Be VicTORIEus Ep. 104
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As part of our Cycle Breaker Graduate Series Dr. VicTORIEus reunites with Jerimiah Boyd Johnson, a former student she mentored since he was fourteen, for one of the most personal episodes of Be VicTORIEus yet.
Jerimiah grew up in Englewood and the Riverdale projects, graduated third in his class at Thornridge High School, earned his political science degree magna cum laude at Eastern Illinois University, and went on to a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law. He served on the front lines as an assistant public defender in Miami-Dade County and is now preparing for the Illinois Bar with a focus on civil rights litigation.
They get into what actually shaped him: the fine arts, speech and theater, and the student board that Dr. VicTORIEus built her dissertation around, and why student activities are the heart and soul of the community, not an afterthought to athletics. They talk honestly about ACEs, restorative justice and the shift from what is wrong with a child to what happened to a child, the loss of a beloved teacher, book bans, cuts to education, and the affirmative action ruling. Jerimiah closes by opening up about his own healing journey and the adverse childhood experiences he carried, and why asking for help is a strength.
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00:00 Intro and why this reunion matters
02:00 Meet Jeremiah: Englewood, Riverdale, and the resume
05:30 The stereotype he defeats and the dissertation connection
08:00 Why student activities are the heart of the community
11:30 The foundation that prepared him to lead
14:00 ACEs, restorative justice, and what happened to that child
17:30 Losing Ms. Nesbitt and the show must go on
21:00 Cycle breaker defined and the Be Victorious Foundation
24:00 School to prison pipeline seen up close
27:00 Education failing, book bans, and affirmative action
31:00 Careers, trades, and not limiting our students
34:00 His mother, the original cycle breaker
37:30 What comes after the bar: civil rights litigation
40:30 The healing journey and the ACEs he carried
44:00 Closing charge and where to find Jeremiah
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