146: On Being a Homeschool Family of Color with Niurka Maldonado

Niurka Maldonado is a certified Conscious Parenting coach and the founder of Connected Kindred. Niurka shares about her experience as a homeschool family of color. While the homeschooling community is becoming increasingly more diverse, the majority of homeschoolers are white. Niurka sheds light on the subtle ways racism shows up in homeschool spaces and offers advice for how white homeschoolers can be better allies to homeschooling families of color. She also talks about the unique homeschool benefits and opportunities for families of color and the ways she's embracing the joy in homeschooling.    Connect with Niurka and her coaching practice on Instagram, Facebook, and on her website.   EXCLUSIVE SAVINGS! Listeners, Niurka is offering you an exclusive discount! You can get a $200 discount on a private coaching session and $100 off a group session. Just use the code "Homeschool Unrefined" on your call with Niurka!   Extended Interview (and a BONUS GIFT) on Patreon! Get an extended interview with Niurka on Patreon. We get Niurka's take on the Homeschool Unrefined signatures "What We Don't Do" and "Giving Ourselves Credit." Plus, she shares about what she's reading, watching, listening to, and her specific self-care practices.   Patrons are also getting a very special BONUS GIFT from Niurka. She is gifting the $5 Squad a FREE meditation gift you won't want to miss. Join now to receive your meditation gift.     Mentions And The Skylark Sings With Me The Aluna Method on Instagram Raising Proud Black Children by Sankofa Club on Facebook Latinx Parenting on Facebook and Instagram Rachel Cargle   When you join Patreon, you get access to our Patreon Squad Facebook Group -- a fun and fantastic community of like-minded homeschool parents.     Books Visit our new bookshop.org store. When you shop with Bookshop, you’re supporting us AND a local independent bookstore of your choice. Woohoo!   Listener Review myshell726, 09/11/2020 "I always enjoy listening to this podcast. Maren and Angela are funny, and they have a good balance of casual conversation and topical discussion. I also admire them for speaking out on the need for homeschoolers to become more inclusive. There are a lot of homeschool podcasts, but this is one of my favorites!" Leave us a 5-star rating and review here.   Loving This Week Angela: Heavyweight podcast (try #16: Rob) Maren: Poetry Unbound podcast & Throughline podcast (this episode and this one) Patrons get a monthly "LTW Extra" episode when you join our $5 Squad. An hour-long chat about the shows, products, podcasts, books, and more that we're loving!      More About Homeschool Unrefined We are an inclusive and nonsectarian podcast. We believe Black Lives Matter, and we are LGBTQ+ affirming (for more, read our piece on Romper). We are listener supported and are donating 10% of all Patreon income and product sales to The Conscious Kid, a Black and Brown-led organization that has been instrumental in our own evolution and in leading the way in both ideological and tangible change with their work in “parenting and education through a critical race lens." Read our full ABAR Statement here and on Instagram.     Connect with us!  Visit our website | Sign up for our newsletter. | Support us on Patreon. | Join our closed Facebook group: Unrefined Homeschoolers | Merch Shop Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Youtube Angela on Instagram: @unrefinedangela | Maren on Instagram: @unrefinedmaren Email us any questions or feedback at [email protected] Visit our Amazon Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/homeschoolunrefined We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.