[Geoldept] FW: PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR DEPARTMENT- Winter 2016 Teach-in Invitation

[Chris Sutton]

From: Diversity Teach-in [mailto:diversityteachin at gmail.com]
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Subject: PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR DEPARTMENT- Winter 2016 Teach-in Invitation


Dear Western Community,

Woodring College of Education will be hosting educational scholar and speaker Dr. David Stovall on Tuesday March 8th from 4:00-6:00pm. Place is TBD. His talk is entitled, “Justice Does Not Happen in a Vacuum:  Race, Rights and the Possibility of Now.” He will be discussing state-sanctioned violence against Black communities (and other communities of color), situating contemporary youth movements within a context of community resistance to systems of racialized oppression and violence, ultimately urging educators and community leaders alike to move beyond tough talk.

David Stovall, Ph.D., is a Professor of Educational Policy Studies and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Stovall has written extensively about race, racism, and the role of community in creating transformative schools. His scholarship investigates four areas: 1) Critical Race Theory, 2) concepts of social justice in education, 3) the relationship between housing and education, and 4) the relationship between schools and community stakeholders. Dr. Stovall has spent the last 10 years working with community organizations and schools to develop curriculum that address issues of social justice. He also serves as a volunteer social studies teacher at the Lawndale Little Village School of Social Justice.

We would like to personally invite you and your students to join us for this special event, as we see the context of Dr. Stovall’s work to be important and relevant to all students, staff, and faculty on Western’s campus. We urge you to come, invite students, and offer credit in your classes for students to attend. This event is a great opportunity to promote social justice and equity in every department on campus!


Please feel free to email DiversityTeachin at gmail.com<mailto:DiversityTeachin at gmail.com> if you have any questions. We hope to see you there!


Sincerely,


WWU Diversity Teach-In Series Coordination Team

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