March 28, 2024 • 11 mins
In this mini episode a.m. bhatt discusses the startling metric about the disengagement of upwards of 119,000 students in Connecticut alone! He also introduces a new initiative called 'EVERYdae' to provide a space in New Haven for student engagement.
This initiative is open to all New Haven Public School students.
He also mentions a fundraising campaign to help DAE deliver this program and a request for sharing this 'EVERYdae' info by our audience.
He also recites a poem by Mary Oliver, compelling listeners to take action and make a difference in the world.
You can find a.m. on Instagram and TikTok at @absurdwisdom. We are produced and distributed by DAE Presents, the production arm of DAE (@dae.community on Instagram and online at mydae.org).
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent. While we make every effort to ensure that the information shared is accurate, we welcome any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors.
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a.m. (01:32):
Hey everyone, so we're not going to do a full podcast today
for a couple of reasons.
Instead, I want to want to takea few minutes to tell you about
something.
Um, Back in October of lastyear, the Dalio Foundation
released a study.
The headline of which was thatthere are 119, 000 Let me say
that number again, 119, 000disengaged students in
(01:57):
Connecticut.
I believe the age group thatthey looked at was 14 to 24.
119, 000.
I'll say for a third time.
We do programs here As you youknow, likely have heard so this
podcast this podcast is not adae produces it we produce other
forms of media, you know withstudents etc.
And so dae produces this for me.
(02:19):
This is my personal podcast justto disclaim that to say that you
know all opinions expressed andall that But at dae, you know,
which we talk about a lotcertainly on here and i've some
of my faculty come on regularlyyou know, at DAE.
We run programs for high schoolstudents.
Some middle school programs.
Junior high school programs andthen adult programs.
But the primary focus is highschool.
So right in the sweet spot ofthat 14 to 24 And you know,
(02:41):
they're year long programs arethe three week programs six week
programs and we get a very highlevel of engagement on them.
But it's a drop in the bucket,right?
I mean we've we've last number Isaw we've had 580 students pass
through here It Sounds like alot.
It's a drop in the bucket And soone of the things that i've
decided that we've decided as aleadership team Is I don't know
how the hell we're funding it,but We're we're launching
(03:03):
something next week called everyDay.
We like to get cute with the daename day, you know, we're full
day and partial day.
This is every Day.
and If you follow our socials oron our mailing list, you'll get
details about it But the idea iswe're going to open up our doors
to every single new havenstudent on a drop in basis in
essence if if you haven't, youknow a new haven, public school
(03:24):
I.
D.
card that's sort of like aversion of a library card to get
into here after school, not toparticipate in the full year
long program, So we just againthat that we can't figure out
how to do financially, but as aplace to come and work and study
and be engaged.
Maybe casually play with somesoftware engineering casually
play with some robots, maybejust play play with some virtual
(03:45):
reality headsets or just a, a, areally kind of cool place to
come and hang out and feel safeand where you feel, you know,
like you belonged and and all ofthat.
so Along with that, we're youknow, we're tying again.
I have no clue how we're fundingthat that does require some
staff time and some, you knowother stuff so we're also
rolling out a sort offundraising campaign on that
(04:06):
I've always sort of wonderedwe've had people who've wanted
to do micro donations to us andwe've never had a vehicle to
take that in and An ability torationalize what would be we'd
be using that for, you know it'samazing that people want to
contribute and and as everythingI tend to be kind of slow,
conservative and thoughtful asmuch as possible on the
financial side of business.
And so you know, we have greatfunding partners for our big
(04:27):
programs.
And then so we're thinking as wehatch this EVERYdae idea that
maybe that's where folks cancontribute, you know, kind of
who want to make microdonations.
So that's all going to roll outnext week.
I, I am not asking you todonate.
What I'm asking you to do Is acouple of things.
One, just sit with the fact thatthere are 119, 000 fucking kids
in this state that aredisengaged and how Criminal it
(04:49):
is.
That we have so much affluenceand so much interesting things
going on in the world and somuch creative.
Access points and tools and andall that and and we've let 119
000 kids be disengaged So that'sone thing, just if nothing else,
sit with that.
And then and then whereveryou're listening from, you know
It'll say if it's 119, 000 inConnecticut.
(05:11):
I, guarantee you wherever youare if you're out of state You
got a big number as well.
