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Native American Heritage Month Events
Monday, Nov. 29, 4:30-9 pm. UWL Campus and Zoom
- Community Conversations
- Supporting Indigenous Students in Higher Education
- Veteran Support
- An Indigenous Paradigm Toward Dismantling Abelism
- Modern Day Indigeneity: The Intersection of Idenitity and Social Justice Activisim
- Dine and Discuss with Dr. Hollie Mackey and Brandi King: Building & Leveraging Solidarity Towards Social Justice. Must pre-register.
Monday, Nov. 29, 4:30-9 pm. UWL Campus and Zoom
- Community Conversations
- Supporting Indigenous Students in Higher Education
- Veteran Support
- An Indigenous Paradigm Toward Dismantling Abelism
- Modern Day Indigeneity: The Intersection of Idenitity and Social Justice Activisim
- Dine and Discuss with Dr. Hollie Mackey and Brandi King: Building & Leveraging Solidarity Towards Social Justice. Must pre-register.
The Guide for White Women Teaching Black Boys and Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls with Dr. Eddie Moore Jr. and Dr. Marguerite Parks
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 4-5 pm, UWL Graff Min Hall Auditorium
This presentation introduces the books, The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys and Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls. Both were created to support educators, and especially White women educators (70% of the teaching force) to engage in concentrated, focused inquiry around their relationships with Black students and the impact on those relationships related to issues of White supremacy, white privilege, race and racism. Using stats, facts, testimonials, professional (personal) experiences and video footage from interviews with both White female teachers and Black men, women, girls and boys, this presentation is designed to generate new avenues of reflection and action for White (all) teachers, educators, parents, guardians, mentors and others. Schools that fail Black students are not extraordinary. In fact, schools that fail Black students are, in essence, doing what they were built to do. Schools in the United States were built by White people for the advancement and education of White people. For Black people in the U.S., getting an education has historically been an illicit activity rife with danger, personal risk and structural barriers. When schools fail Black students, it’s because they are doing school the way that school has always been done. It may be the only way schools know how. And yet, if we want to shift outcomes for Black students, we need to create different ways to do school that acknowledge this history and that work for the vast majority of Black students. That would be extraordinary. If we can do this, if we can fix education so that Black students show up at schools in the wholeness of their selves, so that Black students feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge and love at school, so that Black students grow up to live full lives with meaningful work and a sound educational foundation, it will be because White women made it happen. If we don’t, it will be because White women didn’t make it happen. Either way, White women are in the driver’s seat in the classroom in America. We don’t have an option here. White women have to do this work.
Tuesday, Nov. 30, 4-5 pm, UWL Graff Min Hall Auditorium
This presentation introduces the books, The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys and Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls. Both were created to support educators, and especially White women educators (70% of the teaching force) to engage in concentrated, focused inquiry around their relationships with Black students and the impact on those relationships related to issues of White supremacy, white privilege, race and racism. Using stats, facts, testimonials, professional (personal) experiences and video footage from interviews with both White female teachers and Black men, women, girls and boys, this presentation is designed to generate new avenues of reflection and action for White (all) teachers, educators, parents, guardians, mentors and others. Schools that fail Black students are not extraordinary. In fact, schools that fail Black students are, in essence, doing what they were built to do. Schools in the United States were built by White people for the advancement and education of White people. For Black people in the U.S., getting an education has historically been an illicit activity rife with danger, personal risk and structural barriers. When schools fail Black students, it’s because they are doing school the way that school has always been done. It may be the only way schools know how. And yet, if we want to shift outcomes for Black students, we need to create different ways to do school that acknowledge this history and that work for the vast majority of Black students. That would be extraordinary. If we can do this, if we can fix education so that Black students show up at schools in the wholeness of their selves, so that Black students feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge and love at school, so that Black students grow up to live full lives with meaningful work and a sound educational foundation, it will be because White women made it happen. If we don’t, it will be because White women didn’t make it happen. Either way, White women are in the driver’s seat in the classroom in America. We don’t have an option here. White women have to do this work.
White Privilege Symposium, A Vision for Racial Equity: History, Truth, and A Call for Action
Friday - Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, 2021, La Crosse Center
Sponsored by The Privilege Institute and The Waking Up White Collaborative
Keynote speakers include Debby Irving, Jasiri X, Winona LaDuke, and Moore!
Registration now open!
Friday - Saturday, Dec. 3 and 4, 2021, La Crosse Center
Sponsored by The Privilege Institute and The Waking Up White Collaborative
Keynote speakers include Debby Irving, Jasiri X, Winona LaDuke, and Moore!
Registration now open!
