Dust + Dignity Podcast:  Episode 8 featuring

Rochelle Nichols-Solomon

Rochelle Nichols-Solomon is an educator and social justice activist with more than thirty years working on major school, district and community initiatives aimed at increasing education excellence and equity for students of color and low-income communities. Rochelle’s long community history includes working with numerous organizations and serving on local and national non-profit Boards revolving around issues of public education, culture, and philanthropy. Some of the places Rochelle has served include: POWER, FHI 360, Art Sanctuary, Philadelphia Education Fund, Alliance Organizing Project, Cross City for Urban School Reform, Philadelphia Public School Notebook, The Philadelphia Foundation, Sisters Remember Malcolm,  Bread and Roses, The National Network of Grantmakers and the Education Law Center. Retired, Rochelle aspires to maintain a healthy balance between organizing, volunteering, and play.  Rochelle is married to songwriter James Solomon, and is the mother of two writers: Asali Solomon and Akiba Solomon.

Featured Music:

Dotmatic – Dust + Dignity Theme
Dotmatic – It’s Electric
John Coltrane – Giant Steps
Jadakiss – We Gonna Make It (Instrumental)
J Dilla – Think Twice
Shafiq Husayn & Dove Society – Twelve (Instrumental)
Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Time To Go
Thundercat – Them Changes (Instrumental)
Georgie Woods & Jimmy Bishop – Oooh-Ow
Mary Wells – My Guy
Julie Andrews – Getting to Know You
Julie Andrews – The Hills Are Alive with The Sound of Music
MFSB (ft. The Philadelphia International All-Stars) – Let’s Clean Up the Ghetto (Instrumental)
Nina Simone – Mississippi Goddam
Ramsey Lewis Trio – The In Crowd
Archie Bell & The Drells – Tighten Up
Aretha Franklin – Ain’t No Way
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway – Be Real Black for Me (Instrumental)
John Coltrane – A Love Supreme, Pt. I – Acknowledgement
Dorothy Ashby – Cause I Need It
Erykah Badu – Otherside of the Game (Instrumental)
Vicki Anderson – Message from the Soul Sisters
Kaidi Tatham – He Laughs She Cries
Madlib – Education (Instrumental)
Raphael Saadiq – Skyy, Can You Feel Me? (Yam Who? Remix)
Common – Be (Instrumental)
Dotmatic – 1970 What