And so, so the first thing isjust sit with that number second
is if you feel like, you knowLike like working on something
locally.
Amen.
Go to it.
Happy to share anything we gotthat might help you.
And then the third is, sort of,you know, specifically for us
You know, if you do follow us onsocials, or if you would be
willing to follow us on socials,it's dae.
(05:31):
community you can also sign upfor the kind of monthly
newsletter there as well is justto socialize that.
Like I said, don't, don't.
I know most of the folks wholisten on here or know one two,
maybe three rings out from, fromfrom my community historically
and so the ask is not of you tothrow money at my nonprofit but
(05:52):
to, but to socialize thatmessage and help us get some
reach on that So that's what Iwanted to tell you about.
I wanted to tell you about thatnumber.
I wanted to tell you about whattiny little bit we're doing
beyond the tiny little bit we'vealready been doing to try to
create a space for, for atleast, you know, those
percentage of the 119, 000 thatare in our backyard.
and then to make a request ofyou to starting next week, like
(06:13):
I said, you'll, you'll see Acampaign what a horrible word
that is a campaign rolling outin support of this on social
media and and the like and ifyou'd be willing to to share
that among any and all of yourcommunities.
That would be just freakingamazing The last thing I'm going
to do is because I know youlistened in for all the kind of
(06:33):
groovy philosophical shit and soI want to read something for you
and then maybe tie it into whati've just said.
This is from, from What I wantto say is my dear friend, Mary
Oliver, I never got to meet MaryOliver.
I don't think I was ever withinlike 20 miles of Mary Oliver
unless it was like accidentally,I didn't know it.
Right.
And yet I consider her a dearfriend.
It's fascinating how, whenpeople make work that is so
(06:55):
personal and intimate andvulnerable, that you can
actually have a deep friendshipand relationship with them
without ever needing to meet.
Right.
So this is, this, and if youknow Mary Oliver's work This is
a poem you likely know but it'sstill cool to hear.
So it's called When Death Comes.
When death comes like the hungrybear in autumn When death comes
(07:16):
and takes all the bright coinsfrom his purse to buy me And
snaps the purse shut When deathcomes like the measle pucks When
death comes like an icebergbetween the shoulder blades I
want to step through the doorfull of curiosity Wondering What
is it going to be like?
That cottage of darkness Andtherefore I look upon everything
(07:38):
as a brotherhood and asisterhood and I look upon time
as no more than an idea And Iconsider eternity as another
possibility And I think of eachlife as a flower As common as a
field daisy And a singular.
And each name a comfortablemusic in the mouth Tending us
all music does Toward silenceand each body a lion of courage
(08:03):
and something precious to theearth.
When it's over I want to say allmy life.
I was a bride married toamazement I was a bridegroom
taking the world into my armsWhen it's over, I don't want to
wonder if I have made of my lifesomething particular and real I
don't want to find myselfsighing and frightened or full
of argument I don't want to endup simply having visited this
(08:25):
world.
In the hustle and grind culturewe live in, you can, you can
listen to that and hear it as aninvitation to go DO SOMETHING.
And Make something, and besomething.
And the person who wrote thatspent her days tending a garden
and walking in the forest andWriting in her journal.
(08:48):
That's it.
Yeah.
So in part I want to read thatto you because that's with
everything I talk about.
I just want to read it tomyself.
You know, I'm always justtalking to myself.
I want to read it to you becauseyou need to hear it.
And it connects to what Istarted this thing with, with
every day and, and, and withDAE.
(09:08):
We have enough credibility nowand enough traction and enough
people proactively knocking onour door that I can start being
a bit more transparent aboutwhat we're actually up to,
right?
We are developing world classtechnologists, right?
We got, we got stories of kidsdoing stuff after nine months
with us and competing at MITand, and, and at Python con with
(09:29):
Lockheed Martin and, and reallycrazy stuff on the tech side.
But that's not what we're doingThe thing is an incubator a
garden of a type to help youngpeople in particular young
people who were sort of in anarrow story to find a place
where they can start engagingwith life in a way where they
(09:50):
don't wind up just simply havingvisited the world But actually
have experienced it andexperienced other people in it
and have experienced The findingof their own voice in it and the
expressing of their own voice init and that may well lead to you
know, launching a billion dollarcompany or it may lead to just
you know Walking in the woodsand writing poetry So that's it
That's our little mini podcastfor today dae.
