Teachers Unify Podcast
@teachersunifypc.bsky.social
Teachers Unify podcast is hosted by Sarah Lerner & works to address issues of gun violence & how it impacts schools & communities. teachersunify.transistor.fm
This episode features Melissa Michelin, the assistant director at Eagles’ Haven, which opened in 2019 to honor the victims/survivors from MSD (2018). She talks about being a trauma-trained clinician, how to practice self-care and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/64
September 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This episode features Melissa Michelin, the assistant director at Eagles’ Haven, which opened in 2019 to honor the victims/survivors from MSD (2018). She talks about being a trauma-trained clinician, how to practice self-care and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/64
As summer starts winding down & school begins over the next few weeks, we want to do an episode about you: the teachers. Please email us if you’d like to be featured. @teachersunify.bsky.social
July 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
As summer starts winding down & school begins over the next few weeks, we want to do an episode about you: the teachers. Please email us if you’d like to be featured. @teachersunify.bsky.social
This episode features Veronica Mata, an educator & mother of Tess, whose life was tragically taken at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX in May 2022. She talks about Tess, her work with Lives Robbed, and the non-profit, Gloves for Tess. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/63
May 14, 2026 at 10:35 PM
This episode features Veronica Mata, an educator & mother of Tess, whose life was tragically taken at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, TX in May 2022. She talks about Tess, her work with Lives Robbed, and the non-profit, Gloves for Tess. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/63
This episode features Ray & Diana Haneski, survivors of the shooting at MSD in 2018. They talk about their experiences, journeys through healing and how they brought River into their lives & the lives of those at MSD. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/62
May 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
This episode features Ray & Diana Haneski, survivors of the shooting at MSD in 2018. They talk about their experiences, journeys through healing and how they brought River into their lives & the lives of those at MSD. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/62
This episode features Sydney Chaffee, a Board Certified HS teacher in Boston, 2017 MA TOY & National TOY, and a TU Ambassador. She talks about her role as an educator, the work she’s done since becoming TOY, why being part of @teachersunify.bsky.social is so important. teachersunify.transistor.fm/61
Teachers Unify | Voices for Change: Sydney Chaffee
This episode features Sydney Chaffee, a Nationally Board Certified high school teacher in Boston, the 2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year and 2017 National Teacher of the Year, as well as a Teac...
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April 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
This episode features Sydney Chaffee, a Board Certified HS teacher in Boston, 2017 MA TOY & National TOY, and a TU Ambassador. She talks about her role as an educator, the work she’s done since becoming TOY, why being part of @teachersunify.bsky.social is so important. teachersunify.transistor.fm/61
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New episode! 🎙️
Katherine White joins @teachersunifypc.bsky.social to talk National Preregistration Day and how we prepare the next generation of voters! 🗳️
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Katherine White joins @teachersunifypc.bsky.social to talk National Preregistration Day and how we prepare the next generation of voters! 🗳️
Listen now:
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April 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
New episode! 🎙️
Katherine White joins @teachersunifypc.bsky.social to talk National Preregistration Day and how we prepare the next generation of voters! 🗳️
Listen now:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Available on all major podcast platforms.
#NationalPreregistrationDay #TeachersUnify
Katherine White joins @teachersunifypc.bsky.social to talk National Preregistration Day and how we prepare the next generation of voters! 🗳️
Listen now:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Available on all major podcast platforms.
#NationalPreregistrationDay #TeachersUnify
This episode features Kiki Leyba, Columbine teacher-survivor & Teachers Unify Ambassador. He shares his experience from April 20, 1999, the work he’s done in the survivor space and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/60
April 19, 2026 at 2:37 PM
This episode features Kiki Leyba, Columbine teacher-survivor & Teachers Unify Ambassador. He shares his experience from April 20, 1999, the work he’s done in the survivor space and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/60
This episode features Katherine White of @feelgoodaction.bsky.social. She discusses National Preregistration Day, what educators can do to help get their students engaged and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/59
April 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This episode features Katherine White of @feelgoodaction.bsky.social. She discusses National Preregistration Day, what educators can do to help get their students engaged and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/59
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March 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I’m a cofounder of @teachersunify.bsky.social & I host @teachersunifypc.bsky.social. This is a shameless request for donations & your generosity to help amplify educator voices in the GVP space. Whatever you can give is greatly appreciated. secure.actblue.com/donate/sarah...
