Rooted in Washington

Rooted in Washington

Join our podcast to explore collaboration among families, schools, and communities in Washington State! Together, we'll celebrate how these connections enhance education and strengthen neighborhoods. This series is a project of Roots of Inclusion and an extension of its work with the Washington Statewide Family Engagement Center.

Episodes

May 2, 2025 52 mins

Join host Carrie Basas and guest Taina Karru-Olsen in a lively discussion about family engagement, disability justice, and the importance of inclusive education. Taina shares insights from her personal journey as a parent of a multiply disabled child, and the creation of Inclusion for All, a grassroots movement advocating for systemic change. Together, they explore the power of community, what parent groups often get wrong, the lim...

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Join host Carrie Basas as she chats with guest Jim Chambers about the challenges facing families affected by incarceration. They discuss Jim's experiences of family engagement after serving a 23-year prison sentence and his advocacy work. Jim shares his journey from incarceration to becoming a peer leader in prison programs such as Long Distance Dads and an ally with the Black Prisoners Caucus. They delve into the challenges of rei...

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Join host Carrie Basas and guest Anna Zivarts, author of  When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency (Island Press, 2024), as they discuss family engagement and the personal experiences of parenting with a disability and as a non-driver. Anna shares her journey as a low-vision parent, her family's history with nystagmus, transportation equity activism, and the challenges and triumphs of raising a child with a ...

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Join host Carrie Basas and guest Jen Chong Jewell as they discuss their journeys as mothers advocating for, and alongside, their children with disabilities. (Jen is also a new member of the State Board of Education.) They reflect on their personal challenges, the importance of community support, and the relentless pursuit of ensuring their children's right to dream big. Together, they delve into the need for better family engagemen...

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Join host Carrie Basas as she engages in a heartfelt conversation with guest Sarah Arvey Tov on the Rooted in Washington Podcast. The episode delves into Sarah's journey from a special education teacher to a graduate student, and then from a graduate student to a professor, researcher, and new mom, touching on pivotal moments in their collaboration for a Washington state disability history and pride projects called One Out of Five ...

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Join host Carrie Basas and guest CiKeithia Pugh as they discuss what you begin to notice when you slow down, the counterproductive need for people to be seen as good before they'll be vulnerable, how we determine if we're actually relational, and how we advance family engagement in early learning. Together, we'll honor the reality that we had the power to do so much more and do better.

CiKeithia (she/her) is a mom, community member...

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Join Erin Okuno, Director of the Governor’s Office of the Education Ombuds, and Carrie Griffin Basas (host) as they discuss everything from what curriculum comes in the door to what good family engagement data tastes like. Hint: It’s not a green smoothie.

This podcast series was created by Roots of Inclusion (rootsofinclusion.org) with support from the Washington Statewide Family Engagement Center (https://wasfec.org).

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