Britt Gondolfi Email & Phone Number

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Author of "Look Up! Fontaine the Pigeon Starts A Revolution". Fontaine, a small pigeon, is fed up with the world's addiction to technology. In response, he rallies a cohort of birds and, with their help, leads an ICKY revolution that forces people to put down their phones, look up, and connect with nature and each other.Told in lyrical verse and with quirky, poignant illustrations, Look Up! Fontaine the Pigeon Starts a Revolution is a humorous blend of cautionary tale and storytime fun that’ll spark conversation and delight readers of all ages.Launching April 30th Nationwide with Paw Prints, an Imprint of Baker and Taylor.

Intercultural Conversations (IC) is an annual educational exchange between a diverse group of Native and non-native youth who come together to discuss activism, share culture, and address critical issues facing Indigenous and all peoples. Since 2017, I have been honored to be a chaperone and facilitator for this life changing program.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Across the country, citizens are fighting for Nature. Whether it is fighting deforestation, protesting a pipeline, or protecting a sacred site, citizens are defending the Natural world’s right to exist, persist, and thrive. The court system in America is a place for people to seek justice and stop harm, but many environmentalists leave the courts defeated.Unfortunately, our current legal system treats nature as property subject to man’s dominion.Corporations, ships, governments, and people have legal Rights, so why not nature? Why is it so hard to “speak for the trees” in legalese? For time immemorial, Tribal Nations have honored the rights of Nature by recognizing that we are Nature- and the natural world is our relative, not our possession. The movement to create laws recognizing Natue’s Rights and humans’ rights to defend Nature in court is a movement to Indigenize the law. The Bioneers has been fanning the flames of this movement since Ecuador was the first country to recognize the Rights of Nature in their Constitution- and we are more determined now than ever to Indigenize the law. If you want to meet virtually and strategize how the Rights of Nature movement can support your community’s natural world, email us at rightsofnature@bioneer.org

Bogalusa Louisiana

At Bogalusa high school I taught seven classes a day: two periods of Spanish one, four periods of English II, and one "Pride Period" where we focus on restorative practices and academic intervention. It is my passion to continually push for Restorative Practices. I fundraised for three of my students to attend the Bioneers conference in California. We worked on a project-based service learning to improve the culture and climate at our school.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

I earned a JD with a focus on federal Indian law.

Grant Park, Atlanta Georgia

I am an educator in the 1-2 and 2-3-year-old class at Atlanta’s first Reggio Emilia inspired cooperative preschool. My day revolves around creating music and magic (literally, in the form of sleight of hand tricks and figuratively in managing the day of 16 toddlers). It is an absolute honor to be a character in someone's childhood. I work every day to make sure that the children in my class are provided with rich experiences combining art, music, play, exploration, and the natural world. In addition to creating enriching experiences, I am also on the constant lookout social and emotional learning opportunities. I am a lifelong lover of learning and especially fascinated by the emerging conversations and resources on conscious discipline, restorative justice, non-violent communication, growth mindsets, and emotional intelligence. In addition to my classroom role, I also organize community education events and prepare professional development presentations for staff. I have a passion for cooperative learning environments where sharing and debate are celebrated vehicles of coming to new ideas and methodologies. The Reggio Emilia high image of the child has forever changed my approach to education. I operate from a children's rights standpoint. I do not "let" children have access to a multitude of creative mediums and play. I believe that children have a right to play, create, express themselves, and construct their knowledge in their own pace and way. My number one priority is to create a classroom culture of mindfulness, respect, and grace where mistakes are learning opportunities, creativity is valued, and growth is our daily bread.

Atlanta, Georgia

I facilitate a cross-cultural program between students in Atlanta and Native American Students in California and New Mexico. The purpose is to teach environmental studies from the indigenous standpoint while connecting youth from different cultures with their concern for the planet. Students meet once a week to learn about a litany of topics related to Native American History, Environmentalism, racism, or Native American Culture. Once a month students gather to have an online virtual talking circle with Indigenous students from California and New Mexico. The experience culminates with four days at the Bioneers conference in San Rafael, California. Students also organize a monthly dinner theater pop up that features a thought and conversation provoking documentary. Students get entrepreneurial experience by planning an event, menu, and hosting a fundraiser. The purpose of the evenings is to practice the art of hosting a talking circle on a variety of social justice issues.

Greater Atlanta Area

Working in the Atlanta public school system is an absolute joy and a tremendous challenge. Creating a socially and emotionally safe and constructive environment is my daily number one priority. My ultimate aim is to find every possible way to avoid using any form of punitive social control. My greatest inspiration is Xavier University nun and education philosopher, Sister Grace Pilon, who created a pedagogy and classroom management system called, "The Workshop Way". She is my patron saint of always treating every student with the highest amount of regard for their dignity as a person.

The New School, Atlanta Georgia

The purpose of the News Room From the Future is to create, design, and facilitate a “classroom project” wherein students operate an independent media company that predicts “the future everyone wants.” In the NewsRoom students create a futuristic/ philosophical/ prescription for humanity in the form of fictional (yet possibly prophetic) “news articles from the future”. Each creative writing session revolves around discussing a world problem in the most imaginative, solution oriented possible way. By un-tapping creative nature, empathetic spirit, and innate comedic brilliance of young humans they are able to freely rewrite humanity's future by creating the news they want to see. Through futuristic fiction independent journalists solve the world’s toughest problems/ heal the world’s ills, and by the power of their imagination and courage to create the headlines and stories they wish to manifest. We imagined therefore we became, a course in modern day miracles. “News that inspires hearts to heal the world.”

Greater New Orleans Area

The goal of the P-town Project was to bridge a communication gap between two parts of the same neighborhood regarding an abandoned school building that was established during integration. The school's closure had a drastic impact on the sustainability, safety and community fabric of the black community. Many African American neighbors felt the closure was a conspiracy to destroy the neighborhood so that it could be more easily gentrified. The goal of the P-town project was for the building's use to be determined by the community that was harmed by the school's closure. Unfortunately, due to politics, corruption, racism, status quo systems, and a lack of compassion on the part of those who did not understand the civil rights ramifications of the school's closure, the school remains uninhabited and now privately owned. The P-town Project over the course of a year and a half got 550+ neighbors to agree, "Priestley Belongs to P-town," and that the school should be re-opened as a beacon of justice, education, and resilient community building. We facilitated talking circles, gatherings, and multiple meetings with neighbors with the agenda of seeing, ‘what the community wants.’ We realized the community wanted something that could be described as a 21st Century learning center that operated like a Benefit Corporation to support community education – for adults and children. Someone creatively labeled it a "Neighborhood University to Free People.” The three-story building would have been collectively owned and become a place where neighbors could buy & sell food, run small businesses, take classes on running a small business, teach a class on anything, preserve art and culture, etc. It was designed to be a stepping stone on the path toward community self-reliance and sustainability. The dream of this business model is still alive in many of the neighbors who volunteered and worked hard to investigate what innovative solution a community could create for a blight.

Koh Tao, Thailand

As boat master for Roctopus, I organized the daily dive locations, secured basic necessities for the boat, partnered customers with dive masters, looked after and cleaned equipment. My first priority was the safety and pleasure of all of our divers. I organized transportation from the shop to the dock, communicated with the captain, and made sure everyone got back on the boat. That last part was the most important responsibility. I also had the pleasure of leading dives.

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Federal Indian Law

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Social Justice And Gender Studies

Activities and Societies: School Newspaper, Civic Engagement Society,