National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)

National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI)

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05/04/2026

NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨🎙️

Say That With Love Episode 7: Breathes Clean Air and Drinks Clean Water is out now!

In this episode, Afrofuturist writer and community advocate Binta Dixon sits down with Dr. Leah Austin and gets real: "My family lived close to this processing plant — we were not only smelling, but we were breathing in these toxic fumes that they were potentially getting into our water."

But Binta doesn't stop at the harm. She also holds onto this: "The joy that comes from the country, that comes from these spaces — that cannot be erased and that cannot be undermined, even by the toxicity and the climate issues that we face."

This is the both/and Black children deserve us to hold. Environmental justice is child justice — and this conversation goes deep.

🎧 Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and iHeart:
🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-that-with-love/id1863432597
🟢 open.spotify.com/show/6DkftJfFl1V9ysgv7wXs8r
📦 Amazon Music
💜 iheart.com/podcast/314198884

04/30/2026

As the school year wraps up, a lot of families are sitting with report cards and assessments — trying to figure out what they mean and what comes next.

Here's what we know: many of those tools weren't designed with Black children in mind. They can miss the cultural strengths our kids bring every day. The We Know Best Toolkit helps families make sense of what's on the page, ask better questions, and walk into kindergarten season ready to advocate for the full picture of their child's brilliance.

Download all three components free: https://www.nbcdi.org/we-know-best/

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