MANY VOICES, ONE CALL
What is Many Voices, One Call? It is the podcast you did not know you wanted! It is a space for courageous, honest, open, and unscripted conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion, teaching, learning, and all the other things that move us. It is where students, faculty, staff, leadership and community guests reinvent higher education one episode at a time.
Episodes
25 episodes
Many Voices - One Call: Season Four/Episode Two: "Stronger Together: Election '24 Debrief"
How are students processing the election? What do they expect and what do they need, from us - their educators, peers, and supporters? And how divided are we, really, over politics? Are our divisions truly as deep as they might appear judged fr...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:18:09
Many Voices - One Call: Season Four/Episode One: Touch Grass, Make a Difference - Student Views on Civic Engagement
Politics is not a topic that many Americans bring up voluntarily. According to the Pew Research Institute, 65% of survey participants ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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1:04:10
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode Seven: Artificial Intelligence: The Student Perspective
This is a follow-up to the episode on AI that we published on October 11, 2023 under the title " Artificial Intelligence (AI): Why we need to talk about it!" As it turns out, we still need to talk about "it", but this time we wanted to get deep...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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1:17:44
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode Six: “Black Excellence: Beyond Black History Month!"
What does it mean to identify as "Black"? Is it the melanin level in one's skin? Is it a shared experience? A shared heritage? A culture? What does a "Black History Month" mean to people who might identify "as Black," but whose history an...
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1:01:53
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode Five: “Peace, Salaam, Shalom!" Connecting Across our Differences in a War-Ravaged World
On October 7, the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas (an acronym for the Arabic name of “Islamic Resistance Movement”) launched a brutal invasion of Israel. Attacking kibbutzim and other Israeli settlements, Hamas fighters kille...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:18:21
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode Four: "The mission is to unify:" Young Guyanese Americans on immigration, integration, and racism
Since its days as a Dutch settlement in the midst of Mohawk country, Schenectady has been a place where different cultures met upon one another. One of the most recent examples for such a meeting of diverse peoples is the arrival of large numbe...
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1:04:00
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode Three: Artificial Intelligence (AI): Why we need to talk about it!
What is A.I.? What is a Large Language Model? How does it matter for teaching and learning? And will A.I. inhibit or help the acquisition of knowledge? These are essential questions that suddenly came to the fore in the winter of 2022 when Open...
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1:13:20
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode Two: It's Getting Hot Out There!
From air pollution due to Canadian wildfires, to heat waves and floods, New Yorkers are increasingly feeling the effects of the global climate crisis. Yet while we all shared the experience of sweating through the hottest summer since record ke...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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55:41
Many Voices - One Call: Season Three/Episode One: Feel-Good History or Honest History?
For a couple of years now, legislators in a number of states have proposed - and at times passed - legislation aimed at restricting what topics and subjects should be allowed in K-12 history classes. Many of these efforts are aimed at controlli...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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58:39
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode eight: Information Literacy is Power!
According to the Pew Research Center, more than 70% of Americans regularly use social media. Most of us rely on Google, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit or YouTube for information. But how do we know the information we get from these internet giants...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:12:59
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode seven: The Moves that Matter
When it comes to the topic of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we often focus on all those things we are not doing. But what are we doing that is working? What are the practices, policies, and opportunities that our students <...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:22:47
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode Six: How to Dismantle a Racist Policy – Bead by Bead!
In April 2022 the Mohonasen Senior High School’s track and field team took a stand against racial bias. When they learned that fellow students of color, especially Black athletes, were unfairly targeted under a New York State Public High School...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:58
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode Five: Spotlight on DE&I Professional Development, Part 2
For over a year now, teams of SUNY Schenectady faculty, staff, and administrators, have been meeting to research and discuss key topics in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. On this episode, join host Babette Faehmel, Professor ...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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53:32
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode Four: Parenting as a Student: What Student Parents Need
Nationally, about one in every four community college students is a parent. Most of them are single mothers, and more than half are women of color. Compared to their non-parenting peers, these students are performing exceptionally well. S...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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59:56
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode Three: Safe Spaces for LGBTQI+ students
Join host Professor Babette Faehmel and student cohosts Val and Zia for a discussion of what real inclusion means for LGBTQI+ and Trans* students, of what makes a space a truly safe one for non-binary people, and of how to be an eff...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:12:20
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode Two: Black Health Matters
The theme for Black History Month 2022 is “Health and Wellness.” On this episode, hosts Jennifer Malave and Babette Faehmel, Professor in the Division of Liberal Arts, are joined by Lakeia Bowman, Associate Director of Workforce Wellness, SEAT ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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57:41
Many Voices - One Call: Season Two/Episode One: Spotlight on DE&I Professional Development, Part I
For over a year now, teams of SUNY Schenectady faculty, staff, and administrators, have been meeting to research and discuss key topics in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. On this episode, join hosts Jennifer Malave, recent SUNY Sch...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:06:54
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Eight: When You Are Not from "Around Here"
International students and English Language Learners struggle with many of the same issues as all our students, and benefit from the same supports. Some of their experiences, needs, and strengths, however, are unique! In this episode, co-...
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56:37
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Seven: Every Brain is Different
The concept of neurodiversity is based on the idea that our brains are just as diverse as our cultures and languages, and that this diversity is not something we should see as a deficit or pathology. In this episode, co-hosts Jennifer and Babet...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:05:55
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Six: Diversity in the Talent Pipeline
Diversity, equity, and inclusion, is a stated moral imperative at SUNY Schenectady, but there are also clear economic benefits. In this episode, hosts Jennifer and Babette are joined by featured guests Jason Benitez, Vice President, Talent, D...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:20:04
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Five: Spotlight on CDO Alicia Richardson
How do you create an environment where diverse students, faculty and staff feel they belong, are appreciated, and can not only persist, but thrive? In this “Spotlight” episode, Interim Chief Diversity Officer Alicia Richardson talks about her r...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:00:04
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Four: To Vax or not to Vax?
Vaccine hesitancy is real and it is not necessarily based on politics, or misinformation. Informed skepticism is part of science literacy and important for navigation of a complex world. But as we currently see on the topic of COVID vaccines, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:12:01
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Three: Reimagining Music Education
How did School of Music (SOM) faculty and students respond and adapt creatively to the COVID crisis? What does the future of classical music education at SUNY Schenectady look like under the new Strategic Plan? In this episode, hosts Jennifer a...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:17:08
Many Voices - One Call: Episode Two: Black in White Space
Only 10% of all professionals working in Higher Education identify as Black or African American. In episode 2 of Many Voices, One Call, co-hosts Jennifer (SGA President) and Babette (History Professor) talk with their guests, College President ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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59:57
Many Voices - One Call: Episode One: One Year of Pandemic Learning
Many Voices, One Call is the podcast you did not even know you needed! It is a space for courageous, honest, open, and unscripted conversations about diversity, equity, inclusion, teaching, learning, and all the other things that...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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