(10:13):
community is the social mydae.
org is the website where you cansign up for newsletter The
website's being redone.
It's a little outdated in someof its content though Certainly
still factually accurate And andand spread the word if you're
willing and able and if not, atminimum go buy some books of
(10:33):
mary oliver's poetry and and Situnder a tree and read it this
beautiful day That's it.
I'm going back to work.
Hey everyone, so we're not going to do a full podcast today
for a couple of reasons.
Instead, I want to want to takea few minutes to tell you about
something.
Um, Back in October of lastyear, the Dalio Foundation
released a study.
The headline of which was thatthere are 119, 000 Let me say
that number again, 119, 000disengaged students in
(01:57):
Connecticut.
I believe the age group thatthey looked at was 14 to 24.
119, 000.
I'll say for a third time.
We do programs here As you youknow, likely have heard so this
podcast this podcast is not adae produces it we produce other
forms of media, you know withstudents etc.
And so dae produces this for me.
(02:19):
This is my personal podcast justto disclaim that to say that you
know all opinions expressed andall that But at dae, you know,
which we talk about a lotcertainly on here and i've some
of my faculty come on regularlyyou know, at DAE.
We run programs for high schoolstudents.
Some middle school programs.
Junior high school programs andthen adult programs.
But the primary focus is highschool.
So right in the sweet spot ofthat 14 to 24 And you know,
(02:41):
they're year long programs arethe three week programs six week
programs and we get a very highlevel of engagement on them.
But it's a drop in the bucket,right?
I mean we've we've last number Isaw we've had 580 students pass
through here It Sounds like alot.
It's a drop in the bucket And soone of the things that i've
decided that we've decided as aleadership team Is I don't know
how the hell we're funding it,but We're we're launching
(03:03):
something next week called everyDay.
We like to get cute with the daename day, you know, we're full
day and partial day.
This is every Day.
and If you follow our socials oron our mailing list, you'll get
details about it But the idea iswe're going to open up our doors
to every single new havenstudent on a drop in basis in
essence if if you haven't, youknow a new haven, public school
(03:24):
I.
D.
card that's sort of like aversion of a library card to get
into here after school, not toparticipate in the full year
long program, So we just againthat that we can't figure out
how to do financially, but as aplace to come and work and study
and be engaged.
Maybe casually play with somesoftware engineering casually
play with some robots, maybejust play play with some virtual
(03:45):
reality headsets or just a, a, areally kind of cool place to
come and hang out and feel safeand where you feel, you know,
like you belonged and and all ofthat.
so Along with that, we're youknow, we're tying again.
I have no clue how we're fundingthat that does require some
staff time and some, you knowother stuff so we're also
rolling out a sort offundraising campaign on that
(04:06):
I've always sort of wonderedwe've had people who've wanted
to do micro donations to us andwe've never had a vehicle to
take that in and An ability torationalize what would be we'd
be using that for, you know it'samazing that people want to
contribute and and as everythingI tend to be kind of slow,
conservative and thoughtful asmuch as possible on the
financial side of business.
And so you know, we have greatfunding partners for our big
(04:27):
programs.
And then so we're thinking as wehatch this EVERYdae idea that
maybe that's where folks cancontribute, you know, kind of
who want to make microdonations.
So that's all going to roll outnext week.
I, I am not asking you todonate.
What I'm asking you to do Is acouple of things.
One, just sit with the fact thatthere are 119, 000 fucking kids
in this state that aredisengaged and how Criminal it
(04:49):
is.
That we have so much affluenceand so much interesting things
going on in the world and somuch creative.
Access points and tools and andall that and and we've let 119
000 kids be disengaged So that'sone thing, just if nothing else,
sit with that.
And then and then whereveryou're listening from, you know
It'll say if it's 119, 000 inConnecticut.
(05:11):
I, guarantee you wherever youare if you're out of state You
got a big number as well.
And so, so the first thing isjust sit with that number second
is if you feel like, you knowLike like working on something
locally.
Amen.
Go to it.
Happy to share anything we gotthat might help you.
And then the third is, sort of,you know, specifically for us
You know, if you do follow us onsocials, or if you would be
willing to follow us on socials,it's dae.
(05:31):
community you can also sign upfor the kind of monthly
newsletter there as well is justto socialize that.
