How to Start the Conversation – Part 1: Race, Injustice, Unconscious Biases

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There’s a rising wave of agreement that the time has finally come to have that long-overdue discussion about race, injustice, and our differing views about systemic bias. Join us as we make our own humble attempt to start that discussion.
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Dr. Dorinda Carter Andrews is an internationally-renowned professor and the chairperson for the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. Her research focuses on racial equity and justice in education and helping school leaders and youth develop and maintain culturally responsive learning environments. She has given two TEDx talks and is widely published on teacher education and culturally relevant teaching. Dr. Joseph B.. Richardson’s research focuses on four critical areas: 1) the intersection of structural and interpersonal violence among Black boys and young Black men 2) the intersection of the healthcare and criminal justice systems among violently injured young Black men; 3) violence prevention and intervention programming; 4) parenting and youth strategies for negotiating the social context of violence among low-income Black boys and young Black men. He is the Co-Founder and former Co-Director of the Capital Region Violence Intervention Program (CAP-VIP), a hospital-based violence intervention program, at the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center. He is the Executive Director of the Transformative Research and Applied Violence Intervention Lab (TRAVAIL). Dennis Griffin, Jr. serves as the principal of Prairie Elementary School and is pursuing his doctoral studies in Educational Leadership at Cardinal Stritch University. Dennis is a servant leader that seeks to build collaborative cultures that enhance the future for ALL students, educators, and communities at large.