Upstream Podcast with Dr. Tracy White

Upstream Podcast with Dr. Tracy White

The Upstream Podcast invites listeners into a movement for educational equity and social change. Each episode features change agents and system builders working to expand access, opportunity, and excellence in education regardless of zip code. Together, we explore how education fuels social mobility, strengthens communities, and creates lasting, equitable impact. Like, follow, and subscribe!

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January 8, 2026 49 mins

Dr. Tracy White welcomes award winning actor and author Ameer Baraka for a powerful conversation on dyslexia, literacy, and redemption. Ameer shares how being undiagnosed in school shaped his self worth, led him toward the streets, and how learning to read in prison became the turning point that changed his life. This episode challenges us to look upstream at the systems we have built and to recognize the untapped potential that em...

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Dr. Tracy White opens the Upstream Podcast with a heartfelt conversation with her mother, Bessie Mae White. Together they explore resilience, literacy, faith, and the power of a parent’s vision to transform generations. This episode reminds us why educators matter and how one person’s belief can change a child’s life.

Intro Music By: Robin Lorraine

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