Time to Make a Change with Dr. Crystal Laura

Time to Make a Change with Dr. Crystal Laura Our very own Fat Maxwell (Dion) has slimmed down to Medium Maxwell. In this episode, we have a real conversation with tenured Chicago State professor Dr. Crystal Laura about the school-to-prison pipeline and how school leadership impacts our youth's chances of getting out of the streets. And we wouldn't be the No 4Play show if we didn't take the opportunity to discuss veganism, yoga practices that help your sex game, "eating the Wi-Fi" out of a woman and forgoing the gyro nachos.   Listen in as we discuss:          The detriment of the Betsy DeVos hiring (35:02) The school-to-prison pipeline explained (43:30) Factors that make prison feel familiar (48:10) Adults dismiss students so creatively (55:02) Benefits of a yoga practice for Black lives (1:06:00)   Mentioned in this Episode: Don't Turn Me Down by Mack Wilds Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison Pipeline Assata's Daughters Yoga for Black Lives Wanderlust Chicago Festival   Quotes from this Episode: "This poor little white woman has gone through so much scrutiny. Mother F***er that's a Wednesday for me. " ~ Ant P    "I try to help these adults who are powerful and have the capacity to do big things in schools and communities…seek out the resources and leverage the capital to let things be otherwise" ~Crystal   "Remember when Puff started doing yoga? That's cuz he got with Cassie and was losing it." ~Dion   Find our guest Dr. Crystal Laura latest book Being Bad: My Baby Brother and the School-to-Prison Pipeline on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com and find her on social media at @crystallaura_zen on Instagram and Crystal T. Laura on Facebook.   Click through to find us on Facebook or Twitter @No4PlayShow. Help us out by subscribing and leaving us a review on iTunes and Facebook.