09/30/2026
Power to the People | Education, Civil Rights & Civic Power
What happens when choosing the “right” school for your child means deciding which things you're willing to compromise on?
Academic opportunity. Safety. Culture. Representation. Belonging. Resources. High expectations.
For many Black parents, choosing a school can involve weighing all of these things—and that raises a bigger question: Why does that choice have to exist in the first place?
In this episode of Power to the People, host ReZsaun Lewis sits down with Dennis Muhammad, Rev. Nelson K. Rivers, Rep. Courtney Waters, and LaTisha Vaughn of the E3 Foundation for a candid conversation about education, opportunity, civil rights, and civic power in South Carolina.
We talk early literacy, educational disparities, preparing young people for life after graduation, and what families and communities need to help children thrive.
But we also go deeper.
How did history and public policy help create some of the educational disparities families experience today? What would a real framework for improvement look like? And who actually has the power to change things?
We break down why the South Carolina Superintendent of Education and your local school board matter, where responsibility and accountability actually belong, and why understanding who makes decisions is an important part of advocating for our children.
This isn't just a conversation about what's wrong with education.
It's a conversation about how we got here, what we can do better, and the power everyday people have to help shape what comes next.
� Watch the full conversation. Then share it with a parent, educator, community leader, or voter who needs to be part of it.
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