Season 2 Episode 7: The Impact of Art and Activism: A Conversation With Olivia Swisher

In S2E7 I speak to Olivia Swisher, a middle school art teacher and MORE activist in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.  We discuss how the pandemic was an impactful time to be an art teacher as well as the work she has done with MORE ( movement of rank and file) including the fight for smaller class sizes.

Olivia Swisher is a 4th year middle school teacher at a public school in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and is a member and organizer with MORE the Movement of Rank and File Educators Caucus of the UFT. Olivia teaches art and social and emotional learning. Before switching to public education Olivia worked as a museum educator at the Guggenheim Museum and the Jewish Museum where she developed and taught art programs for individuals with disabilities.