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Raising Our Voices Series To Examine Race, Racism, Cynthia Isenhour
Raising Our Voices Series To Examine Race, Racism, Cynthia Isenhour
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) will host a two-part virtual series on defining race and confronting racism 4-5 p.m., Nov. 19 and Nov. 30, 2020, in partnership with Native American Programs, the departments of Anthropology, Communications and Journalism,Philosophy, Political Science, and the School of Social Work.
Department Of Communication And Journalism Lecture Discusses How To Foster Dialogues Around Race In The Classroom, Abigail Martin
Department Of Communication And Journalism Lecture Discusses How To Foster Dialogues Around Race In The Classroom, Abigail Martin
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
On October 19, 2020, as part of the CMJ Fall 2020 Colloquium, Laura Rickard and the Department of Communication and Journalism here at the University of Maine held “Dialoguing About Race,” a lecture about race and the classroom. This lecture featured three women with inspiring backgrounds: Jaquel Eley, Amber Kennedy and Lauren Babb.
S3e4: How Does Diversity Strengthen Education And Community?, Ron Lisnet
S3e4: How Does Diversity Strengthen Education And Community?, Ron Lisnet
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
The death of George Floyd is just one of several incidents that pushed issues of race, diversity and justice to the front burner in 2020. At the University of Maine, President Joan Ferrini-Mundy created a new council to examine where UMaine stands in relation to these issues and what can be done to foster a more inclusive and equitable campus atmosphere. The Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion began its work this fall. We speak with council co-chairs Kimberly Whitehead, vice president and chief of staff to the president, and Susan McKay, a professor of physics and director of the …
Equity Oriented Community Of Practice, University Of Maine Rising Tide Center
Equity Oriented Community Of Practice, University Of Maine Rising Tide Center
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
UMaine faculty, instructors, and staff across colleges and departments exploring issues of equity, diversity, and power in their academic work.
"I Feel Like I'Ve Had A Bag Over My Head:" New Teachers Explore Issues Of Diversity, Power And Justice, Rebecca Buchanan
"I Feel Like I'Ve Had A Bag Over My Head:" New Teachers Explore Issues Of Diversity, Power And Justice, Rebecca Buchanan
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Over 80 percent of teachers in the U.S. are white, despite an increasingly diverse PK-12 student population (Barnum, 2018). This demographicimperative has prompted teacher education to respond in two diverging ways. The ��rst is to diversify the teaching workforce by increasing the number of teachers of color (Neal, Sleeter, & Kumashiro, 2015). The second is to better prepare a mostly white teaching workforce to work with aracially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse student population (Zeichner, 2009).
Faculty, Ph.D. Student Explore Poverty, Racial Privilege And Reform In Rural Schools, Casey Kelly
Faculty, Ph.D. Student Explore Poverty, Racial Privilege And Reform In Rural Schools, Casey Kelly
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
As Maine students return to the classroom from summer vacation, many will do so in communities facing a host of economic and social challenges. Rural parts of the state have been hit especially hard by declines in the state’s timber industry. When a mill closes in a small, Maine town, more often than not there’s no new business waiting in the wings to hire all of the suddenly out-of-work residents. The result is poverty and all of its attendant social problems, which affect schools in a variety of ways.