Whose Country Is This? Race, Racism, and Refugee Status in America

PD: Gen Ed IP | This program is completed

Capitol Plaza ---- 100 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602 United States

Ballroom

Teams of Leaders, Educators & Community Members working with youth

4/12/2019 (one day)

8:30 AM-3:30 AM EDT on Fri

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$35.00

This interactive workshop will focus on issues of race, racism, refugee status, and most importantly, how educators and practitioners can move from actors to allies to accomplices for those who are different. Attendees will be guided, step-by-step, in how to dynamically use the equity literacy framework in their work with students of color and refugee status. Participants will leave with a full understanding of how to become powerful advocates for their students and how to practically address threats to equity in schools and society.

  • In order to make this workshop series accessible to all, we are pleased to offer it at a significantly reduced cost through the VT-HEC Mission Investment Fund.
Jackson, Taharee

Taharee Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Minority and Urban Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park. She earned a magna cum laude B.A. from Harvard University in Psychology and Spanish, a Master of Education degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. from Emory University. Her areas of expertise include teacher education, pedagogies for diversity and equity, inclusive schooling practices and policies, and urban education reform. Taharee is particularly interested in how members of “privileged” groups become advocates and allies for others, and the most salient factors that influence the beliefs, practices, and retention of deeply committed urban teachers. Her racial equity work for both teachers and students has been published in Race, Ethnicity, and Education; The Poverty and Education Reader; Racism Review; and Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Watch for her forthcoming book, A Different Way to be White: Becoming Antiracist Teachers and Teacher Educators.