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We’re grateful for the voice of our co-founder & podcast host, Sarah Lerner. “This day never gets easier. The pain never goes away. The memories, nightmares, survivor’s guilt and mental health issues always remain—sometimes tucked away, sometimes front and center.” ☮️📓❤️🩹💔 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social
What Has Changed—and What Hasn’t—Eight Years After School Gun Violence
Eight years after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, educator Sarah Lerner reflects on trauma, resilience and what it means to keep teaching in the aftermath of school gun violence. What has chang...
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February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
We’re grateful for the voice of our co-founder & podcast host, Sarah Lerner. “This day never gets easier. The pain never goes away. The memories, nightmares, survivor’s guilt and mental health issues always remain—sometimes tucked away, sometimes front and center.” ☮️📓❤️🩹💔 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social
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Tomorrow marks eight years since my world was turned upside down. I hope you’ll read my most recent blog post.
February 13, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Tomorrow marks eight years since my world was turned upside down. I hope you’ll read my most recent blog post.
This episode features Jack DiPrimio, a survivor from the Brown Univ. shooting on Dec. 13, 2025. He talks about his experience, the loss of a dear friend, navigating life as a survivor & why he is committed to making change in the GVP space. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/58
January 25, 2026 at 1:37 PM
This episode features Jack DiPrimio, a survivor from the Brown Univ. shooting on Dec. 13, 2025. He talks about his experience, the loss of a dear friend, navigating life as a survivor & why he is committed to making change in the GVP space. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/58
This episode features Kate McCann, an educator & state legislator from Vermont. She talks about her experience as a high school math teacher, work she’s done in the legislature, what students & teachers can do to enact change and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/57
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
This episode features Kate McCann, an educator & state legislator from Vermont. She talks about her experience as a high school math teacher, work she’s done in the legislature, what students & teachers can do to enact change and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/57
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“The first two year of teaching, instead of graduating my students, I felt like I was burying them more to gang and to gun violence,” — Sofia Gonzalez, Teachers Unify Ambassador, teacher, education leader, activist. 🎧 here & subscribe to our Substack! ☮️📚📓 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social
School Stories: Sofia Gonzalez
Sofia, a Teachers Unify Ambassador, educator-leader, and activist from Chicago, shares her experience losing students to gun violence and her fierce commitment to safe schools and communities.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
“The first two year of teaching, instead of graduating my students, I felt like I was burying them more to gang and to gun violence,” — Sofia Gonzalez, Teachers Unify Ambassador, teacher, education leader, activist. 🎧 here & subscribe to our Substack! ☮️📚📓 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social
This episode features Sofia Gonzalez, an educator from Chicago. She talks about losing students to gun violence, what brought her to education & navigating as an activist. She shares an excerpt of an essay & gives suggestions for change. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/56
January 2, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This episode features Sofia Gonzalez, an educator from Chicago. She talks about losing students to gun violence, what brought her to education & navigating as an activist. She shares an excerpt of an essay & gives suggestions for change. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/56
This episode features Alex Fleming, a gun violence survivor. She talks about her experience & journey as a drive-by shooting survivor, the importance of the teacher-voice, the advocacy work she’s done and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/55
December 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This episode features Alex Fleming, a gun violence survivor. She talks about her experience & journey as a drive-by shooting survivor, the importance of the teacher-voice, the advocacy work she’s done and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/55
This episode features the @teachersunify.bsky.social Crisis Intervention & Support Team who attended the inaugural Summit in Philadelphia on Nov. 7-9, 2025. The voices include survivors from Columbine, Sandy Hook, MSD, Sparks, Santa Fe & a licensed clinical counselor. teachersunify.transistor.fm/54
December 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This episode features the @teachersunify.bsky.social Crisis Intervention & Support Team who attended the inaugural Summit in Philadelphia on Nov. 7-9, 2025. The voices include survivors from Columbine, Sandy Hook, MSD, Sparks, Santa Fe & a licensed clinical counselor. teachersunify.transistor.fm/54
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This is a wonderful piece written about the @teachersunifypc.bsky.social summit I attended last weekend in Philadelphia. Any teacher/school can reach a member of the crisis intervention team by calling (203) 296-3689 or emailing [email protected] www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
These teachers survived school shootings. Now they’re offering help to their peers.
