Seemingly from two completely different worlds, Kimberly McGlonn and Sarah Gulish didn’t have much in common when they first met in 2007. But their friendship blossomed when these two public school teachers encouraged each other to use their voices and experiences to disrupt the spaces they cared most about. Over the next decade, they both stepped out in faith, became entrepreneurs, and have empowered others around them to use their unique voice and mission to become disrupters.
The School for Disrupters is a result of years of conversations over coffee & between classes. Now, through interviews with inspiring people, personal stories, and unpacking language around disruption, Kimberly and Sarah dive head first into the topics that are most important to so many of us.
Pull up a seat at the table of disruption and be empowered to reflect and reinvent the spaces you occupy.
Kimberly McGlonn is
a daughter of Milwaukee’s northside. Her 19 years of classroom teaching about marginalization in the American story & European colonialism have shaped her insights into the intersections of environmental justice & social justice. In 2017 while serving as an elected Councilwoman in Montgomery County, she founded Grant Blvd, a Philadelphia-based, start-up committed to creating fair wage employment opportunities in sustainable fashion for marginalized folks, particularly those who have an experience with incarceration. Of all her titles, mother & teacher are her favorite.
Follow her @kimberlymcglonn or visit @GrantBlvd (www.grantblvd.com).
Sarah Gulish is
a musician and educator, born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2019, she founded the publishing company, F-flat Books, in an effort to create a more equitable publishing space in music education that values people over profit. As a teacher, researcher, and writer, she is interested in creativity in the classroom and how innovative approaches in music education can improve equity and access in school music programs. Outside of her work, Sarah spends time dancing with her three kids, swinging from a trapeze, and hanging out with her drummer husband.
Contact Sarah for more info at: sarah@fflat-books.com, follow her company at @fflatbooks, and check out her work at www.fflat-books.com.
“The teacher appears when the student is ready.”
-The Buddha