Kaitlin’s work serving on the PTA board of a Title 1 urban elementary school has propelled her into a number of grassroots activism projects centering around increasing public school enrollment in her home city of San Francisco(more announcements on these projects soon). She also is currently studying for a Master’s in Social Work at the University of Southern California.Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
In a special podcast episode, she shared her experience of a fast and deep dive into community activism to protect her children’s public elementary school, Sutro Elementary, from potential closure in 2024. Kaitlin helped lead a community-wide campaign to keep Sutro open, which culminated in a 600- person protest, a town hall with the district superintendent, and ultimately, a halt to the closure process. .
This experience led Kaitlin to reflect on the essential role of American public schools as community pillars that provide stability and belonging, especially for low-income, immigrant populations like the students and families at Sutro Elementary—and broader, nationwide implications of school closures and federal funding halts that are deeply impacting the underlying fabric of American democracy and community
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Postpartum Production Podcast
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A podcast about postpartum and creative practice—and how we can redefine what is seen as productive in caregiving and art.
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It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more.
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Being a producer of creative projects and a mother don’t need to be mutually exclusive—how can we as parents in early postpartum (and beyond!) reframe and reclaim the work we do as artists and caregivers to be seen as productive, valued, and meaningful? Join novelist and host Kaitlin Solimine on this journey of reframing postpartum and parenting as worthy of intellectual, philosophical, and socially-impactful pursuit.