont, but make it education. (Please imagine my jazz hands as I say that). Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup returns to the show this time with Lizzie Lyons, the Children's Advocacy Coordinator at the Vermont Network, an organization focused on addressing domestic and sexual violence across the state. Together, we'll be talking about We Contain Multitudes, by Sarah Henstra, a book about boys, poetry, queerness, and how the artist formerly known as Prince refuses to stop changing lives, wherever he appears. (Hint: stay tuned for dance party details.) Now, as you might've guessed from Lizzie's presence, We Contain Multitudes contains some mention of domestic violence, which we touch on briefly in this episode. It's an important topic, and part of the work this year with Vermont Reads is providing educators and other adults with tools and resources for supporting students (and more specifically LGBTQIA students) who are dealing with this issue. There are minor spoilers for the book at the 39-minute mark, but we feel like we did a great job yelling SPOILER ALERT! at the top of our loving lungs. Jog ahead two minutes and you're fine. But don't jog too far ahead, because we really did miss you, and we missed this, and we are so happy to be back having these important conversations. So! Without further ado: I'm Jeanie Phillips and this is #vted Reads: talking about books by, for, and with Vermont educators. https://soundcloud.com/innovativeed/wecontainmultitudes?si=68bfb0bdeb724a1a9237c2e0e6128c6b Jeanie: I'm Jeanie Phillips and welcome to #vted Reads. We're here to talk books for educators, by educators, and with educators. Today I'm with Christopher Kaufman Ilstrup and Lizzy Lyons and we'll be talking about We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra. Thank you so much for joining me, Christopher and Lizzy. Tell us a little bit about who you are and what you do. Christopher: Hi, Jeanie and hi, Lizzy. It's great to see you both. I'm really excited to be here to talk about We Contain Multitudes. I'm the director at Vermont Humanities. I've been around now for about 4 years. So, this is the fourth Vermont Reads book that I've worked on, and might be my favorite. One of the things that really speaks to me about it, that I feel like I should tell people about right up front, is that this is the first LGBTQ youth choice in Vermont Reads 19 year history. And maybe coincidentally, I am a queer-identified person. And so, this book speaks to me pretty specifically and reminds me a lot of some of the experiences that I had as a young person. Lizzy: And my name is Lizzy Lyons. I'm really excited to be here. I was approached by Christopher at Vermont Humanities when they chose this book. As part of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence because of some of the themes in this book. And we have been invited to be a partner in some of the programming that's happening for this book, and we're really excited about that. The Vermont Network is working alongside 15 different statewide organizations in Vermont and we work around themes of domestic and sexual violence and working toward a violence free Vermont. There’s a lot of different programs of support that are happening statewide that I am excited to talk about in relation to this book. Also to let all of your listeners know that there's supports out there, whether that's just for you or her family members and shelter and other sorts of programming available stuff exciting. Christopher: Yes. Lizzy,
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