Teachers Unify Podcast
1) Survivor Stories: La-Shanda West
This episode features La-Shanda West, an educator & Teachers Unify Ambassador. She talks about her activism, navigating life as a child-survivor of gun violence and why she remains in the gun violence...Show More
2) Voices for Change: Karen Dunholter
This episode features Karen Dunholter, a school social worker in Michigan. She talks about her experiences working with families impacted by homicide, losing a student to suicide at school, her school...Show More
3) Voices for Change: Karen McDonald
This episode features Karen McDonald, a former educator & judge, current Oakland County prosecutor & candidate for Michigan Attorney General. She talks about her time in the classroom, the Oxford shoo...Show More
4) Survivor Stories: Nadia Murillo
This episode features Nadia Murillo, a survivor from both Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 & Florida State University in April 2025. She talks about her experiences, how she kept her own s...Show More
5) Survivor Stories: Flo Rice
This episode features Flo Rice, a former substitute teacher & injured survivor from the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas on May 14, 2018. She talks about her experience from that day, how she...Show More
6) Stories of Loss: Debra Hixon
This episode features Debra Hixon, a former educator, current school board member and wife of Chris Hixon, who was killed at MSD in 2018. She talks about her life with Chris, her time in education, wo...Show More
7) Survivor Stories: Paula Reed
This episode features Paula Reed, a retired English teacher & current Jefferson County School Board member, who survived the Columbine High School shooting in April 1999. She shares her experience fro...Show More
8) Voices for Change: Nikki Fried
This episode features Nikki Fried, the former Florida Commissioner of Agriculture & current Chair of the Florida Democratic Party. She talks about her role in public service, her support for the gun v...Show More
9) Voices for Change: Rhiannon Murphy
This episode features Rhiannon Murphy, a lifelong Bronx resident and mom who worked to end gun violence in her community. She shares how she moved her daughter upstate near Buffalo for her education &...Show More
10) Stories of Loss: Audrey Brianne
This episode features Audrey Brianne, a stylist based in Los Angeles. She shares her experiences in being in close proximity to gun violence & the loss of a dear friend, how she sees gun violence in B...Show More