“They don't have to be alone with those thoughts or those fears in the aftermath,” said Kiki Leyba, who was teaching at Columbine High School during the 1999 mass shooting.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is a wonderful piece written about the @teachersunifypc.bsky.social summit I attended last weekend in Philadelphia. Any teacher/school can reach a member of the crisis intervention team by calling (203) 296-3689 or emailing [email protected] www.chalkbeat.org/philadelphia...
This episode features Dr. Elyse Thulin. She works for the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, Department of Health Behavior & Equity and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/53
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This episode features Dr. Elyse Thulin. She works for the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention, Department of Health Behavior & Equity and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/53
This episode features Cindy Carlson, a Sandy Hook School survivor. She talks about her experience from Dec. 14, 2012, her work in the gun violence prevention space and much more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/52
October 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This episode features Cindy Carlson, a Sandy Hook School survivor. She talks about her experience from Dec. 14, 2012, her work in the gun violence prevention space and much more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/52
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Our September Newsletter is out! Highlights: our newly formed Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention and Support Team, #ProjectLockdown, @teachersunifypc.bsky.social guest La-Shanda West, and updates from our friends at ENOUGH! Plays, @feelgoodaction.bsky.social, @newtownaction.org.
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September 2025 Update!
A Grim September for Schools and Communities in America
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October 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Our September Newsletter is out! Highlights: our newly formed Teachers Unify Crisis Intervention and Support Team, #ProjectLockdown, @teachersunifypc.bsky.social guest La-Shanda West, and updates from our friends at ENOUGH! Plays, @feelgoodaction.bsky.social, @newtownaction.org.
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This episode features Michael Cotey, the creator of Enough: Plays To End Gun Violence. He talks about his organization, his work with @changetheref.bsky.social and Manny & Patricia Oliver, what he hopes people glean from the plays, and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/51
Teachers Unify | Voices for Change: Michael Cotey
This episode features Michael Cotey, the creator of Enough: Plays To End Gun Violence. He talks about his organization, his work with Change the Ref and Manny & Patricia Oliver, what he hopes peopl...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This episode features Michael Cotey, the creator of Enough: Plays To End Gun Violence. He talks about his organization, his work with @changetheref.bsky.social and Manny & Patricia Oliver, what he hopes people glean from the plays, and more. @teachersunify.bsky.social teachersunify.transistor.fm/51
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🌟🎉 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social—50 episodes! These oral histories counter the normalization of gun violence. Grateful to those who share their stories, this isn’t easy. Our hope: these narratives will inspire action, empathy, & safer schools & communities. ☮️📓📚
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July 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🌟🎉 @teachersunifypc.bsky.social—50 episodes! These oral histories counter the normalization of gun violence. Grateful to those who share their stories, this isn’t easy. Our hope: these narratives will inspire action, empathy, & safer schools & communities. ☮️📓📚
www.teachersunify.org/our-work
www.teachersunify.org/our-work
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Why Teachers’ Voices Matter: Teachers Unify at AFT TEACH 2025
At AFT TEACH 2025, teachers came together to share stories, support one another, and speak out against gun violence. Hear from the educators behind Teachers Unify and why teachers' voices matter.
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September 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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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 prevention space. teachersunify.transistor.fm/50 @teachersunify.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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 prevention space. teachersunify.transistor.fm/50 @teachersunify.bsky.social