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Ilyasah Shabazz: “America’s Most Serious Problem”

Erickson KIVA (Rm 103) 620 Farm Ln, East Lansing, MI

Hear the daughter of Malcom X speak at MSU on "America's most serious problem—the race problem." Shabazz will participate in a facilitated discussion with audience members on the life of Malcolm X, led by MSU's John Aerni-Flessner, assistant professor in the Residential College of Arts and Humanities (RCAH). The Erickson Kiva was the site of… Read More »

Making Relationships Work: A Summit on Black Male Academic Success and Inclusion

Erickson Hall 620 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI

Hear directly from young Black men and boys, research experts, and practitioners about the factors that facilitate and/or frustrate relationship building with Black male students in P-12 and postsecondary education contexts. Parents, community stakeholders, educators, faculty, student affairs professionals, college students and youth ages 12 – 17 are invited to attend. Breakout session topics include:… Read More »

TE Research Talk: Jane C. Lo

252 Erickson Hall 620 Farm Lane, E. Lansing, MI

"The Role of Civic Debt in Civic Education" In this talk, Lo argues that the civic empowerment gap, and gaps like it, are a manifestation of a larger civic debt that is partially rooted in the racial grammar of civic education. In other words, she challenges the ways in which civic education has mostly been… Read More »

CREATE Science Seminar: Bryan Brown

115 Erickson Hall 620 Farm Lane, E. Lansing, MI

"The Meaning Beyond the Words: How Language, Race and Culture Impact Science Teaching and Learning" This presentation explores how race, culture and language intersect to create the condition of contemporary learning. Through a sequence of research, this presentation explores the theoretical and pragmatic aspects of this dilemma. From a theoretical perspective, the talk will explore… Read More »

Brown Bag Talk: Dr. Alex Allweiss

Office of International Studies

“They don’t want to see us as developed”: Race, coloniality, and Chuj youth This talk centers moments—global, (trans)national, and local—that illustrate the ways race and modern/colonial processes and logics operate in and through Guatemala, the Chuj nation, and Chuj youth’s lives, organizing work, and educational spaces. Drawing on 18-months of ethnographic research with Chuj youth… Read More »

Rising to Our Responsibility: A Forum for School Leaders to Address Racial Violence and Anti-Blackness in Michigan Schools

Online (via Zoom or similar)

View a recording of this event. Protests calling for revolution in the wake of George Floyd's brutal murder in Minneapolis at the hands of police have awakened in many school leaders a renewed sense of responsibility to lead discussions about systemic racism and racial injustice in our schools. Join faculty in MSU's College of Education… Read More »

From Allies to Co-Conspirators: A Dialogue for White Folx

Online (via Zoom or similar)

Learn what it takes to move beyond "ally" and into action Presented by Dr. Alyssa Hadley Dunn, an associate professor of teacher education. She researches urban education and sociocultural and political contexts of urban schools, with a focus on issues of race, justice and equity. She is currently working on her third book, based on… Read More »

Fellowship to Enhance Global Understanding Info Session

252 Erickson Hall 620 Farm Lane, E. Lansing, MI

This year the College of Education will offer one Fellowship to Enhance Global Understanding program, open to college doctoral students in their first three years of study. The 2022-23 FEGU will focus on “Examining Race, Colonization, and Structural Inequality in a South African Context.”  Among other activities, it will involve a study trip to South… Read More »