Like I said, don't, don't.
I know most of the folks wholisten on here or know one two,
maybe three rings out from, fromfrom my community historically
and so the ask is not of you tothrow money at my nonprofit but
(05:52):
to, but to socialize thatmessage and help us get some
reach on that So that's what Iwanted to tell you about.
I wanted to tell you about thatnumber.
I wanted to tell you about whattiny little bit we're doing
beyond the tiny little bit we'vealready been doing to try to
create a space for, for atleast, you know, those
percentage of the 119, 000 thatare in our backyard.
and then to make a request ofyou to starting next week, like
(06:13):
I said, you'll, you'll see Acampaign what a horrible word
that is a campaign rolling outin support of this on social
media and and the like and ifyou'd be willing to to share
that among any and all of yourcommunities.
That would be just freakingamazing The last thing I'm going
to do is because I know youlistened in for all the kind of
(06:33):
groovy philosophical shit and soI want to read something for you
and then maybe tie it into whati've just said.
This is from, from What I wantto say is my dear friend, Mary
Oliver, I never got to meet MaryOliver.
I don't think I was ever withinlike 20 miles of Mary Oliver
unless it was like accidentally,I didn't know it.
Right.
And yet I consider her a dearfriend.
It's fascinating how, whenpeople make work that is so
(06:55):
personal and intimate andvulnerable, that you can
actually have a deep friendshipand relationship with them
without ever needing to meet.
Right.
So this is, this, and if youknow Mary Oliver's work This is
a poem you likely know but it'sstill cool to hear.
So it's called When Death Comes.
When death comes like the hungrybear in autumn When death comes
(07:16):
and takes all the bright coinsfrom his purse to buy me And
snaps the purse shut When deathcomes like the measle pucks When
death comes like an icebergbetween the shoulder blades I
want to step through the doorfull of curiosity Wondering What
is it going to be like?
That cottage of darkness Andtherefore I look upon everything
(07:38):
as a brotherhood and asisterhood and I look upon time
as no more than an idea And Iconsider eternity as another
possibility And I think of eachlife as a flower As common as a
field daisy And a singular.
And each name a comfortablemusic in the mouth Tending us
all music does Toward silenceand each body a lion of courage
(08:03):
and something precious to theearth.
When it's over I want to say allmy life.
I was a bride married toamazement I was a bridegroom
taking the world into my armsWhen it's over, I don't want to
wonder if I have made of my lifesomething particular and real I
don't want to find myselfsighing and frightened or full
of argument I don't want to endup simply having visited this
(08:25):
world.
In the hustle and grind culturewe live in, you can, you can
listen to that and hear it as aninvitation to go DO SOMETHING.
And Make something, and besomething.
And the person who wrote thatspent her days tending a garden
and walking in the forest andWriting in her journal.
(08:48):
That's it.
Yeah.
So in part I want to read thatto you because that's with
everything I talk about.
I just want to read it tomyself.
You know, I'm always justtalking to myself.
I want to read it to you becauseyou need to hear it.
And it connects to what Istarted this thing with, with
every day and, and, and withDAE.
(09:08):
We have enough credibility nowand enough traction and enough
people proactively knocking onour door that I can start being
a bit more transparent aboutwhat we're actually up to,
right?
We are developing world classtechnologists, right?
We got, we got stories of kidsdoing stuff after nine months
with us and competing at MITand, and, and at Python con with
(09:29):
Lockheed Martin and, and reallycrazy stuff on the tech side.
But that's not what we're doingThe thing is an incubator a
garden of a type to help youngpeople in particular young
people who were sort of in anarrow story to find a place
where they can start engagingwith life in a way where they
(09:50):
don't wind up just simply havingvisited the world But actually
have experienced it andexperienced other people in it
and have experienced The findingof their own voice in it and the
expressing of their own voice init and that may well lead to you
know, launching a billion dollarcompany or it may lead to just
you know Walking in the woodsand writing poetry So that's it
That's our little mini podcastfor today dae.
(10:13):
community is the social mydae.
org is the website where you cansign up for newsletter The
website's being redone.
It's a little outdated in someof its content though Certainly
still factually accurate And andand spread the word if you're
willing and able and if not, atminimum go buy some books of
(10:33):
mary oliver's poetry and and Situnder a tree and read it this
beautiful day That's it.
I'm going back to work.
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