Winter Schneider

Winter Schneider

Winter is an abolitionist educator and organizer committed to historical reckoning in service of liberation.

With a PhD in history from UCLA, their research and writing projects focus on exposing the roots of colonial infrastructures in Haiti, Philadelphia, and the Midwestern United States.

They are passionate about finding and creating conditions that make transformation possible at any scale, engaging methods like archival research, studio and installation art, dance, speculative fiction, and live action role play.

They are proud to work in the field of community archiving as Director of Resource Mobilization and Strategic Planning at People’s Media Record. Winter has made their home in Philly since 2018, and is a parent to a public school pre-teen and several fur babies.
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October 18, 2026 (Around the Block)

Winter SchneiderAnaiah DavisDounya Ramadan by Winter Schneider, Anaiah Davis and Dounya Ramadan

On this episode, we hear about a new book shop in South Philly, and we have a conversation about the impact of school closures with Fahmee Shabazz, a parent organizing against the closure of Overbrook Elementary School in West Philadelphia.

Around the Block is a community news program from the Block by Block team at WPPM-LP 106.5 FM. On this program we explore issues in the Philadelphia region with voices from the community – with reports from our team of community journalists and live in-studio interviews.

Winter Schneider and Anaiah Davis hosted this episode, and Dounya Ramadan was our board operator.

Brad Linder is Radio News Managing Editor for WPPM. Peta Liu is Radio Operations Manager. And Allison Durham is WPPM’s Radio Program Director.

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Fahmee Shabazz on the fight to save Overbrook Elementary

Winter SchneiderAnaiah Davis by Winter Schneider and Anaiah Davis

This spring, Philly’s Board of Education voted to close 17 schools as part of a plan to invest $3 billion into the 169 of the school’s remaining campuses. Many community members and Philadelphia City Council members pushed back to keep neighborhood schools from closing. Fahmess Shabazz has been part of the effort to save Overbrook Elementary in West Philly from closure.

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Historic Preservation: Kill Bill 251030

Winter Schneider by Winter Schneider

Philadelphia is a historic city filled with historic buildings, but Philadelphia City Council is considering legislation that could alter Philadelphia’s ability to protect these buildings by changing the way historic preservation works in the city, a group of community members and organizations have been pushing back, and have formed a stop demolishing Philly coalition. Around the block reporter Winter Schneider brings us this story about what’s at stake.

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July 4 resistance

Winter Schneider by Winter Schneider

Philadelphia has been in the spotlight as the nation commemorates the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, with many events scheduled throughout the city. But social justice groups have also been holding events at those sites to call attention to the ugly truths behind some of the nation’s foundational stories.