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Homeschooling parents have been known to carve out paths for their children that may be uncharted when they want their kids to have certain experiences. They design their own curricula, design their own apps, open online groups, and start co-ops—if an opportunity is not available where they live, trailblazing and inspiring others to join them is not a foreign concept.

In this part 2 episode of The Benefits of 4-H on Your Child’s Homeschool Education, I sit down for a chat with Centex HBCU Alumni 4-H Club Manager Tony Austin and his wife (Sheryl Austin), who is also an Extension Agent for Prairie View A&M University, which sponsors our club. You’ll learn what inspired them to start our 4-H Club, the role land-grant HBCUs play in 4-H, and what kids, particularly kids of color, stand to gain from experiencing 4-H.

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In this episode, I want to share with you an alternative to homeschool co-op that can develop your child from the lower elementary ages all the way through high school. 4-H has been around since 1902, when it began as an educational program for rural youth. Since then, it has evolved into a youth development organization that enables both parents and kids to be involved.

This podcast episode is taken from a Coffee Talk Presentation for the BFHES (Black Family Homeschool Educators and Scholars 2023 Teach-in Virtual Conference. To view the video version visit A Heart 4 Homeschool Youtube Channel.

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In this episode, I chat with Jason Esters, a homeschool dad and host of the Black Men Homeschool Podcast. We talk about several key issues pertaining to the black homeschool community. Specifically, Jason shares how he and his wife, both educators, became homeschool parents, the impact of fathers and community in homeschooling, the rise of community colleges in post-secondary education, as well as what he thinks the future holds for the public school and homeschooling communities.